World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-22

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-22
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[0:00] report. We'll see you back here tonight

[0:01] at 6.

[0:04] >> This morning in the Oval Office,

[0:06] President Bush putting the final touches

[0:08] on his ultimatum to Saddam Hussein.

[0:14] >> From ABC, this is World News Tonight

[0:17] with Peter Jennings.

[0:18] >> Good evening. Remember the date and the

[0:20] time. Saturday, February the 23rd at

[0:22] 12:00 noon Eastern time, 8:00 in the

[0:26] evening in Baghdad. President Bush has

[0:28] given Saddam Hussein until then to begin

[0:30] evacuating Kuwait or and he left the or

[0:34] else pretty much up to the imagination.

[0:36] There has been no clear yes or no from

[0:38] the Iraqi leader as of yet, but it is

[0:40] now very evident that if he doesn't

[0:42] begin moving his forces, the Allied

[0:43] coalition is on the verge of invading

[0:45] Kuwait and Iraq by land. It has been a

[0:49] breathtaking 24 hours during which the

[0:51] Soviet Iraqi plan for getting out of

[0:54] Kuwait has been completely eclipsed by

[0:56] the president's ultimatum. And here are

[0:59] the president's terms. Iraqi forces must

[1:01] begin a large-scale withdrawal by noon

[1:04] tomorrow, 48 hours later. Iraqi troops

[1:06] would have to be out of Kuwait City, the

[1:08] capital, permitting the legitimate

[1:10] Kuwait government to return. The Iraqis

[1:13] would have to be out of Kuwait entirely

[1:14] within a week, returning to the

[1:16] positions they held on August the 1st,

[1:18] the day before the invasion. They would

[1:21] have to release all prisoners of war

[1:23] within 48 hours, and return the remains

[1:26] of any servicemen who were killed,

[1:29] remove any booby traps they'd set, and

[1:30] tell the Allies where all the minefields

[1:32] are. No Iraqi combat planes would be

[1:36] permitt