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Ex-Iraqi info minister says US air strikes during Iraq war once came within 500 meters of Saddam
Haaretz News Ticker ^ | 9/25/2003

Posted on 09/24/2003 9:38:04 PM PDT by yonif

Ex-Iraqi information minister says U.S. air strikes during Iraq war once came within 500 meters of hitting Saddam


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aar; baghdadbob; decapitation; iraq; saddam; waronterrorism

1 posted on 09/24/2003 9:38:05 PM PDT by yonif
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To: yonif
5 and a half football fields. Talk about nearly getting close.
2 posted on 09/24/2003 9:55:25 PM PDT by Bogey78O (The Clinton's have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured/killed -Peach)
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To: yonif
500 meters is about 1,625 feet, which is almost one third of a MILE. Not close at all.
3 posted on 09/24/2003 9:56:08 PM PDT by jimkress (Go away Pat Go away!)
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To: jimkress
Given any of my rifles and a target at 500 meters, I'd like to show you how close it really is. Or just stand 500 meters from the impact point of a 2,000 lb explosive - the thump from that almost stops your heart. (And the shrapnel travels a lot farther than that still red hot.) Anything within 100 meters of a JDAM is dead, and injuries are 50% at 200 meters. Still far away? No. If a MOAB had been used - or a Daisy Cutter, 500 meters is within the killing radius.
4 posted on 09/24/2003 10:12:34 PM PDT by 11B3 (Don't bring an AK to a MOAB fight.)
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