At Least 36 ISIS Terrorists Killed After US Bombed Afghanistan

thequint.com ^ | Apr 14 2017

[Yosemitest]

... After USA dropped the GBU-43 bomb on Afghanistan, it’s been reported that at least 36 terrorists from ISIS have been killed.

... The GBU-43 is a large-yield conventional (non-nuclear) bomb developed by the United States and having a kill radius of 1.6 km.
It weighs a massive 21,600-pound, and is GPS-guided. The bomb is designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules.
The first testing of the GBU-43 was carried out on 11 March 2003 at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It was again tested on 21 November 2003.
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[DocRock]

That’s an old video. I think I saw it close to a year ago.

[Religion and Politics]

I also wouldn’t discount the potential of a high value target being at the complex.

[jiggyboy]

I'm confident that the number will increase after a more thorough search of that area is done, either by UAV or by a smaller drone.

They'll need upgraded avionics in this case I think

[PghBaldy]

Most interesting is they killed “ISIS.” Did not know they were in Afghanistan.

[connyankee]

Winning.

[Mouton]

My guess anyone in the open was vaporized.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

36 that had enough pieces left to count.

[nhwingut]

I think it’s main purpose was to make a geopolitical point. Not to kill x number of terrosists... To let the world know that there’s a new sheriff in town. To both our enemies and allies.

Hello China, Russia, Iran, North Korea...

[Chode]

SOMEBODY knew it was coming...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

It’s interesting that the MOAB was used now. I still think it’s being used as a warning to the Norks, Russians & Syrians.

[petercooper]

I always remember this quote during W’s term.

“Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime.” - Nicole Gelinas - New York Post- 02-10-04

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Holy Shiite! That’s a biggun!

[Wuli]

the “bang” was against the tunnel infrastructure that served many more ISIS terrorists than just the number killed in the bombing

if all they wanted was to kill some ISIS members, they would not have used the MOAB

[mykroar]

ping

[oldasrocks]

So big deal. The Pentagon got to play with a new toy and kill a few bad guys.

I’m sure the ISIS soldiers are going to lay down their weapons and change their religion out of fear-not.

[Jimmy Valentine]

The MOAB pulls all of the air out of those tunnels when it goes off. Anyone who was hiding in those tunnels is dead.

[VietVet876]

But that camel was one of the imam’s favorites.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Wasn’t a similar bomb used at Tora Bora, and another in Iraq?

[Jmouse007]

Guaranteed that MOAB took out more than 36 Muslim terrorists. Psy opps: Number artificially low so as not to melt the snow flakes in the MSM press and in society at large.

One observation as a former professional photographer: the cameraman was pre positioned, waiting and ready to capture the explosion. He knew in advance precisely when the MOAB was coming and he knew approximately where to point his camera in order to capture the explosion and aftermath. He has to slightly move his vedeo camera to the left once he knows exactly where it landed.

I base my conclusionschedule on the fact that he is in the right place at the right time, he approximately knows where to pint his camera, he begins filming shortly before the explosion takes place and most importantly he knew in advance that this was no ordinary air strike. He knew the MOAB was coming and how lethal it was and had preposition ed himself to be filming right next to, behind a massive concrete pillar that he could hide behind to shield himself from the blast wave once it hit. You can see the concrete pillar to the camera man's left near the end once he shields himself from the blast.

Another important fact; the camera man filming the explosion had intentionally pre positioned himself far enough away from the explosion and blast radius in order to film the event without being killed or seriously injured by it while still being able to capture the explosion on video. He was definitely there on the ground at the right time, in exactly the right place to video the explosion. In all likelihood he was probably special forces on the ground to gather before, during and after action Intel for the POTS and the military.

There is no way, this person just happened to "accidentally capture" this event. He knew in advance what was coming, when it was coming, where it was landing and how seriously devastating the explosion was going to be.

[BenLurkin]

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