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Report: U.S. Positioning 'Bunker-Busters' For Possible Iran Strike
Haaretz ^ | March 17, 2010

Posted on 03/17/2010 1:06:25 AM PDT by Fennie

The United States is transporting 387 "bunker-buster" bombs to its air base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as part of preparations for a possible strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, according to a report in Scotland's Sunday Herald.

The U.S. government signed a contract in January with Superior Maritime Services to transport 10 ammunition containers to Diego Garcia from Concord, California. The shipment includes 195 smart, guided BLU-110 bombs and 192 Blu-117 2,000lb bombs.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; diegogarcia; iran; iraniannukes; israel; military; nukes
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To: RC one
Hew would they get them in and back out again, Now that would be a mission for the XXXX.

Do you know what the MOP actually is? Well here you go.


21 posted on 03/17/2010 3:29:33 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: Fennie

Hype.


22 posted on 03/17/2010 3:36:46 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Fennie

Obama the Eunuch bombing Iran? Laughable. He’s more likely to order those bombs to drop on Israel. In fact, he’d drop a bomb on his own country before he’d even speak one negative sentence about the Iranians.


23 posted on 03/17/2010 3:52:48 AM PDT by NotSoModerate
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To: valkyry1

I know what the MOP is and I know there’s no guarantee that it will get the job done. Obviously if we’re sending in ABRs, we are simultaneously waging a war against their military, their C3 systems, and their government. Extraction wouldn’t have to be logitically impossible. Seize an airport in the vicinity of the enrichment facilities and use it for example. It would be a good way to obtain valuable intelligence on their nuclear enrichment opertaions as well, intelligence which could later be used to justify the military action. I’m not opposed to blowing things up, oh no, far from it in fact. In this case though, I would prefer to see the ABRs going in and having their way with the Iranians while the rest of our military focuses on degrading Iran’s ability to wage war for the next 10 years or so. Keep in mind, this is all just us BSing because, in reality, we aren’t going to shiite to Iran.


24 posted on 03/17/2010 3:54:33 AM PDT by RC one (WHAT!!!!)
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To: Fennie

I guess it’s got to this. Obama needs to wag the dog.


25 posted on 03/17/2010 4:00:00 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: MississippiMan

An other senerio is:
We abandon Isreal swsoon;

the Iranians taking that as a sign of weakness beginning the new infantada in a big way with Hizbolla and Hamas mass rocket attacks;

Syria moves tank divisions toward the Golan;

Israel responds by going after all parties including Iran;

the US then supplies arms to Iran to defend against the evil Jews;

thus Hussein wins another peace prize for solving the Middle East Problem.


26 posted on 03/17/2010 4:15:19 AM PDT by PIF
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To: Fennie

Hopefully, Obama won’t find out about this.


27 posted on 03/17/2010 4:15:56 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: Fennie

If, and it’s a big if, this is true. Any strike on Iran by this simpering fool of a President will be half assed and done only to distract the public from his real agenda. This should have been done in 1980.


28 posted on 03/17/2010 4:48:58 AM PDT by NCBraveheart (I think therefore I am Libertarian)
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To: jhpigott; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; SunkenCiv; Nachum; sonofstrangelove; Las Vegas Ron

*ping*


29 posted on 03/17/2010 4:56:04 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: All
Earlier thread about this possibility:

Sunday Herald - Large quantities of BLU munitions being shipped to Diego Garcia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2471299/posts

30 posted on 03/17/2010 5:01:11 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: alloysteel
Wonder how the Israelis would pull off a coordinated missile strike and subsequent air attack on Iranian nuke facilities?

If they have the element of surprise, the chances of success are maximized.

31 posted on 03/17/2010 5:14:30 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: Fennie

More from the locals in Concord at
Claycord.com


32 posted on 03/17/2010 6:23:06 AM PDT by Global2010 (We have De Humanized our Society because we have De Christianize our society. Fr.Corapi)
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To: myknowledge

Report: Saudis May Allow Israel’s Use Of Air Space —

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121027&sectionid=351020205


33 posted on 03/17/2010 7:00:49 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: valkyry1

I thought MOP won’t even be ready for deployment until December 2010. It originally was supposed to be ready mid-2010, but Boeing (the clowns who can’t even get a border security fence right) is 6 months behind schedule.


34 posted on 03/17/2010 7:18:58 AM PDT by DrC
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To: DrC

It might not be ready until then, I dont know for sure.


35 posted on 03/17/2010 1:09:25 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: hennie pennie

my neighbor’s name is Diego Garcia... i was wondering why so many ups trucks were stopping by his house...

i say the the shiite hits the fan by the orthodox easter weekend... the end of april...

teeman

look for changes in the fig trees


36 posted on 03/17/2010 2:48:03 PM PDT by teeman8r (anarchy is preferred over tyranny)
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To: hennie pennie
Thanks hennie pennie.
37 posted on 03/17/2010 7:29:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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