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  • Sabotage Averted

    03/23/2003 7:07:25 AM PST · by Mia T · 2 replies · 205+ views
    FoxNews | March 22, 2003 | Ray Heizer
    Sabotage averted (paraphrasing) The FoxNews crawler just had a message that many of the Iraqi facilities we have taken over have been found to be wired for destruction... the focus on the message had to do with oil wells I think. It said Saddam was prepared to 'blow up his entire economy.' Analysis ... If true, we (and the Iraqi people) were extremely fortunate Bush launched that strike against Saddam on Wednesday night, just after the 48 hour deadline had expired. (BTW You just read this analysis here, but I doubt that you will read it in the main...
  • Al Qaeda plans oil field attacks

    03/10/2003 10:22:48 PM PST · by kattracks · 5 replies · 160+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 3/11/03 | Bill Gertz
    <p>Al Qaeda is seeking recruits in the Middle East for terrorist attacks on oil fields in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the event of U.S. military action against Iraq, U.S. intelligence officials say.</p> <p>Meanwhile, U.S. officials said yesterday that there are signs that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's forces have planted explosives in Iraqi oil fields in anticipation of sabotaging them during U.S. and allied military attacks.</p>