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U.S. B-52 Bombs Tora Bora Area (as deadline passes)
AP ^
| 12/11/01
Posted on 12/11/2001 7:50:12 PM PST by fm1
TORA BORA, Afghanistan A U.S. B-52 aircraft bombed the Tora Bora area on Wednesday after cornered al-Qaida forces ignored a surrender deadline set by the opposing tribal eastern alliance.
Journalists were kept away from the area by alliance fighters, who earlier confirmed that no al-Qaida forces had given up.
It was unclear whether the bombs directly hit a canyon occupied by al-Qaida members. However, gunfire could be heard coming from the area
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: talibanlist
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posted on
12/11/2001 7:50:12 PM PST
by
fm1
To: fm1
Cool. Party on, Tora Bora style.
2
posted on
12/11/2001 7:52:24 PM PST
by
speedy
To: fm1
Journalists were kept away from the area by alliance fighters,This must explain Whorealdo's presence.
To: fm1
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posted on
12/11/2001 7:54:40 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
To: fm1
Daisy cutters make me feel so warm and fuzzy ...
The men, women and children in the towers weren't given the opportunity to surrender ... so let's have a Bar-B-Q. I don't mind burning them alive ... it was good enough for American victims ... it's good enough for them.
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posted on
12/11/2001 7:56:32 PM PST
by
zlala
To: fm1
Good. This provides a nice out. Sure beats having to deal with POWs and trials and half the governments of the world trying to interfere in the judicial process.
To: zlala
I concur.
BOMBS AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY !
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posted on
12/11/2001 7:58:57 PM PST
by
nopardons
To: speedy
All my roudy friends are comming over tonight.
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posted on
12/11/2001 7:59:03 PM PST
by
oyez
To: fm1
DAYO. DAAAAAYYYYYO!!
Go bomb Osama then we gonna come home!
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To: fm1
What "deadline"?
To: fm1
Ananova adds the following:
The eastern alliance, which overran al-Qaida's positions on Tuesday, gave their mainly Arab opponents until 8am local time (0330 GMT) to disarm and walk out of the Tora Bora area, saying they would otherwise face a massive attack.
About 30 minutes after the surrender deadline had come and gone, the alliance's defence chief Mohammed Zaman said: "No Arabs have come out, yet."
Zaman smiled and cocked his head when asked if US military personnel were operating in the area.
American warplanes also carried out bombing raids before dawn in the area on Wednesday. And, as the surrender deadline passed, a B52 bomber circled menacingly over Tora Bora, leaving a spiraling white vapour trail in the blue sky.
It dropped its payload about an hour later
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posted on
12/11/2001 8:04:26 PM PST
by
fm1
To: fm1
Fryin' 'em saves the time and expense of tryin' 'em (not to mention the hassle from liberal bleeding hearts).
To: fm1
The most awesome piece written about this war.
Now they know who we are!
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posted on
12/11/2001 8:09:35 PM PST
by
UFO
To: UFO
Sorry, the link fell out.
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posted on
12/11/2001 8:10:44 PM PST
by
UFO
To: UFO
Will Someone fix this link...........??
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001560015-2001573033,00.html
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posted on
12/11/2001 8:12:03 PM PST
by
UFO
To: SamAdams76
LOL.
That reminds me of the scene in Midnight Run where Robert De Niro has been arrested for impersonating an FBI agent. De Niro is sitting in one of the FBI's field offices when Yaphet Kotto, who is the agent De Niro has been impersonating, walks in. Yaphet Kotto sees De Niro and then comes over to him and says: "You know, impersonating an FBI officer is a very serious offense." To which De Niro responds, "Oh yeah, so how come you're not in jail."
To: fm1
Bomb 'em to hell.
To: UFO
Will Someone fix this link...........??
Glad to!
Holy Shiiiite, everywhere you look there is US and Anti Taliban soldiers. You look up and there's B-52s. I gotta get outta here. Yo Osamy, wait up.
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posted on
12/11/2001 8:18:36 PM PST
by
spectr17
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