Tactical Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Iraq?
Written by Haitham Sabbah on 28. October 2006, 0255hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in Iraq, Media, USA, War, War Crimes // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah
I’ve missed a lot news during Ramadan (trying to catch all the special-new TV series), so today, I managed to go through some, where I came across this interesting story, yet not covered by the mainstream media, and you’ll know why shortly.
First, the story at Digg says that Aljazeera claims that a tactical nuke exploded at Camp Falcon in Iraq. Followed the link they have there, but there was no video (some comments below the Digg story claims that it was removed by Google). Went searching until I found it here.
So far so good? Not really… Claiming that I’m an Arab and can understand Arabic, the quoted live report at Aljazeera never mentioned a word about any nuke explosions, although the anchor express clearly that he is amazed by the type and size of the explosions he is watching.
Researching more in the mainstream media about the event, didn’t find anything about the causalities or the explosions. That made me wonder, why? So I went searching the alternative media, and here come the surprises.
Now, before going any further, lets watch the video, (At precisely three minutes, fifty-six seconds (3:56) into the video clip, the “tactical nuclear explosion” appears to happen. It can’t be missed)
Is there a mistaking what it was? Maybe!
By the way, in this video, the guest speaking live from Iraq reported that shrapnel and splinter were falling at his site which is more than twenty kilometers away from the explosions.
The site is an ammunition dump of the US military in Baghdad. The base is know as Camp Falcon and is supposed to be populated by 6,000 American troops, yet, official reports said NO ONE was killed or injured!!!
So, what is happening here? The explosions was caused by a mortar attack (from Iraqi resistance, which occupation army calls ‘insurgents’), a US spokesman said. The official story is that no one got killed, and alternative media is listing the names of over 300 American causalities. Other unconfirmed reports say that 9 transport planes ferried American dead bodies from Baghdad. Al-Quds Press report that US occupation forces accused Iraqi translators of leaking information on the location of arms and ammunition depots in the base to the resistance, although JUS said that 11 Iraq translators working for the US occupation troops had been killed in the explosion.
Not only has the U.S. military machine lost much of its armor and transport, and its entire reserves of ammunition and special fuel, but some Iraqi officials expect that the losses sustained by the US military as a result of the destruction of the Falcon Arsenal that would total more than a billion US dollars.
Here is another video taken by member of the US occupation forces. Make a note of the explosion in the first minute of the video (precisely at 00:50):
Of course the two videos are taken from different locations at different timing, so there is no way to link the explosions timing and which is what, but the soldiers describe just how powerful a shockwave they felt and they are concerned about fallout as well. Chemical or nuclear?
Hey, did we find the WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) in Iraq or what? Oh… it’s only American!
There have been some questions about whether the more spectacular explosions and their accompanying lights, mushroom clouds, and shock waves, could have been from “Tactical Nuclear Weapons” or something else. This is mere speculation. But the possibilities that some of these explosions are Tactical Nuclear Weapons are not impossible, especially if we search a little more to learn what Tactical Nuclear Weapons are.
According to the Arms Control Center (PDF file), a “Tactical Nuclear Weapon” differs from a “Strategic Nuclear Weapon” as follows:
“Strategic Nuclear Weapons” are the largest warheads, over 1 Megaton (1 million tons of TNT) in yield, with the highest yield blasts, designed to destroy entire cities or hardened military targets.
“Tactical Nuclear Weapons” are smaller warheads, with low yields from 0.1 to Kiloton (100 Tons of TNT) to 1 Megaton (1 million tons of TNT) designed to be used ON A BATTLEFIELD in a specific theater of operations. Hence, Tactical Nuclear Weapons create a much smaller blast, much lower blast area and far smaller blast wave (wind).
The Arms Control Center also says Tactical Nuclear Weapons can be as small as an artillery shell.
Back to the video, the brilliant white flash can be a key to making this identification. As seen in the video, the flash was far more spectacular (by a factor of 100? you decide!) and lasted far longer than any and all other explosions at the ammo dump. Does this fits what one would expect to see with a 0.1 Kiloton tactical nuclear detonation?
Of course I personally can’t confirm or deny. And while there is no official word about what happened that night, no one so far can confirm or deny anything. I’m just looking at the story from all directions.
So what’s the deal?… If hundreds of Americans got killed at largest arsenal military base in Iraq (a.k.a. Forward Base Falcon), it’s going to be BIG NEWS for the congressional election in few days….and I don’t see how they are going to be able to hide it for long.
If you have any doubt at all of the corrupt nature of Bush administration, this is another proof. An attack THIS BIG with damages THIS HUGE is being CENSORED FROM YOUR KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION!
