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To: Tommyjo

“Yes the USAF started on the oil trucks before the Russians. They were also hitting refineries and oil/gas storage before the Russians”

The 1st tanker strikes were in Tidal Wave II. I think they had hit some refineries previously.

http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/630393/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-col-warren-via-dvids-from-baghdad-Iraq

“This is our first strike against tanker trucks, and to minimize risks to civilians, we conducted a leaflet drop prior to the strike. We did a show of force, by — we had aircraft essentially buzz the trucks at low altitude.”


24 posted on 11/24/2015 5:11:49 AM PST by zek157
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To: zek157
“This is our first strike against tanker trucks, and to minimize risks to civilians, we conducted a leaflet drop prior to the strike. We did a show of force, by — we had aircraft essentially buzz the trucks at low altitude.”

I believe they call this operation "Incoherent Resolve".

25 posted on 11/24/2015 5:16:05 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The Bush family needs to just go away. The Clinton family needs just to go to prison.)
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