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It's difficult to imagine that news media could have made any mistakes in their reporting on the war in Iraq , but I was confused about their inconsistent use of the term "bunker busters."

Before the war started, there were articles saying that mini-nukes called "bunker busters" might be used in Iraq. There was some concern among leftists about this new policy towards "mini" nuclear proliferation.

Then the war started, and they mentioned that "bunker busters" were used! I looked up a few articles at the time trying to confirm if these were "mini-nukes," and they gave specs for exactly what kinds of bombs were dropped. But those seemed to be just heavy standard bombs, nothing nuclear.

Does anyone else remember seeing anything about actual nukes used in Iraq? If you can remember an article on the web where I could read more about it, or even if you can remember when or where the bombing happened, that would make it easier to look up more info on the topic.

Thanks,
Deidzoeb

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There is no such thing as mini-nukes as of right now. Bunker Busters in air to surface warfare are called paveway bombs and the reason they are sometimes called bunker busters is because they dont explode on contact, they actually are timed to explode after it lodges itself into the ground. The ones used on the ground are only RPG's (rocket propelled gernades) that are shot into the caves.

If nukes were used in Iraq, we would definitely know it. You'd have alot of really sick people. Even small nuke weapons make huge impacts, and the smaller they are, the dirtier. So I agree with the previous post, the bombs used were heavy concrete penetrating bombs with delayed fuses to penetrate deeper.

Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to stir up a conspiracy about nukes having been used in Iraq. It's a matter of confusion with the press, because they've been talking about "bunker busters" as if interchangeable with "mini-nukes" for some time before the war, and there were articles before the war in which people proposed the use of mini-nukes in Iraq. Then as the war was happening, they said that "bunker busters" had been used. I figured many people would have been outraged if any kind of nukes had been used, but they seem to let so many other outrageous things pass lately, that I don't really trust the mainstream media for news anymore.

It seemed plausible to me that if the nukes were small enough, or if some retired general was able to make them sound small enough, then their use in Iraq or elsewhere might be overshadowed by some spectacularly scandalous murder story like Laci Peterson or JonBenet Ramsey. I mean, with the killing of a few alleged Al Qaeda members in Yemen in November 2002, the US has put assassination into effect as an acceptable policy. How many Americans know or care about our government engaging in assassination?

oh no. its the weapons of mass deception again.

I care, And am an American. I think that George W. is a crazed warhawk and mindboggingly idiotic as well.

i agree...SERIOUSLY.