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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also known as the "Mother of All Bombs", has been dropped in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said. [...] A MOAB is a 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition that is America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb.
The bomb was dropped by an MC-130 aircraft, operated by Air Force Special Operations Command, according to the military sources. They said the target was an ISIS tunnel and cave complex as well as personnel in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province.
Gen. John Nicholson, Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement. "This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against [ISIS]." The statement said U.S. forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties.
Also at Fox News. The bombing came days after the death of a Green Beret in the same province, but a defense official said the bombing was unrelated. Another official had this to say:
The MOAB had to be dropped out of the back of a U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo plane due to its massive size. "We kicked it out the back door," one U.S. official told Fox News.
Update: The Afghan defence ministry says that 36 ISIS fighters were killed by the strike.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @05:30PM (3 children)
Conservatives neutered themselves by devolving into nothing more than arbitrary anti-leftism.
They no longer stand for anything beyond opposition to another tribe.
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Thexalon on Friday April 14 2017, @05:50PM (2 children)
Conveniently, the Democrats neutered themselves by devolving into nothing more than arbitrary anti-rightism. They no longer stand for anything beyond opposition to another tribe.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @06:34PM (1 child)
(a) Your parallel construction fails by substituting "democrats" for liberals and/or progressives.
(b) If you think that you haven't been paying attention.
The democratic party supports green power, the right to healthcare and the rights of minorities, just for starters.
They aren't perfect, but they are definitely defined by what they are for.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday April 15 2017, @02:33PM
Not that old chestnut. The democratic party, and the republicans before them - Romney, who was behind most of ObamaCare - supported obliging people to give money to insurance companies such that medical bills would be covered. A *compeletely* different thing.
> The democratic party supports ... the rights of minorities
Nah, the democratic party wants those niggers voting Democratic for 200 years, even if it was never worded exactly that way.
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