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25 juillet 2006, 14:49

U.S. sends Israel bunker buster bombs to kill Nasrallah

7/25/2006 5:00:00 AM GMT
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11783

Washington plans to deliver 100 "bunker buster" bombs to Israel to kill Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, and destroy the group trenches, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported, quoting informed sources in both the U.S. and Israel.

The bombs, designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground, are expected to be sent to Israel through a U.S. military base in Qatar, according to the Saudi-owned Arabic daily.

The New York Times reported earlier that the Bush administration was rushing a delivery of satellite- and laser-guided bombs to Israel.

Citing U.S. officials, the Times report further stated that the bombs were part of a sales deal approved by the Pentagon last year.

British designer Barnes Wallis of Bouncing bomb fame, designed during World War II two bombs, now called bunker busters : the five tonne Tallboy and the ten tonne Grand Slam "Earthquake" bombs.