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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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1 posted on 03/19/2003 8:36:24 PM PST by xm177e2
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To: xm177e2; *war_list; W.O.T.; 11th_VA; Libertarianize the GOP; Free the USA; knak; MadIvan; ...
OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST
2 posted on 03/19/2003 8:40:18 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: xm177e2
Din't know that the 117 could use this type of weapon, actually I don't think they can.
3 posted on 03/19/2003 8:41:45 PM PST by org.whodat
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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?
4 posted on 03/19/2003 8:42:35 PM PST by Jabba the Nutt
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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??
5 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.)
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To: org.whodat
Military experts apparently disagree... Fox News guy says thats probably what was used.
6 posted on 03/19/2003 8:42:59 PM PST by smith288 (Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
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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

7 posted on 03/19/2003 8:44:12 PM PST by E Rocc
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To: Jabba the Nutt
Video taped before action started is a possiblity. CNN should know that. I think?
8 posted on 03/19/2003 8:44:34 PM PST by The South Texan
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To: xm177e2
2 entire divisions have surrendered since this raid according to CBS....

something big may have gone down.
9 posted on 03/19/2003 8:44:40 PM PST by rwfromkansas (Soli Deo Gloria)
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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

10 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)
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To: rwfromkansas
Is this verified?
11 posted on 03/19/2003 8:45:47 PM PST by paul544 (Wow, it does work.)
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To: E Rocc
CNN is live on an air craft ship showing fighters headed to Iraq.......
12 posted on 03/19/2003 8:46:03 PM PST by cactusSharp
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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
13 posted on 03/19/2003 8:46:13 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: rwfromkansas
World Wide Terror Alert
14 posted on 03/19/2003 8:46:26 PM PST by mrsalty
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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
15 posted on 03/19/2003 8:47:20 PM PST by Husker24
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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 ...
16 posted on 03/19/2003 8:47:30 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: xm177e2
"The meeting will come to order . . . . . . . . . . oh, ****!"
17 posted on 03/19/2003 8:47:40 PM PST by dighton (Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
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To: All
MSNBC was just reporting it, they said 2 where dropped
18 posted on 03/19/2003 8:48:20 PM PST by stlnative
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To: brigette
where = were
19 posted on 03/19/2003 8:48:46 PM PST by stlnative
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To: xm177e2
I thought it was reported Iraqi TV and Radio had been taken over already by the U.S. Military
20 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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