New York: A US warplane dropped four "bunker-busting" bombs on a residential
neighbourhood in Baghdad after officials received "extremely reliable" information
that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his two sons were present there, US
administration officials said.
An intelligence source on the ground in Baghdad said Saddam and his sons, Uday and
Qusay, were attending a meeting in al-Mansour district in Western Baghdad, they said.
Officials quickly called in a B-1B bomber to strike the location on April 7 with
four GBU-31 joint direct attack munition weapons, the 2,000-pound smart bombs known
as "bunker busters".
"A leadership target was hit very hard," a US Central Command spokesman said in
Qatar.
He said he could not immediately comment on likely casualties.
The administration officials did not rule out the possibility that Saddam could have
moved before the plane struck, but said "everyone" at the meeting was most probably
killed.
A report from Baghdad said the bombs had blasted an 18-metre crater and destroyed
three buildings in the locality. Rescue workers said at least two bodies had been
found in the rubble.
PTI
