U.S. Air Force Pounds Iraqi Targets

[wtmusic]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. Air Force used some of the largest weapons in its inventory to attack targets in central Iraq (news - web sites) in an escalating crackdown on suspected guerrilla strongholds, the military said Wednesday.

A pair of 2,000-pound satellite-guided bombs were dropped late Tuesday near Baqouba, 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, on "camps suspected to have been used for bomb-making," said Maj. Gordon Tate, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division.

Near the northern city of Kirkuk, fighter-bombers dropped 1,000-pound bombs on "terrorist targets," he said without elaborating.

It was unclear whether the airstrikes caused any casualties, Tate said.

The military said the bombings were part of Operation Iron Hammer, the new aggressive tactic of initiating attacks against insurgents before they strike.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20031119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_537

Kicking ass with Operation Iron Boomerang.

[E_Zapata]

1. wow,.....unclear if there were any civilian casualties......

Not like we count those anyways.......

Operation Iron Boomerang is right!

[KoKo]

2. Those reports last week from the Scottish Peace Watch group were correct!

When they said they noticed alot of activity at our air base there, they thought something big was planned. Good to know we have another source for our news in the world who can alert us.

[Dead_Parrot]

3. Another camel gets it in the ass. n/t

[spinbaby]

4. Terrible

I wonder how many civilians dead.

I found this source that explains the effect of these bombs--you have to be more than 400 meters away from impact to be safe.

http://www.cursor.org/stories/civpertons.htm

:-(

[tom_paine]

5. Winning those hearts and minds

by bombing the shit out of them!

Vietnam: Part Deux

Because the Bushevik Chickenhawks were too busy hiding from the first one to truly enjoy it.

[wtmusic]

6. Unbelievable parallels

with Palestine in the 30's. The Jews did not want the British there. The British decided to force the situation with superior firepower.

Ya just can't make someone like you...

[jmcgowanjm]

7. Alot of USsoldiers are about to die, please come home now

Maybe alot of Americans in the US are about to die.

If Karl Rove can't get enough Evoting machines
to swing the vote
I'm thinking dirty bomb in, oh, San Francisco.
xymphora

Everyone in Iraq is becoming our enemy.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/nov2003/iraq-n17.shtml

And until we admit that 911 was done by
and for the US military/government
it's all downhill from here.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j111903.html

http://www.gregpalast.com/

forty years of lies.
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/111903Chuckman/111903chuckman.html

[DeathvadeR]

8. suspected? suspected?

WTF????? I would hope they fuqing know what the fuq they are bombing!!!! suspected!!!!!! Assholes

[wtmusic]

9. They're bombing the first building they come to

It doesn't really matter, does it? Nobody would know otherwise.

Being wrong or helpless is not an option.

[tabasco]

10. Load 'em up with a double charge of democracy!!

And give 'em the bunker-bustin' freedom fuze.

We'll liberate them with bombs.

NOT proud to be an American today.

[johnnie]

11. This...

This going on while Shrub is in the UK finding out how much he really is hated. Was this attack just another attempt at taunting the protesters, or is this administration just plain stupid?