US bomber explodes

Published April 5, 2008

DUBAI, April 4: A US B-1 bomber exploded on Friday while landing in a Qatari air base due to a technical fault, according to the Al Jazeera TV.

The television station did not say if anyone was hurt in the incident at the Al Udeid air base south of the capital Doha. Al Udeid is used by US forces in Qatar, which hosted the advance headquarters of the western forces in the invasion of Iraq.—Reuters

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