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NBC: Saddam was having a meeting with his Generals; Bunker Buster bomb was dropped... [Drudge]
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| 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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posted on
03/19/2003 8:36:24 PM PST
by
xm177e2
To: xm177e2; *war_list; W.O.T.; 11th_VA; Libertarianize the GOP; Free the USA; knak; MadIvan; ...
To: xm177e2
Din't know that the 117 could use this type of weapon, actually I don't think they can.
To: xm177e2
CNN reported that Iraqi TV said that Saddam would be appearing on TV within minutes. Missed him or body double or stalling tactic?
To: xm177e2
Oh just get the
h@ll out.
Wouldn't it bust the Dems if we took him out before troops or planes were deployed??
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:42:59 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Bush/Rice 2004- pray & fast for our troops this lent-Lansing 3/22-1:00-Support the troops.)
To: org.whodat
Military experts apparently disagree... Fox News guy says thats probably what was used.
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:42:59 PM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: org.whodat
Din't know that the 117 could use this type of weapon, actually I don't think they can.
FB-111s originally carried them, they've all been taken out of service. Something has to carry them and they may have modified them to fit in a F-117A bomb bay.
-Eric
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:44:12 PM PST
by
E Rocc
To: Jabba the Nutt
Video taped before action started is a possiblity. CNN should know that. I think?
To: xm177e2
2 entire divisions have surrendered since this raid according to CBS....
something big may have gone down.
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:44:40 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(Soli Deo Gloria)
To: xm177e2
I'm going to bed now and will be praying that when I wake up in the am I will see Saddam's head on a platter on Fox News.
Hey, I can dream right?
MKM
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:45:32 PM PST
by
mykdsmom
( Rally for America, Raleigh NC, State Capital Grounds March 22, 2003 12pm-2pm)
To: rwfromkansas
Is this verified?
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:45:47 PM PST
by
paul544
(Wow, it does work.)
To: E Rocc
CNN is live on an air craft ship showing fighters headed to Iraq.......
To: xm177e2
Too much, if the Mother Of All Bombs takes out the Mother Of All Assholes, it will be incredible.
Artillery fire on Iraq/Kuwait border. CB heads up.
World wide terror alert issued. Fox NEws
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:46:13 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: rwfromkansas
World Wide Terror Alert
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:46:26 PM PST
by
mrsalty
To: mykdsmom
How can you possibly go to bed now, ill probably pull an allnighter and I have to be up by 5:45 AM
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:47:20 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
We're talking two different weapons here. There's the GBU-27, a 2000lb-class bomb carried by the F-117 and which has a hardened version for penetration. Then there's the GBU-28 "Deep Throat" with is the "mammoth bunkerbuster" ... 5000lb based on an 8" howitzer barrel. The -117 can NOT carry the GBU-28. The F-15E and B-2A do ...
To: xm177e2
"The meeting will come to order . . . . . . . . . . oh, ****!"
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:47:40 PM PST
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
To: All
MSNBC was just reporting it, they said 2 where dropped
To: brigette
where = were
To: xm177e2
I thought it was reported Iraqi TV and Radio had been taken over already by the U.S. Military
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posted on
03/19/2003 8:48:47 PM PST
by
Newbomb Turk
(Gunner Sabot Tank Fire ! Were ARMOR We Ride.)
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