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2017-04-16 Afghanistan

‘Mother of All Bombs' dropped on tunnels once funded by the US

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Posted by Flarong Grolusing5445 2017-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 the tora bora caves were enhanced with support beams and some widening and some minimal connectivity in the 1980s by groups funded by the CIA

but even after this the Tora Bora 'tunnels' were quite primitive as has been documented by eyewitness US troops in 2001-2002, not anywhere near what the NYTimes Mag implied in what they published in 2005.

Posted by lord garth 2017-04-16 00:26|| 2017-04-16 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Bin Laden's mountain fortress

What was.

Posted by NanookOfTheNorthish 2017-04-16 11:07|| 2017-04-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 "Again, with the caves, they weren't these crazy mazes or labyrinths of caves that they described. Most of them were natural caves. Some were supported with some pieces of wood maybe about the size of a 10-foot by 24-foot room, at the largest. They weren't real big. I know they made a spectacle out of that, and how are we going to be able to get into them? We worried about that too, because we see all these reports. Then it turns out, when you actually go up there, there's really just small bunkers, and a lot of different ammo storage is up there". – Jeff, Staff Sgt. ODA 572[2002 interview on PBS broadcast in 2005)

Posted by lord garth 2017-04-16 11:46|| 2017-04-16 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Its tunnels are 500 meters deep and have a total length of over 25 kilometers.

I wonder how long until Google Earth gets the imagery? I want to see the collapsed tunnels.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-16 14:55|| 2017-04-16 14:55|| Front Page Top

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