Hey America! Your government is doing all this and more on your behalf. Here is a bit more:
- How to make 655,000 dead Iraqis disappear
- Iraq War May Cost America US$ 1 Trillion
- U.S. Plan for New Nuclear Weapons Advances
- Every minute that passes, more innocent world citizens are being subjected to this horrifying violence by American citizens (very graphical, watch at your own risk)
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October 28th, 2006 at 5:32 am
The explosion you pointed out in the first video was quite stunning… I’m obviously no weapons expert, but it did alarm me when I first watched it.
The second one you pointed out on the other hand looked definatly looked like an arms storage facility was hit… I see no reason to belive the second was in any way a tactical nuke, because of the size of the explosion and the secondary smoke trails that followed, which would usually point out that a stockpile of weapons were hit and that they went off. — Also the second video was posted in May ?
Was the Base hit recent or was it something that occured a while ago?
I just checked the link back to the second video. It was posted in May and a person claiming to have originally posted it noted that it was the Kirkuk Airbase ammo supply point… so that confirms my earlier suspicion that it was a weapons point hit, and in no way a tactical nuke …. at least in the second video.
http://www.rense.com/general73/falcphotos.htm Also the pictures posted in that link of ariel shots of the Forward Base Falcon attack, they do not demonstrate any sort of destruction on the scale of a tactical nuke… that looks like heavy mortar fire.
October 28th, 2006 at 6:42 am
Watching the You Tube video leaves me with no doubt that what we have seen is the mushroom clouds associated with nuclear weapons. Hearing the American soldiers laughing first as they started taping, then growing nervous as the explosions continued is a testimony that, even by American standards, they were witnessing something extraordinary! That no one was killed is the most difficult thing to believe about this. Could any one believe that this huge pile of weapons of mass destruction was sitting there by itself without having a good number of soldiers guarding the place!
October 28th, 2006 at 10:19 am
moclippa,
I agree, the second video might not be at all related to this incident, however their are claims around some blogs that the date is wrong mistakly by YouTube. But anyway, I don’t link the two as I said, but thought worth mentioning since it is one of the footage reported about this same incident which toke place on Oct 11-12th, 2006.
As for rense picture, I personally doubt them. I doubt that they are of the camp in question here, specially that they are taken from air and the Americans are accusing Iraqi translators of revealing the coordinations of ammo dump, yet they leak all these photos next day!! It looks easier for resistance to find coordinations of the American camp by searching the Internet!!!
October 28th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
[...] Aunque lo m?curioso es que de 6.000 soldados que habitan la base no hay ni un s????herido a pesar de la gran explosi????ue algunos ya achacan a la destrucci????e una bomba nuclear «t?ica», aunque no es muy probable. Otras fuentes hablan de 300 muertos que han sido discretamente evacuados de la zona al hospital militar de al-Habbaniya y dan una lista de nombres que no ha sido hecha p?a en los EEUU porque significar?el fin de los republicanos en las pr????as elecciones de primeros de noviembre. [...]
October 28th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
I am presently sitting here after just reading this thread so upset that I don’t know where to begin. I watched the videos, I read all the links, but I wish to focus on the ones that seem to be undeniable, those citing the fatalities which are being covered up, specifically, the one from TBR and Kavkas. Then we also have the coverup of the massive Iraqi fatalities. Coverups, coverups and more coverups.
Here in the States let it PLEASE be known, our general public is both hoodwinked AND even when told, largely resistant in many quarters to the news from the “other side”. But there are those who are willing to listen and there are those who are taking a stand. For various reasons, for different objectives, there are MANY of us here in the States who are fighting with our every last means available to end our involvement in Iraq. I make absolutely NO excuses for Americans who continue to support this war or those who took so long to come to the conclusion that we have been lied to. Some of us knew from day one the invasion was a total farce, and some only now, even after enlisting in the military, are coming to that conclusion. But the fact is that where we stand now is the only point from whence we can take action, since the past is already done, we MUST work from this point on and keep a clear aim when calculating what to do against these atrocities.
Yes the election is coming up, and yes there is definitely a massive rising tide against the war in Iraq. It is all going to hell in a hand basket for the neocons and yet they are still “ticking”, actually “ticking” like a massive bomb with American citizens running around scurrying not knowing quite what to do. But there ARE some who are focused and these are the ones who actually know best and can be trusted the most to give us the truth, those in the military themselves who are speaking out and resisting. They are 100% credible and CANNOT be denied. It is these people the American public should be listening to, NOT the propaganda being given by our government who has their own tail in the bear trap going down, down, down.
