CBS Evening News - 1991-01-30
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[0:03] [music]
[0:06] 12 US Marines dead in the first ground
[0:09] battle of the war. Allied air attacks
[0:11] [music] cut Iraqi communications and
[0:13] supply lines. And the refugee road out
[0:16] of Iraq turns deadly.
[0:19] [music]
[0:20] This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather
[0:23] reporting tonight with a [music] special
[0:24] war update edition. Good evening. While
[0:27] the United States and its allies claimed
[0:29] supremacy in the air today, Iraq struck
[0:32] on the ground and killed 12 US Marines.
[0:35] They were the first Americans to die
[0:37] from ground action in the Gulf War.
[0:39] Iraqi troops and tanks unexpectedly went
[0:42] on the offensive, thrusting several
[0:44] miles into Saudi Arabia and seizing a
[0:47] Saudi coastal town. Saddam Hussein's
[0:49] forces launched the attack last night
[0:52] just as President Bush was preparing to
[0:54] deliver his State of the Union address
[0:55] in Washington. Fighting went on all day
[0:58] today. Eric Ingberg reports.
[1:03] >> The first genuine ground battle of the
[1:05] war brought Marine artillery and
[1:07] anti-tank forces rushing to Kafchi, a
[1:09] Saudi city near the Kuwait border.
[1:14] The sneak attack by the Iraqis at Kafchi
[1:16] was one of five along the border that
[1:18] caught American and Saudi forces by
[1:21] surprise. Four were turned back. 12
[1:24] Marines were killed in the early hours
[1:26] of the fighting. The first Americans to
[1:28] die in ground combat in the war. At
[1:32] Kufui, the outcome remained in doubt as
[1:34] Americans launched a counterattack to
[1:36] surround and retake the town. I would
[1:39] tell you I don't think that battle is
[1:41] over by a long shot. I expect a lot more
[1:43] fighting will probably occur tonight.
[1:45] And I wo