Bunker Buster bombs made in Oklahoma, Texas

<br>(McAlester-AP) -- Key parts of the ``bunker-buster&#39;&#39; bombs used against a Baghdad restaurant where Saddam Hussein and his two sons are believed to have been were made in McAlester. <br><br>The

Tuesday, April 8th 2003, 12:00 am

By: News On 6



(McAlester-AP) -- Key parts of the ``bunker-buster'' bombs used against a Baghdad restaurant where Saddam Hussein and his two sons are believed to have been were made in McAlester.

The $30,000 G-B-U-31 bombs were made at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Steel shell casings for the bunker busters are made in Garland, Texas, and fitted onto the bombs at McAlester.

A US warplane dropped four of the bombs and blasted a smoking crater 60 feet deep at the restaurant yesterday afternoon. At least three houses were destroyed and 20 others damaged -- some badly -- in the attempt to kill Saddam.

The site remains in Iraqi hands and it can't be determined immediately whether Saddam or his sons were killed.
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