Navy SEALs take oil rigs

[JiJoMacLE45]

General Myers said that journalist were with the SEALs who took down two oil rigs in the northern Persian Gulf and they have footage that will be released soon. Has anyone seen it yet?

[warchild1/27scout]

oh man.if i could get footage i'd have a big old woodie woot

[hood]

Here was a potentially related photo. I'm guessing.

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030321/i/1048250445.2483462265.jpg

Deputy Carrier Airwing Commander (DCAG) for Carrier Airwing Three (CVW-3), (2ndL) receives input from a member of Seal Team 8 as well as pilots from several squadrons within CVW-3 during a Defensive Counter Air (DCA) brief in the Mission Planning room aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Mediterranean Sea March 19, 2003.

[MK133]

Nice pic, it looks like the SEAL on the left is looking at part of western Iraq. The yellow is Baghdad between and to the east of the small bodies of water, Murkhafad al-Tharthar and Bahr al Milh. If I am correct, we are looking to the Southwest on the map. The location of the offshore oil rigs are off the map.

[hood]

Here's more on it...

While the Marines headed over the border, teams of Navy SEALs and British Royal Marines staged helicopter raids on two oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, called Kaabot and Mabot, seizing both of them, Marine officers said.

The Navy and British forces, operating under Conway's command, reported taking 15 detainees on one of the terminals.

Shortly afterward, other SEALs and British troops staged an air assault on an oil manifold and metering station on the tip of the Faw peninsula and captured that as well, officers said. The assaults were aided by Marine and British artillery based in Kuwait, as well as fire from U.S. and British warships in the Persian Gulf and air attacks by AC-130 Spectre gunships and A-10 Warthog attack planes.

By capturing the two terminals and the manifold, U.S. military officers said, they could close off the valves and avert an environmental disaster similar to that caused in 1991 when Iraqi forces emptied oil into the Persian Gulf. The officers estimated most of the environmental damage caused 12 years ago in the Persian Gulf could have been prevented had those facilities not been in Iraqi hands.

[hood]

Here's video of the guy who went with the Navy SEALs.


http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player.htm?782&Navy%20SEALs%20Seize%20Two%20Oil%20Terminals&wvx-300

[Piccolo]

I see the ST8 patch, didn't realize they were them, even on ships. Any idea of what patch that is the man has on to the far right of the pic? It kindof looks like ST4, but I'm guessing it's a pilot instead.

[96B]

I think hes a pilot and its a squadron patch but Im not really sure.

[Sdet21]

That video link dosent work do we have anymore guys here who might have the link?

[JesperAFCA]

It's from 3 years ago. I don't think someone will have it p-)