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News Footage — Burning Downed F-117 Nighthawk (time-stamped clip)
Iraqi antiaircraft fire claims this stealth fighter thirteen hours prior in the No-Fly zone, its twisted wreckage scatters across KH-10 satellite frames that Nancy McNally slams onto the Situation Room table. Grainy black-and-white images capture debris fields tangled with Republican Guard convoys surging south along the Tigris—Leo waves them off with scoffing disdain, Nancy's finger stabs insistently at the telltale wreckage amid armor massing.
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Purpose
Conduct stealth missions enforcing the Iraqi No-Fly zone, penetrating defended airspace to monitor and deter ground forces.
Significance
Wreckage ignites explosive debate in the Situation Room, Nancy demanding DEFCON 4 as Iraqi opportunism exploits Bartlet's vulnerability—Leo's steely dismissal subordinates the foreign flashpoint to Oval Office peril, channeling crisis momentum.
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