VOL. XXXIV

NO. 39

1-JULY-1991

Iraq

Allied Bombing Intended to Destroy Iraq's Refining Capacity but not OilProduction Facilities

US Air Force sources told the Washington Post on 24 June that the alliesdropped about 1,200 tons of explosives in 518 sorties against 28 Iraqi oiltargets. The objective of this campaign was "the complete cessation ofrefining without damaging most crude oil production," according to anunidentified Air Force source. Commenting on the campaign against oil targets,Lieutenant...