There are American organizations out there to participate in and contact. Here are a few:
Courage to Resist http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/ COURAGE TO RESIST is a group of concerned community members, veterans and military families that supports military objectors to illegal war and occupation and the policies of empire. Our People Power strategy weakens the pillars that maintain war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere by supporting GI resistance, counter-recruitment and draft resistance, which cuts off the supply of troops
Veterans for Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
Iraqi Veterans Against the War http://www.ivaw.org/
Thank You Lieutenant.orghttp://www.thankyoult.org/ This organization is a grassroots organization to support First Lt. Ehren Watada who is the first commisioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq. He is currently facing court marshall and up to 81/2 years in prison for his stance. It is his stance that the war in Iraq is illegal per international treaty and per our Constitution. His lawyers are using this defense and putting the war on trial.
Haitham, I have forwarded this information to Bob and Rosa Watada who are currently on a major tour of the US sponsored by Veterans for Peace. I do not know where it will go, but it has been sent. Hopefully they will forward this information to the head of VFP who I believe is on the tour with them. Thank you for posting this vital information which we do NOT get here in the States. Together, those of us who are fighting in whatever way we can, will bring an end to our occupation and Inshallah, Iraq will rise from the ashes my government has created.
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October 30th, 2006 at 5:53 am
I know very little about nukes, but don’t they require a chain reaction to produce an explosion? — that is, they must be deliberately set off.
October 30th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
This is a joke, right? Or are you the people who think the Israelis were responsible for 9/11?
Let me explain this slow, so you can understand.
A) In the US, unlike the Mideast (except for Iraq) the government does not control the press. I’d prefer a little more control,as in prosecution for publshing national secrets, but that’s not how we do things.
B) The US media, as a broad group, is leftist and hates the administration. ANY opportunity to harm Republicans or The President is an opportunity they will leap at, regardless of harm to the nation.
However, they are not all stupid and crazy, and they have been burned with false reports in the past,as Dan Rather (former newsman,now functionally unemployed ) will attest. This is a hoax. Arab media is not to be believed, due to lack of professionalism, poor training, lack of intelligence (also a US problem), no oversight by contrasting media to prove them wrong, and outrageous bias.
Sorry.
October 31st, 2006 at 1:44 am
Oh yes Steve, the media in the US is liberal and will jump at any chance to harm the Republicans. Let’s see, I guess our media should not be reporting that there are no wmd’s, no links to Al-Qada, Republican ties to Jack Abrahamov, Tom DeLey scandals, Foley scandals, voting machine scandals, murders to innocent civilians in Iraq, Abu Gharib, the shredding of our Constitution as in the Patriot Act and illegal wire-tapping, the suspension of habeas corpus, campaign fraud, leaks done by the Republicans in order to out Valerie Plame because her husband outed the White House, bloopers by our ignorameous president (because we all know he is highly intelligent and literate, pictures of coffins returning home (because we all know our boys are heros), pictures of dead Iraqis (because we all know they died for freedom), no coverage should be given to all the retired generals speaking out against the war (because who the hell are they to say anything), on and on and on. Yes the press is liberal because it SOMETIMES covers horrible things about Republicans That is when you don’t have O’Riley, Hannity, Kristol, Limbaugh, Savitch, Will, Tony Snow-ex-Fox-cum-chief-spokesman-for-the-neo-con-agenda on and on spouting off nothing but crap. Oh, sorry, I forgot, those are the patriots among us who want to make sure our country is safe. Sorry, what WAS I thinking.
UN says Iraq seals data on civilian death toll
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/21/world/middleeast/21statistics.html?ex=1162357200&en=1ec02b45ab9c79c6&ei=5070
Just remember, no news is good news!!!
October 31st, 2006 at 4:33 am
Steve,
Bull! In the US the news is not biased to the left. The news published is only what is uncovered by reporters.
The main news is hidden by the White House by their constant lies.
They promised an open administration which has been hidden by lies.
Steve, again, BULL.
October 31st, 2006 at 8:45 pm
Sorry, ladies, but there is overwhelming evidence to support the leftwing bias of the media. Look up “media bias polls” on google to see what you find. The media wing of the Democratic party is the terrorists’ best ally, as they are well aware.
Just to pick one poll, in March and April 2005, the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy surveyed 300 journalists nationwide — 120 who worked in the television industry and 180 who worked at newspapers and asked for whom they voted in the 2004 presidential election. In a report released May 16, 2005, the researchers disclosed that the journalists they surveyed selected Democratic challenger John Kerry over incumbent Republican President George W. Bush by a wide margin, 52 percent to 19 percent (with 1 percent choosing far-left independent candidate Ralph Nader). One out of five journalists (21 percent) refused to disclose their vote, while another six percent didn’t vote. This is at least a 3 to 1 bias amd undoubtedly far more, as “non-disclosure” means guilty Dems.
