CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-18 - 4 a.m. (E)
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[0:16] You're watching CBS News continuing
[0:18] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf. From
[0:21] CBS News headquarters in New York, here
[0:23] is Charles Osgood and Susan Spencer.
[0:27] And here are the headlines as our
[0:29] coverage continues. Israel considers
[0:32] striking back at Iraq. American
[0:34] warplanes retaliate for the Iraq missile
[0:37] attack on Israel. Baghdad radio predicts
[0:40] a long confrontation in the Gulf. And
[0:43] Allied armor moves north through Kuwait.
[0:47] The Israeli cabinet met this morning to
[0:49] decide whether to retaliate for an
[0:51] Israeli missile attack. At least eight
[0:53] Scud missiles caused some damage and
[0:56] some minor injuries in Tel Aviv and
[0:58] elsewhere along the Mediterranean coast.
[1:00] They were conventional warheads. They
[1:02] were not chemical weapons as some had
[1:04] feared they might be. American officials
[1:06] are urging Israeli restraint, fearing
[1:09] that they might be harm to the Gulf
[1:11] Coalition. The Israelis haven't said how
[1:14] they will respond.
[1:17] that of course Israel reserves the right
[1:22] to respond
[1:25] in any way it would deem fit
[1:28] without going at the present time
[1:32] into
[1:34] particulars
[1:36] what the decision of the Israeli
[1:38] government in that respect will be.
[1:41] Allied planes are now engaged in yet
[1:43] another wave of attacks against Iraq.
[1:46] Some American strikes were in direct
[1:48] retaliation for the attack on Israel.
[1:50] Pictures of the first night of Allied
[1:52] raids show fireworks lighting up the
[1:54] skies over Baghdad.
[1:56] >> It was terrible.
[1:57] >> One Western eyewitness says Iraqi
[1:59] anti-aircraft fire was spectacular but
[2:01] not very effective. Still, a second
[2:04] American plane is now repor