Posted on 04/15/2017 9:05:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
KABUL, Afghanistan The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has risen to 94, an Afghan official said Saturday.
Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor in Nangarhar, said the number of Islamic State group dead was up from the 36 reported a day earlier. A Ministry of Defense official had said Friday the number of dead could rise as officials assessed the bomb site in Achin district.
Fortunately there is no report of civilians being killed in the attack, Khogyani said.
The U.S. attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border killed at least four IS group leaders, Khogyani said. He said a clearance operation to assess the site of the attack was continuing.
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How many of the departed were on the JV team and how many were on the varsity. Maybe Obama can tell us.
Yes, I read a comment on some other site from someone who thought the cost of the bomb was too much for so few terorists killed. That was yesterday, I think, when the toll was around 36.
The main target was the underground tunnel system. Not only hiding terrorists; but, I believe it was also a storage facility for a weapons cache. Getting rid of that facility was worth the bomb we used.
“Where do all the virgins come from”
Lots of Janet Reno types. Hopefully some dead terrorist is cavorting in hell with Janet now.
LOL. When Trump bombed Syria last week, he was having dinner with the Chinese Premier. I was wondering what the Chinese guy was thinking about North Korea when Trump told him what he had just done to Syria. Some how, I think the unspoken words were something like, "now, let's talk about North Korea".
I think the Chinese, yesterday, gave the Norks an ultimatum about their nuclear program. This tells me that Trump is keeping another promise --- better negotiated terms that also benefit the U.S.
Wait...don’t they want him to kill fewer people. Is’nt being inefficient at killing a sign of virtue in their eyes?
remember that the “Mother of All . . . .” meme started with Saddam promising the “Mother of All Battles” against us, not with our thinking up the phrase in the first place!
Well, until it hits 150,000, DO NOT even think about comparing it ti Hiroshima. I mean, really.
Only 94? Drat!
Smirk...
Nice work.
If it got one, the message was loud and clear.
There’s a new weapon being used. Welcome to reality.
I’m glad it tool out 94, and I hope that’s still a prelim number.
Muslim version of a rape-tree?
Organic dating site.
The more, the merrier!
This MOAB bomb was estimated to carry 21,600 lbs of TNT. LINK
That is 10.53 tons of TNT. (1 ton = 2000 pounds)
Definition of a kiloton: LINK
The Hiroshima bomb was pegged at 15 thousand tons of TNT and the Nagasaki bomb was pegged at 21 thousand tons of TNT. LINK
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