[HennepinPrisoner]

He was so determined not to rock the boat that at times the U.S. warplanes attacking threatening Iraqi missile sites attacked with bombs containing only concrete, not explosives.

I don't remember this---I wonder how the Boston Herald knew? I'm not denying it, but I'd sure like to read up on this a bit more.

This editorial is spot on---I am actually glad Gore gave his speech. It's been great fun listening to the media mock him so much the last two days.

[sam_paine]

at times the U.S. warplanes attacking threatening Iraqi missile sites attacked with bombs containing only concrete, not explosives.

This may be a bit "overblown" so to speak. Practice bombs are weighted with inert stuff like concrete, with similar density to the replaced explosives. I wouldn't be surprised at all if some "training" missions were allowed over the no-fly zones that Clinton approved of. Not saying that this makes it any better, but at least our boys were getting some practice in!

[Brytani]

A quick net search brought up many sources for this information. How it skipped FR is beyond me.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9910/07/us.iraq/

http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/concrete.html

http://www.shmoo.com/mail/cypherpunks/oct99/msg00051.html

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/991009/1999100952.html

I could go on and on with this list. Incidentially, the search I used was on google. Link follows.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Iraq+%22concrete+bombs%22