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| U.S. bombs Mosul rebels |
| 2004-12-12 |
| A U.S. aircraft has dropped a quarter-tonne (500 lb) bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after guerrillas attacked a U.S. patrol that was trying to capture an insurgent arms dump, a military spokesman said. The powerful blast on Saturday shook the west of the city. There was an "unknown number of enemy casualties" and eight soldiers were slightly wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings said. Insurgents had set off a car bomb and then opened fire with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars on the unit that moved on the arms cache. Troops later destroyed the weapons. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #3 ??? We have dropped down to 500lb and 250lb bombs from the 2000lb bombs. This says nothing to Daisy Cutters or the MOAB so why is it a "powerful blast"? If the 500 is powerful what do you call the MOAB? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-12-13 12:23:12 AM |
| #2 Interesting. I wonder if the terrorists are now *having* to defend their weapons caches? If so, this would be a major shift. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-12-12 9:35:46 AM |
| #1 Well, that was effective, then! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-12 6:34:10 AM |