Report: US shipping arms ahead of strike on Iran

[Pharaoh]

Scottish newspaper says US transferred ammunition containers with 'bunker-buster' bombs to Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean. Expert: They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran

Ynet
Published: 03.17.10, 08:50 / Israel News

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3863920,00.html

Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ahead of a possible attack on Iran, The Herald reported Wednesday.



The Scottish newspaper said the American government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures, The Herald reported.
Islamic Republic



The report quoted experts as saying that the bombs are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

[upi402]

1. With subs and carriers why would this be necessarily an implied Iran attack

What would Mother Jones say?

[Arctic Dave]

4. Most bunker buster bombs are dropped from large aircraft.

Diego Garcia has a landing strip for large bomber planes.

[mmonk]

2. Damn

[HereSince1628]

3. Is it just me, or do the Arab and Israelli news outlets seem

to be the ones that always have the breaking reports of this sort of stuff?


Not that I am cynical, much, but in an era when Rumsfeldian Psyops against America are SOP, why wouldn't, say FOX NEWS, be the folks that break these stories. Fox, with it's Pentagon programming, is just as likely to have access to info from the atoll of Diego Garcia as is anyone.

[Pharaoh]

6. I know!

I was sent this link by a friend in Norway!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. You do realize that this is a tabloid, right? Do you have a link to the actual Scottish report?

[Pharaoh]

8. Call it what you will

this is hardly a Tabloid

http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3082,00.html

[SemiCharmedQuark]

9. Yes it is a tabloid. They admit as much themselves.

They say that they focus on "drama and human interest over sophisticated analysis"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynetnews.com#cite_note-5

[Pharaoh]

10. Then I guess you should

not read it anymore.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. Wow, that reply sure showed me.

:eyes:

Do you have a link to the actual report that this references or not?

[Pharaoh]

12. What would be the point

can't you do your own research?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Maybe she doesn't feel inclined to do YOUR work for you.

A sentiment I tend to share.

[Pharaoh]

17. If I were to argue with

everyone who wants to ask endless questions:shrug:

That is what google is for.

If you want to make claims, please back them up. I don't have time to do your homework....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. "If you want to make claims, please back them up."

Well, my irony-o-meter just blew up.

[rox63]

7. More likely headed to Afghanistan

The US military just started their Kandahar operation.

[slackmaster]

14. Cool story!

[tkmorris]

15. Another report says these were diverted from Israel

Apparently the US agreed to ship these to Israel back in 2008, but they were diverted to Diego Garcia instead, probably due to the dust-up over Israeli settlements recently.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2010/me_israel0217_03_18.asp

No idea what the truth of the matter is here, just passing it on.

[Ozymanithrax]

16. Tin foil hat time. n/c