Really? You never saw photos of all the oil-covered birds? I thought it was pretty well-known.
Also, it wasn't an air strike against the pipeline, it was the Iraqis dumping oil to prevent US marine landings (from what I heard, they were planning on setting it on fire if there were any ships there? Game-of-Thrones-style).
The air strike was to prevent further spillage:
On January 26, three US F-117 fighter-bombers destroyed pipelines to prevent further spillage into the Persian Gulf.
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Really? You never saw photos of all the oil-covered birds? I thought it was pretty well-known.
Also, it wasn't an air strike against the pipeline, it was the Iraqis dumping oil to prevent US marine landings (from what I heard, they were planning on setting it on fire if there were any ships there? Game-of-Thrones-style).
The air strike was to prevent further spillage:
Yeah, that's what I meant -- I just didn't word it right.
ca 1991, I hadn't gotten interested in world news yet. I would've been 12ish years old.