Reply #14: One Hundred 5000 lb bombs [View All]

[theHandpuppet]

According to Reuters: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24887074.htm

Israel to get U.S. "bunker buster" bombs - report
24 Jul 2006 07:56:26 GMT
Source: Reuters

DUBAI, July 24 (Reuters) - The United States will soon provide Israel with some 100 "bunker buster" bombs to kill the leader of Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group and destroy its trenches, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Monday.

Quoting unidentified informed sources in both Washington and Tel Aviv, the Saudi-owned Arabic daily said the bombs, which can penetrate up to 40 metres (130 feet) under ground, would be shipped to Israel from a U.S. military base in Qatar...

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Edited to add: I do not know whether these bombs from Qatar are in addition to the ones being flown via a stopover in Britain. It would appear these are two different shipments of bombs.