A bomb blast in the predominately Christian district of Ashrafiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed a top Lebanese security official has been blamed on the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad
The US have their 30,000lb bunker-buster bomb ready to go, if need be.
The bomb may be critical to strike the Iranian nuclear bunker. The Iranian facility at Natanz, is located in the centre of Iran, 33ft underground and behind 6ft of concrete.
Rebels in Syria launched a brazen attack in Damascus this Wednesday. They released a bomb beside a high level meeting of security ministers killing three top regime officials which included Bashar Assad’s (the President) brother in law.
This may signal a change in what now looks like a civil war.
According to US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta the bloodshed is “rapidly spinning out of control” in Syria.
The officials killed (as reported by state run television) include: General Dawoud Rajha, General Assef Shawkat and General Hassan Turkmani.