Feel free to resaarch further, girls. Provable facts are hard to dispute, though, and self-evidently the sad Arab media is far worse for the reasons previously addressed. Sorry.
November 1st, 2006 at 2:51 am
First off Steve, (hoping he doesn’t mind me saying this) Kimmy is a MAN.
OK, now that we’ve got that one straight, you state very clearly that 21% declined to state. Why are you assuming that those 19% voted Democrat?
Secondly, because 52% of them stated openly that they did vote Democrat have you never heard of what should be journalistic integrity? Who do you see on the televised media and hear on the airwaves spouting off nothing but right-wing opinion? Which channel has a clear majority of viewers? You got it FOX. And who ignored the Scooter Libby admision to the prosecuters that Bush had authorized him to leak portions of the NIE report running up to the Iraq war and instead focused on the Cynthia McKinney altercation? http://mediamatters.org/items/200604070015
You got it, FOX. And whose right-wing anchorman is now the spokesman for Bush? You got it FOX. Wait, look at that one backwards, where did Bush’s press secretary come from? You got it, FOX. And which channel CONTINUES to not question Bush representatives such as Cheney when they STILL say Hussein had ties to Al-Qaeda? You got it, FOX. So Steve, when other news channels DO cover the scandals and the lies of this administration you CANNOT ignore the fact that the MOST watched news channel in America continues to allow out and out lies to be spoken and IGNORES important issues in favor of such things as the McKinney case and lest we not forget, any young girl who has been murdered or kidnapped INSTEAD of covering important matters that affect our safety as a nation AND our crimes as a nation. Sorry, but just because you don’t like what you hear does NOT make it something that should not be covered because you see Steve, this article itself is about a massive coverup. So, if the news outlets were as “liberal” (gosh, isn’t being liberal a major sin)as you claim they are, WHERE IS THE COVERAGE OF THE CLAIMS IN THIS ARTICLE? Did you even make the links Steve? Try this one from above http://tbrnews.org/Archives/a2547.htm#001
What do ya’ think Steve? Shouldn’t someone in the major media be picking this up since it is ALL OVER THE INTERNET? Or, if you want to say it’s a bunch of baloney, why isn’t THAT being covered since it’s all over the place. Remember Watergate (you’re probably too young but I am not). It was covered in a small article in I believe it was the Wall Street Journal shortly before the election. Guess what Steve, it didn’t hit the main media til after the election. Guess what happened Steve?
Nixon resigned in disgrace before he was impeached. De ja vu except that this is a midterm election and this one is a lame duck we’re stuck with for two more miserable years. If he resigns we get the DUCK SHOOTER to replace him. Lucky America!!
November 1st, 2006 at 2:54 am
Woops, make that the MAN shooter!!
November 1st, 2006 at 7:15 pm
A) Kimmy is not a man. He is biologically male.
B) The reason this is not being covered has been previously stated,but to repeat:
“However, they are not all stupid and crazy, and they have been burned with false reports in the past,as Dan Rather (former newsman,now functionally unemployed ) will attest. This is a hoax. Arab media is not to be believed, due to lack of professionalism, poor training, lack of intelligence (also a US problem), no oversight by contrasting media to prove them wrong, and outrageous bias.”
C) Fox News is cable, and despite the fact that they dwarf all other cable news (is CNN still on the air?), free TV has far more viewers. Moreover, FOX has a sadly high number of libs. They are “fair and balanced”. ‘You just never watch, so you don’t know and believe your deranged websites like this one and friends.
D) I am probably older than you, and certainly more knowledgable and less biased.
Sorry.
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:42 pm
http://www.tintdude.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/lofiversion/index.php/t11098.html
look at the date this forum released the video. The second video is not Camp Falcon
do a search of ammo_dump_attack_in_iraq.wmv find out yourself. These are two seperate events.
November 8th, 2006 at 5:15 am
Steve,
Biologically male?
Are you boilogically human?
If you follow the “polls” you will find out that the Fox network is loosing viewership in a hurry.
And please don’t include me under the term “gals”, that is so rude to me and Robin. She is a Lady.
If you really want to get into a gender discussion, I will let you know that I have more respect for the female gender than the male gender because they are more willing to listen to reason than a male. Also, they are more willing to accept another person’s view if they are proven wrong.
On top of that, they don’t have that inflated ego that most men have.
I thank my two daughters and my wife for these viewpoints.
Steve, if you were full of anymore bull you would have a horn protruding out your backside!
November 8th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Thanks Kimmy, I was going to ignore “Steve” but you hit the nail on the head. I think he and the other foxies in the bush might be in a little bit of a pissy mood today after the Dear John letter sent by the American public yesterday. On Pelosi’s list of things to do, investigate fraud and mismanagement in Iraq and get us out. Leave it to a woman
(just kidding)