The Images of War : Before the Strike:
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U.S. aircraft: 1,300
Iraqi aircraft: 500
Possible Targets:
Estimated numbers of some of Iraq’s sensitive military and industrial sites: 9 major air bases
3 key nuclear arms sites
3 nuclear power plants
2 chemical arms plants
4 major missile plants
Oil Prices:
The outbreak of war forced oil prices up as much as $6 a barrel to $38. Within hours, though, prices dropped off--in some cases below pre-attack levels--as traders apparently saw a threat to Saudi oil fields removed.
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