Topic: US Bombs Terror Lair

New York Post
January 22, 2008 By Reuters
BAGHDAD -- US warplanes dropped 30,000 pounds of bombs on a suspected al Qaeda safe haven south of Baghdad, the Air Force said, the latest in a series of air strikes aimed at disrupting the Sunni Islamist group's operations.
The Air Force said the operation, which began on Sunday night and continued yesterday morning, involved B-1 bombers and F/A-18 jets.
Several houses booby-trapped with explosives were destroyed in the air strikes which would allow US and Iraqi troops to move into the area to set up a permanent base of operations.