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Two massive bombs explode near Iraq's Kut -witness
Reuters
| 4/02/03
Posted on 04/02/2003 4:04:47 AM PST by kattracks
Two massive bombs explode near Iraq's Kut -witness
NEAR KUT, Iraq, April 2 (Reuters) - Two huge bombs exploded close to the eastern Iraqi city of Kut on Wednesday, sending giant mushroom-shaped clouds billowing high into the sky, a Reuters correspondent said.
Reporter Sean Maguire said U.S. Marines thought the blasts were caused by two so-called "daisy cutter" bombs -- a 6,750 kg (14,850 lb) device that dates back to the Vietnam war.
"Two huge mushroom clouds rose hundreds of feet (metres) into the air," said Maguire, who is travelling with a U.S. Marine unit some 25 km (15 miles) from the city.
U.S. forces bombarded Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the capital Baghdad, overnight.
Earlier on Wednesday, Marines seized a key bridge over the Tigris river close to Kut and took control of the main Highway 6 from Kut to Baghdad, a senior Marine officer said.
04/02/03 06:27 ET
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombs; daisycutter; embeddedreport; iraq; iraqifreedom; kut; mushroomclouds; war
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posted on
04/02/2003 4:04:47 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Daisy "Kutter" ?
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: The Red Zone
Before they changed the cam..the sky was full of black clouds.
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posted on
04/02/2003 4:14:27 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: Badabing Badaboom
What was bombed?
To: The Red Zone
I wonder if these bombs have to hit
anything.
Just seeing them go off at fairly close range would have everyone running for fresh shorts.
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posted on
04/02/2003 4:21:07 AM PST
by
Pete'sWife
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Pete'sWife
Shock and awe lite?
To: The Red Zone
MOAB. Set for air burst provides enormous over pressure for great distances depending on the altitude of detonation. This does not make for a happy day for troops in the field. I'm sure a large formation of Iraqi troops can no longer hear as their ear drumbs burst rendering them ineffective.
Create a great FR day!
DE OPPRESSO LIBER
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posted on
04/02/2003 4:37:32 AM PST
by
bra
To: bra
last I checked, the MOAB was not yet ready for deployment - of course, that might have been disinformation.
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posted on
04/02/2003 5:26:02 AM PST
by
demosthenes the elder
(scum will never cease to be scum - why must that be explained to anyone?)
To: bra
Roger that about the hearing problems.
I have had hearing trubs since a October 1969 blast from a well placed 122mm rocket.
Go Boom sparkle sparkle doors slamming all around.
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posted on
04/02/2003 5:33:34 AM PST
by
battlegearboat
(April's shrapnels brings Saddam's vapors...boom, boom, boom, out go the lights!....and ears)
To: kattracks
War was beginning.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
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posted on
04/02/2003 5:46:14 AM PST
by
VMI70
(...but two Wrights made an airplane)
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