The report was denied by the DoD a few days later, and it originated on DEBKA. Draw your own conclusions.
1. The report did not originate with DEBKA, it was originally and independently reported in a number of media sources.
2. Of course the DoD would deny it - they're trying to be as secretive as possible in planning the main invasion. Use your head.
3. In fact, the DoD did not deny that the raid took place, and they did not even deny the "100 planes" number. They confirmed that a raid took place and would neither confirm nor deny that the number of planes used was 100. (
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