[John Jamieson]

I saw a claim from a Washington area poster on a small board, that B1 bombers were already hitting targets in the SNFZ just this afternoon. Anyone else seen anything indicating that the softening up process has started?


M1A1 can be flown in, in the north. One per plane.
Plenty already in the south.

[John Jamieson]

Never mind! I found it a few rhreads down:

WASHINGTON - In a departure from the patrols by fighter jets over Iraq (news - web sites) in recent months, a U.S. B-1B bomber struck two anti-aircraft radar sites in western Iraq on Friday, military officials said.

The strikes at 1420 GMT targeted a radar system near Iraq's H3 airfield and another airfield near Ruwayshid, only a few miles (kilometers) from the border with Jordan, military officials said. The strikes came after Iraqi forces moved one of the systems into the no-fly zone patrolled by U.S. and British planes over southern Iraq, the officials said.