U.S. nuked Iraq during Gulf War - report An American war veteran has claimed that the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb during the last days of the first Gulf War in Iraq in 1991. Jim Brown, a mechanic in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division at the time, told Italian channel RaiNews24 that coalition forces dropped a 5-kilotonne nuclear bomb in a deserted area near the city of Basra.
Jim Brown, a mechanic in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division at the time, told Italian channel RaiNews24 that coalition forces dropped a 5-kilotonne nuclear bomb in a deserted area near the city of Basra.
Seriosly people!
If that isn't a perfect example of time-honed crackpot Russian paranoia, then I don't know what is.
And it's published by Russia Today, a major state-funded Russian news outlet.
Remember this the next time you hear something from Russian media, ranking just below the Congo in terms of freedom of the press. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
According to RaiNews24, a five-kilotonne blast equalled a 4.2 magnitude quake in the Richter scale. The network cited the online archives of the International Seismological Center, a non-profit UK-based organisation, as confirmation of its research. The blast is catalogued with the number 342793, which took place on 27 February at 1:39pm. The blast was reportedly registered in nine seismic centres, two in Iran, four in Nepal, one in Canada, one in Sweden and one in Norway.
The network cited the online archives of the International Seismological Center, a non-profit UK-based organisation, as confirmation of its research.
The blast is catalogued with the number 342793, which took place on 27 February at 1:39pm. The blast was reportedly registered in nine seismic centres, two in Iran, four in Nepal, one in Canada, one in Sweden and one in Norway.
Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder, a media spokesman for the department, told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the US used "only conventional weapons" during the Gulf War. [...] "The US maintains a number of munitions that have an explosive capability of 5000 pounds (2300 kilogrammes) and larger," Ryder told AKI in a written statement.
[...]
"The US maintains a number of munitions that have an explosive capability of 5000 pounds (2300 kilogrammes) and larger," Ryder told AKI in a written statement.
you're having a laugh, if you're going to push out bullshit at least push out believable bullshit. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
