Fresh analysis suggests ‘mother of all bombs caused far less damage than was originally reported – raising questions over why it was dropped in the first placeAfter dropping its largest conventional bomb ever used in combat in Afghanistan on 13 April,the US military said the massive ordnance air blast, or Moab, and was a “very clear message to Isis” that they would be “annihilated”. Defence secretary Jim Mattis said the bomb was “necessary to shatter Isis. The Afghan government claimed the bomb killed 94 Isis militants,while harming no civilians. Related: Devastation and a war that rages on: visiting the valley hit by the Moab attack Related: Moab attack on Isis was a baffling choice in cold-blooded terms of cost Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com