http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill "American airstrikes on January 26 destroyed pipelines to preve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill "American airstrikes on January 26 destroyed pipelines to prevent further spillage into the Persian Gulf" In response to the "Citation needed", a little Lexis searching returned a March 22 article from the Washington Times that lists the airstrike as January 27: "Jan. 27: U.S. aircraft fire at oil facilities in Kuwait to end the pumping of crude into the Persian Gulf."