Guardian: Qana Bomb Made in the US

[kpete]

Guardian: Qana Bomb Made in the US
By Foreign News Desk



It has been revealed that the bombs used in the attacks Israel launched on the southern Lebanese village of Qana were produced by the US.

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The British newspaper Guardian reported that the bombs used in the attacks were laser-controlled BSU 37/B bunker busters manufactured by the US.

The Independent claimed that inscriptions on shrapnel found at the sight of the attack indicate that the bombs were manufactured by the US.

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The same type bomb had been used in last week’s attack that killed four UN observers.

The Bush administration had shipped 2.5 tons, 100 GBU-28 “bunker busters” to the region after the operation began on 12 July.

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20060801&hn=35267

[JackNewtown]

1. Why do they hate us? nt

[enough]

2. By our fruits they shall know us.

[lostnfound]

3. Manufactured by Raytheon (Corpwatch link)

I wonder if these were the ones "rushed" by the Bush Administration, and I wonder what they thought was in that shelter.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13944
ISRAEL: Israel to get U.S. "bunker buster" bombs - report

Reuters
July 24th, 2006


CorpWatch note: "Bunker Buster" bombs are manufactured by Raytheon.


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.

Israel has been bombarding Lebanon since Hizbollah killed eight soldiers and abducted two others on July 12 and the guerrilla group has fought back. Some 320 people, almost all civilians, have been killed in Lebanon and 37 in Israel. On at least two occasions, the Israeli air force hit Beirut buildings in what media reports described as bids to assassinate Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and senior group officials.

..Israel asked the United States in 2004 to sell it bunker busters. Pentagon approval for the sale of 100 GBU-28 bombs, capable of penetrating some 20 feet (7 metres) of concrete, came through last year but Israel's Defence Ministry, amid steep budget cuts, decided against making the purchase.

Citing U.S. officials, the New York Times reported on Saturday that the Bush administration was rushing a delivery of satellite- and laser-guided bombs to Israel in response to an Israeli request connected to the Lebanon offensive.
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GBU28 "Super-penetrator" weapons made for 'very hard targets'
http://www.raytheon.com/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms01_055760.pdf

[bleever]

4. Karen Hughes will take care of this.

[laura888]

5. This is THEIR 9/11. n/t

[Wisconsin Larry]

6. And the US is resupplying bombs to Israel with "expedited" shipments.

Of course, we wouldn't want them to run out before a "lasting ceasefire" could be obtained. Maybe these idiots could just stop fueling the flame for just a week?

From the NYT, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/world/middleeast/22military.html?ex=1154664000&en=0a9f769bf26299af&ei=5070

WASHINGTON, July 21 — The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.

The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Iran’s efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.

[Phrogman]

15. They did that to fish for an attack on Americans.

I'm very sure that Israel has plenty of ordnance in their bunkers for this stage of the game. Does anybody think they'd be running low after less than a month?

The administration gave them the arms and announced it to the whole world in hopes of starting more violence, but directed at Americans in order to give them an excuse.

Theres our government, deliberately and needlessly taking actions to endanger Americans worldwide.

[Mr_Spock]

7. Bushco love to have a hand in all the killing commited by the "good guys"

:eyes:

[DemonFighterLives]

8. Ain't that special!

Aiding and Abetting War Crimes.
:nuke:

[theHandpuppet]

9. USA! USA! USA! USA!

Hooyah! :patriot:



:sarcasm:

[Selatius]

10. The US government is the largest arms dealer on the planet

All five permanent members of the UN Security Council are perhaps the biggest five arms dealers in the world.

"A few profit – and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war."

-- Gen. Smedley Butler, War Is A Racket. (1935)

[gratuitous]

11. Our tax dollars at work

Why are we funding this atrocity? Who voted to support the bombing of children who couldn't get away? What madness drives this corrupt administration? And when the payback for this crime comes a-calling, will anyone really wonder what we did to earn such hatred?

[mom cat]

13. Killing children and UN peace workers.

[Solly Mack]

12. Sending bombs with one hand and "aid" with the other

Gee, America - which do you think will have a lasting impact?

[leveymg]

14. That explains why everyone in the sub-basement shelter was killed

The IDF initially claimed that the targets were actually 460 and 500 yards away, and that this was a targeting accident.

[malaise]

16. Surprised?

Not - freedom from life is on the march.

[Philosoraptor]

17. Did they have anything clever written on them?

Some folks like to do that, write funny little phrases on the missiles before loading up.

[theHandpuppet]

18. The truth should not be buried in the rubble

So I'm giving this a kick.

[mom cat]

19. Are these bombs loaded with depleted uranium?