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No, very much not. It was an article about how shocked the Iraqis were that the US tanks were able to disappear into the desert, organize, and then assault where and when they wanted to.

Looking back at the history, the tanks began to go into the Saudi desert in August of 1990. They then launched their massive assault on Feb 24, 1991. And caught the Iraqis completely flatfooted. With the tanks moving faster than the news of the tanks for several hours.



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