Bomb weight equivalent to four Eiffel Towers

The amount of US bombs moved to the Gulf for the onslaught on Iraq is equivalent to the weight of four Eiffel Towers, military sources said today.

Responding to suggestions that the Allies might run out of missiles, a senior Central Command official said: “The weight of bombs we have brought into the area is the same as four Eiffel Towers – it’s a hell of a lot of bombs.