NBC Nightly News - 1991-01-30
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[0:00] American
[0:02] Marines in the first heavy ground
[0:04] fighting of the war
[0:06] and Allied victories against Iraq's Scud
[0:09] missile launchers.
[0:14] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom
[0:16] Brokoff. Tonight, America at War.
[0:21] >> Good evening. The American commander of
[0:23] the Allied forces in the Persian Gulf
[0:25] says that Operation Desert Storm is
[0:27] right on schedule, but the first major
[0:30] ground fighting of the war has been
[0:31] going on for more than 24 hours now, and
[0:34] it has killed at least a dozen Marines.
[0:37] It began yesterday when Iraqi armored
[0:39] battalions crossed into Saudi Arabia at
[0:41] several points along the Kuwait border.
[0:43] Met with fierce firepower from Allied
[0:46] air and ground forces, the Iraqis
[0:48] suffered heavy losses and they were
[0:49] forced back everywhere. But at the
[0:52] deserted coastal town of Kaufi, there
[0:54] Iraqis took up positions and the battle
[0:56] was joined. NBC's Brad Willis with the
[0:59] Marines outside of Kafchi is the pool
[1:01] reporter for the US television networks.
[1:04] [Music]
[1:06] At 10:45 a.m., Marine artillery began
[1:08] pounding the city of Kaufi.
[1:12] Round after round of 155 mm shells, the
[1:16] men scrambling to load and reload. You
[1:19] know there are enemy tanks that have
[1:20] moved into Kafki. Check.
[1:21] >> Iraqis have come down for the first
[1:23] time. Yes.
[1:24] >> And invaded a city in Saudi Arabia. What
[1:27] do you men want to do with them?
[1:29] >> Destroy them. South of the city, tow
[1:32] missile vehicles moved to block any
[1:34] advances by the five Iraqi tanks and
[1:37] some 100 Iraqi soldiers who reportedly
[1:39] invaded the city overnight.
[1:41] [Music]
[1:43] But what began as a defensive action
[1:45] soon beca