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NBC: Saddam was having a meeting with his Generals; Bunker Buster bomb was dropped... [Drudge]
MSNBC via Drudge ^ | 03/19/03 | Alex Johnson and Kari Huus

Posted on 03/19/2003 8:36:24 PM PST by xm177e2

A senior U.S. official said the raids in and around Baghdad had been intended as “extensive prepping of the battlefield” in the no-fly zone in the south of the country. But the attack was ramped up after U.S. intelligence spotted what was termed a “target of opportunity,” described as a “senior or very senior member of the Iraqi regime.”

U.S. officials told Miklaszewski that the target was Saddam himself. They would not say whether the attack, in which F-117s dropped mammoth GBU-27 “bunker buster” bombs, was successful.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 19mar2003; assassination; bunkerbuster; freeiraq; gulfwarii; hussein; iraq; saddam; saddamhussein; warlist
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To: xm177e2
I drive a school bus. If we are on red, I can stay up and FREEP, if not, I have to sleep. It is worse than waiting to see if school will be called for a snow day!
41 posted on 03/19/2003 8:55:46 PM PST by myprecious
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To: fatima
Sirens Going off again in Iraq (all clear sirens)
42 posted on 03/19/2003 8:55:59 PM PST by stlnative
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To: myprecious
For Ameicans, Not RED yet, Americans abroad only
43 posted on 03/19/2003 8:56:47 PM PST by mrsalty
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To: myprecious
I drive a school bus. If we are on red, I can stay up and FREEP, if not, I have to sleep. It is worse than waiting to see if school will be called for a snow day!

If we got to red, schools are cancelled? Where are you? Is anyone else amused by the "real" beginning being constantly referred to as the "shock and awe" portion of the campaign? Strikes me as a little silly.

44 posted on 03/19/2003 8:57:51 PM PST by Dianna
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To: Kryptonite
An F-117 can carry two GBU-27s.

Per the FAS.org website:

Specifications

Primary Function Fighter/attack
Contractor Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.
Power Plant Two General Electric F404 engines
Length 65 feet, 11 inches (20.3 meters)
Height 12 feet, 5 inches (3.8 meters)
Weight 52,500 pounds (23,625 kilograms)
Wingspan 43 feet, 4 inches (13.3 meters)
Speed High subsonic
Range Unlimited with air refueling
Armament Internal weapons carriage

Two each of:

2 MK84 2000-pound
2 GBU-10 Paveway II
2 GBU-12 Paveway II
2 GBU-27 Paveway III
2 BLU 109
2 WCMD
2 Mark 61

Unit Cost $FY98
[Total Program]
$122 million
Crew One
Date Deployed 1982
Inventory Active force, 54; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0
PMAI
Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory

Only combat-coded aircraft and not development/ test, attrition reserve, depot maintenance, or training aircraft.

36 aircraft

45 posted on 03/19/2003 8:58:22 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Husker24
I'm with ya, who needs to sleep, right?
46 posted on 03/19/2003 8:58:42 PM PST by photogirl (Let's kick some butt already!!)
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To: whadizit
I'm not sure if my TV will last the night...thank goodness I'm wearing house shoes...soft fuzzy ones, manly...yes but TV safe......these pundits on NBC and CNn need to be hanged
47 posted on 03/19/2003 8:59:24 PM PST by cactusSharp
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To: brigette
Thanks brigette.
48 posted on 03/19/2003 8:59:33 PM PST by fatima (Prayers for all our troops and loved ones.)
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To: Cultural Jihad

F-117s may carry two differerent types of ordnance at the same time. GBU-10 with laser-guided head is in the background, with GBU-27 in the foreground.

49 posted on 03/19/2003 9:00:28 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: brigette
Sirens Going off again in Iraq (all clear sirens)

All clear.... and Saddam set to speak shortly...how anti-climatic. This is boring.

50 posted on 03/19/2003 9:00:46 PM PST by Jorge
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To: netmilsmom
Yeah!!!

Let's hope and pray that the Evil Dictator is already a goner!

Success from the start.

Go get 'em Dubya!!
51 posted on 03/19/2003 9:00:50 PM PST by whenigettime (Pray for the Troops!!)
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To: mrsalty
Well good, that means we are not in great danger. But I have to pry the mouse out of my hand and go to bed.

Just one more Refresh......

No really. I can quit anytime.

52 posted on 03/19/2003 9:02:19 PM PST by myprecious
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To: cactusSharp
GO TO FOXNEWS
53 posted on 03/19/2003 9:02:27 PM PST by mrsalty
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To: xm177e2
Get 'em Dubya
54 posted on 03/19/2003 9:03:28 PM PST by CyberCowboy777 (In those days... Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.)
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To: netmilsmom
Wouldn't it bust the Dems if we took him out before troops or planes were deployed??

Not to mention the useless U.N. security council, France, Germany, the peaceniks the world over... Talk about taking the wind out of their sails.

55 posted on 03/19/2003 9:03:28 PM PST by Monitor
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To: mrsalty
I know , I know.....I ride motorcycles too....sigh....lol
56 posted on 03/19/2003 9:03:53 PM PST by cactusSharp
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To: cactusSharp
CNN is showing f-18's departing after Awacs planes have taken off......hmmmmmmmm
57 posted on 03/19/2003 9:04:34 PM PST by cactusSharp
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To: tanknetter
I think they've got one of the prototype GBU-28s at Wright-Patterson AFB's USAF Museum. In any case I've seen pictures of the -28 slung under an F-15E Strike Eagle...no way a -117 could carry one. Heck, a Strike Eagle is a huge plane and the -28s looked ridiculously big even on it!

}:-)4
58 posted on 03/19/2003 9:05:24 PM PST by Moose4
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To: myprecious
Get some rest, we're at orange. Saddam is at red or dead.
59 posted on 03/19/2003 9:05:30 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: xm177e2
Y'know, actually, I wasn't even thinking Saddam. I figured that he and his boys had headed for the tall grass already. I figured we were targeting Tariq Aziz.

}:-)4
60 posted on 03/19/2003 9:06:18 PM PST by Moose4
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