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Bet the late Saddam played pass the WMD with Syria. Wonder if Syria will find a country stupid enough to accept them. That country will find it''s name changed to Next just like Iraq and Syria's was.

Air Force moving several MOAB bombs to Gulf region: Pentagon
59 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Air Force is moving several 21,000-pound MOAB bombs, the largest US conventional bomb, to the Gulf region, a US defense official said.

It was not clear what the air force intends to do with the bombs, which are most effective against troops or tanks in open areas.

"What we were told today is that they are on the way," said the defense official, who asked not to be identified.

He said several were being shipped to the Gulf region.

MOAB stands for Massive Ordnance Air Blast, but it is known informally as the "mother of all bombs."

Developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florda, where it was tested last month, the bomb is a larger version of the 15,000 pound "daisy cutter."

The "daisy cutter" was used in Vietnam to clear jungle for helicopter landing pads, in the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) to clear minefields and in Afghanistan (news - web sites) to clear caves and strike fear into al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.

The MOAB has a satellite guidance system and a tail kit to steer it to within about 13 meters (14 yards) of its target.

It is too big to be dropped normally. It is dragged out of the back of a C-130 cargo plane

This little rumor (actually, huge rumor) from an unnamed intelligence source (probably a CNN trouble maker) is meant to be unleashed for Syria's tyrants to contemplate. And they best chew on it awhile. We are there in their neighborhood and anxiously wanting to clean up Saddam's hateful little group of murdering terrorists. Sometimes a little looksee, backed with an around the corner widdle threat, can make surprising things happen. Wonder how much Syria wants to play this new game.