World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-12
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[0:00] That's our news. We'll see you at 6.
[0:01] >> See you at 6
[0:03] [music]
[0:04] >> from ABC. This is World News Tonight
[0:07] with Peter Jennings.
[0:08] >> Good evening. These are some of the main
[0:09] developments during day 26 of the war in
[0:12] the Gulf just ended. According to the US
[0:14] high command, among the targets have
[0:16] been in Iraqi convoy in Kuwait in a
[0:18] government ministry building responsible
[0:20] for Kuwaiti affairs in Baghdad itself.
[0:23] The Iraqis themselves said there were
[0:25] more than a 100 allied raids on military
[0:27] targets alone. US pilots have reportedly
[0:30] managed to destroy more Scud launchers
[0:32] in western Iraq. Another handful of
[0:34] Iraqis have given themselves up. And
[0:37] according to reports in Moscow and in
[0:39] Iraq, the Soviet envoy sent by Mikall
[0:41] Gorbachoff is trying once again to get
[0:44] Saddam Hussein to leave Kuwait. For part
[0:47] of the time, Evenny Primikov got pretty
[0:49] much the same impression in Baghdad that
[0:51] visiting journalists are allowed to get.
[0:53] A nighttime of bombing and a daytime
[0:55] tour of the damage. ABC's Bill Blakemore
[0:58] is there. His report is subject to Iraqi
[1:01] censorship.
[1:05] >> Soviet envoy of Genny Primikov's first
[1:07] night in Baghdad put him right in the
[1:09] middle of this war. Throughout the
[1:11] night, missiles and bombs roared in. The
[1:14] impacts visible from the hotel where he
[1:16] and all the foreign journalists are
[1:18] staying.
[1:21] Air raid sirens continued during the day
[1:23] as Pimacoff was given a tour of
[1:25] Baghdad's ruined government building. In
[1:27] the Ministry of Justice,
[1:28] >> communication centers.
[1:29] >> What's happened with all the
[1:30] telecommunication ce