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2,000-Pound Bombs Likely Used in Attack That Killed Nasrallah, Video Shows
NY Times ^ | Sep 28, 2024 | Aric Toler and Riley Mellen

Posted on 09/28/2024 2:55:34 PM PDT by McGruff

A video published by the Israeli military showed that planes it said were used in the attack that killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday night carried 2,000-pound bombs, according to munitions experts and a New York Times analysis.

The video showed eight planes fitted with at least 15 2,000-pound bombs, including the American-manufactured BLU-109 with a JDAM kit, a precision guidance system that attaches to bombs, according to Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician. These bombs, a type of munition known as bunker busters, can penetrate underground before detonating.

In May, the Biden administration announced it had paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel because of concerns over civilian safety in Gaza.

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1 posted on 09/28/2024 2:55:34 PM PDT by McGruff
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Full article here:

https://archive.ph/h3KdU#selection-815.0-835.50


2 posted on 09/28/2024 2:56:09 PM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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To: McGruff

Cool!


3 posted on 09/28/2024 2:56:18 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: McGruff

Cockroaches are hard to kill.


4 posted on 09/28/2024 2:57:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: McGruff

Biden concerned “over civilian safety in Gaza” ... the heck with Israel’s civilian safety over terrorists’ attacks.


5 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: McGruff

This calls for some appropriate music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44


6 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:52 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: everyone

Two senior Israeli defense officials told The Times that more than 80 bombs were dropped over a period of several minutes to kill Mr. Nasrallah, but did not confirm the type of munitions used.


7 posted on 09/28/2024 2:58:58 PM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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To: McGruff

I am remarkably comfortable with this action.

One more 3rd world terrorist dead.


8 posted on 09/28/2024 3:00:46 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: McGruff

Francois: What kind of bomb was it?
Inspector Clouseau: The exploding kind!


9 posted on 09/28/2024 3:01:22 PM PDT by xp38
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To: EvilCapitalist

😂👍 thanks


10 posted on 09/28/2024 3:02:32 PM PDT by PGalt ( Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: McGruff

The characterists at the Slimes need to hit their bunkers.

They are of no furthur use....


11 posted on 09/28/2024 3:02:34 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: McGruff

Bet he blowed up real good.


12 posted on 09/28/2024 3:02:40 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: PGalt

First song that came to my mind.


13 posted on 09/28/2024 3:03:47 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: SkyDancer
Biden concerned “over civilian safety in Gaza” ... the heck with Israel’s civilian safety over terrorists’ attacks.

The Biden administration supplied those 2,000 bombs to Israel. Free of charge.

Not that I expect Israel or its supporters to show any gratitude.

US has sent Israel thousands of 2,000-pound bombs since Oct. 7.

Bomb used by Israelis in Beirut likely came from the US.

14 posted on 09/28/2024 3:05:14 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: EvilCapitalist

Yep, I guessed it before I clicked on it.


15 posted on 09/28/2024 3:06:11 PM PDT by PGalt ( Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Meanwhile, the attack on Trump goes on and on and on...

Remember I told you that President Trump’s plane is vulnerable to shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles?  Well, LouDobbs.com and Associated Press are reporting Nine Surface to Air Missiles Have Entered the U.S. Through New Mexico Border; Target is Trump’s Plane According to Lara Logan, the Biden/Harris Administration Department of Homeland Security has imported nine Misagh-3 Iranian surface-to-air missiles, three for each of the three foreign assassination teams they waved into the country. So do the math:  Two assassination attempts so far by four separate gunmen have failed.  Now three foreign suicide assassination teams have three guided anti-aircraft missiles each, to take down President Trump’s B-757 personal plane, TRUMP FORCE ONE. Although the plane can cruise at 41,000 feet altitude, every flight begins and ends at airfields.  What do you calculate are the odds that all nine of these surface-to-air guided missiles will fail to blow President Trump’s plane out of the air at takeoff or landing? Department of Defense and the FBI say they know about the threat, but there is nothing they can do until after a successful attack.  Then they will conduct an investigation into how the President, along with all his Secret Service protection detail, the press strap-hangers, and the flight crew, were unfortunately murdered. All of the Big News Media and Big Tech sources are already preparing their synchronized news reports:  “It’s a sad day for America.  President Trump’s plane was mysteriously blown out of the air today by unknown means.  There are no survivors.  Acting President Kamala Harris will address the nation about this unfortunate tragedy some time next month.” Guy Miller

16 posted on 09/28/2024 3:06:38 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: McGruff

The Will of Allah seems to be permanent.

YMMV


17 posted on 09/28/2024 3:07:34 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: McGruff

18 posted on 09/28/2024 3:09:58 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: BenLurkin

Cockroaches are hard to kill.

They used 6 of them on his building just to be sure.


19 posted on 09/28/2024 3:11:48 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Angelino97

Israelis are simply doing the jobs Americans won’t, don’t, can’t do.


20 posted on 09/28/2024 3:21:56 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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