CBS Evening News - 1991-02-19
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[0:04] President Bush says the Soviet peace
[0:06] plan so far falls short. Aerial
[0:09] bombardment keeps the pressure on
[0:10] Baghdad and Allied momentum for a ground
[0:13] attack may be on temporary hold.
[0:18] This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Ra
[0:21] reporting live from Daharan, Saudi
[0:23] Arabia. Good evening. Saddam Hussein
[0:26] kept the world waiting today for his
[0:28] response to a Soviet plan for stopping
[0:30] the war. President Bush says the plan
[0:32] falls short of his requirements, but he
[0:35] left the door open for possible further
[0:38] offers. Wyatt Andrews begins our report.
[0:42] >> The president today pointedly attacked
[0:44] Gorbachoff's peace proposal,
[0:46] diplomatically signaling that whatever
[0:48] deal Gorbachev offered Saddam, it wasn't
[0:51] enough to stop the war. uh very candidly
[0:54] it uh and I've been frank with him on
[0:57] this uh while stressing appreciation for
[1:01] his sending it to us. It falls well
[1:04] short of what would be required and uh I
[1:09] I would leave it right there for now.
[1:11] Sources say the president complained to
[1:13] Gorbachoff in a two-page personal cable,
[1:16] objecting that the Soviets had not
[1:18] demanded an immediate Iraqi withdrawal
[1:20] and had hinted that Iraq could expect
[1:22] future Palestinian negotiations.
[1:25] Moscow's foreign minister replied in
[1:27] essence who asked President Bush
[1:29] >> that plan was addressed to the Iraqi
[1:32] leadership and uh so he rejected the
[1:35] plan which he which did not belong to
[1:37] him.
[1:37] >> Significantly, Mr. Bush decided to
[1:40] squabble with the Soviets even before
[1:42] Saddam had a chance to reply. The
[1:44] president's move in part was designed to
[1:46] rob Saddam of the chance t