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Pete Jones <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 10 Mar 2003 17:09:50 GMT, [email protected] (Scribe2b) blathered:
>
> >When and if the United States does go to war, military sources say the United States is preparing
> >a monster new weapon to be used during the first nights. It's called MOAB, short for "massive
> >ordnance air burst" bomb. It is a modern, bigger version of the 15,000-pound "Daisy Cutter" used
> >in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War and Afghanistan. Sources say MOAB -- still experimental -- is a
> >21,000-pound bomb that will be pushed out the back of a C-130 transport and guided by satellite.
> >Because it is not dropped by parachute, as was the old Daisy Cutter, the aircraft can let it go
> >from far higher altitudes, making it safer for U.S. pilots. The MOAB's massive explosive punch,
> >sources say, is similar to a small nuclear weapon.
>
> You missed the best spin on the story though:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=583&ncid=583&e=10&u=/nm/20030228/od_nm/moab_dc
>
> Do you think they'll sue?
>
> As a mate here said -
>
> "That's good. Use a name with strong Christian/ Jewish connotations to bomb Iraq. Beautifully
> thought out. Probably the same person who came up with The War Against Terrorism..."
>
>
> Pete
> ----
> http://www.btinternet.com/~peteajones/
It's part of our 'Crusade' (Bush's word, not long after 9/11) agains terrorism. Yech. /s
news:<[email protected]>...
> On 10 Mar 2003 17:09:50 GMT, [email protected] (Scribe2b) blathered:
>
> >When and if the United States does go to war, military sources say the United States is preparing
> >a monster new weapon to be used during the first nights. It's called MOAB, short for "massive
> >ordnance air burst" bomb. It is a modern, bigger version of the 15,000-pound "Daisy Cutter" used
> >in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf War and Afghanistan. Sources say MOAB -- still experimental -- is a
> >21,000-pound bomb that will be pushed out the back of a C-130 transport and guided by satellite.
> >Because it is not dropped by parachute, as was the old Daisy Cutter, the aircraft can let it go
> >from far higher altitudes, making it safer for U.S. pilots. The MOAB's massive explosive punch,
> >sources say, is similar to a small nuclear weapon.
>
> You missed the best spin on the story though:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=583&ncid=583&e=10&u=/nm/20030228/od_nm/moab_dc
>
> Do you think they'll sue?
>
> As a mate here said -
>
> "That's good. Use a name with strong Christian/ Jewish connotations to bomb Iraq. Beautifully
> thought out. Probably the same person who came up with The War Against Terrorism..."
>
>
> Pete
> ----
> http://www.btinternet.com/~peteajones/
It's part of our 'Crusade' (Bush's word, not long after 9/11) agains terrorism. Yech. /s
