> A first hand account of the firefighters who were sent to cap the oil wells that Saddam set on fire during his attempt to invade the country.
Just watched the first few minutes and this line strikes me as inaccurate, just based on other things I've read/watched about Saddam's burning of oil wells:
"In a final act of vengeance, Saddam ordered the detonation of almost 700 oil wells"
I could be misinformed, but wasn't Saddam using the burning oil wells to limit visibility from above once it became clear he was doomed as long as the eyes in the sky were unimpeded? AIUI it wasn't some purely vengeful act.
Just watched the first few minutes and this line strikes me as inaccurate, just based on other things I've read/watched about Saddam's burning of oil wells:
"In a final act of vengeance, Saddam ordered the detonation of almost 700 oil wells"
I could be misinformed, but wasn't Saddam using the burning oil wells to limit visibility from above once it became clear he was doomed as long as the eyes in the sky were unimpeded? AIUI it wasn't some purely vengeful act.