B52s break bin Laden's men

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 12/12/2001 | JANINE DI GIOVANNI

[El Gato]

A bit gruesome, but still music to the ear of the victims, and their surviviors, of 9-11, the Cole, Khobar Towers, the embassy bombings, the first WTC bombing, and who knows what other attrocities.

The job is not yet complete, but surely this is a good beginning.

[The Drowning Witch]

600 yard kill zone??? THAT will DEFINITELY ruin your day...

[chainsaw]

600 yard kill zone??? THAT will DEFINITELY ruin your day...

Ya, and your hearing too.

[Colofornian]

On remnants of a CBU87 cluster bomb, an American soldier had written before dropping his weapon, "For those whose dreams were taken, here are a few nightmares. This is gonna shine like a diamond in a goat's ass."

Perhaps one of the most classic pieces of poetry ever to find its way on an American bomb! (And a good job of reporting by a female British journalist who found the remnant of this bomb in the Tora Bora area)

[AAABEST]

In one place, fires still smoked where the Arab fighters had made their morning tea before being overrun by the Mujahidin.The trees were burnt and shrivelled, their branches, like arms, reaching towards the sky. On remnants of a CBU87 cluster bomb, an American soldier had written before dropping his weapon: “For those whose dreams were taken, Here are a few nightmares. This is gonna shine like a diamond in a goat’s ass.”

There was the stink of death, too, with pieces of uniform hanging from the trees, where someone had been blown apart by a bomb.

Three al-Qaeda fighters in a snipers’ nest were shredded by gunfire.

This is sheer poetry. Somebody needs put it to music.

[TADSLOS]

It smells like....Victory!

[deport]

......creating a 600-yard radius of destruction........

Wouldn't that be a 1,200 yard zone if the radius is 600 yds? Big anyway you look at it.

[duckbutt]

The service man (or woman) that wrote that on the bomb must have been from Texas. Some of the strangest, funniest things I've ever heard have come from folks in the East Texas Hill Country.....

[Pokey78]

Ping.

[Principled]

THat'd be about 11,204 square yards, or so.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

the explosive force equivalent to the bombing of Dresden

2-3 kilotons, soemwhat more than the force of the falling WTC.

[foreshadowed at waco]

THE aftermath of the battle for Tora Bora was apocalyptic: a blasted scene of shredded clothes, bloodied shoes and scraps of abandoned food

I'm glad that the Apocalypse is taking place for the el Qaeda--it may discourage hero worship in the Muslim world if it appears that Allah has abandoned them.

[Libloather]

The 15,000lb daisy-cutter bomb leaves little in its path, creating a 600-yard radius of destruction. Everything was blackened and broken.

This morning, some news dood reported that soon after the latest daisy-cutter went off, phone calls were made by those who were standing close by. Mostly screams were heard...

[FtrPilot]

B52s break bin Laden's men

The Daisy Cutter is dropped by C-130s, not B-52s. Don't get me wrong, I believe that the B-52s are doing an outstanding job, dropping up to 108 Mk-82s (500 pound bombs), as well as 2000 pound JDAMs. I just think that the C-130 should get credit, where credit is due.

[gcraig]

I just think that the C-130 should get credit, where credit is due.

I'm a C-130 electrician now for the NC ANG, and I appreciate the recognition.

[piasa]

Thank you for your service!

[Physicist]

and in the middle of the field they had constructed a primitive chin-up bar.

I wonder what would constitute a technically advanced chin-up bar?

[bribriagain]

God Bless You.

[my trusty sig]

Don't forget to thnk the parachute too!! LOL