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The actual capacity of a 500-pound bomb
Jun 10 2006, Vikas Shekhawat

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi al-Qaida leader and the so-called right hand of Osama bin Laden, was killed when American fighter jets dropped a pair of 500-pound bombs on his hideout. What we want to highlight here is a simple fact that a 500-pound bomb...

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