CBS Evening News - 2003-02-19
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[0:00] 5 at 10
[0:04] >> from Kuwait. Tonight's headlines. A new
[0:07] showdown with Saddam. UN inspectors now
[0:10] want him to destroy prohibited Al-Samud
[0:13] missiles. CBS News exclusives.
[0:17] One-on-one with the commander who would
[0:19] lead the ground war against Saddam. And
[0:21] a firstirhand look at one of the most
[0:23] lethal weapons in the US arsenal.
[0:27] Also tonight, skyrocketing gasoline
[0:29] prices. Is it anxiety about a rock or
[0:32] profetering? And river rescue, an ice
[0:35] pack, open water, and one worried pooch.
[0:46] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:50] Rather reporting tonight from Kuwait and
[0:53] John Roberts in New York.
[0:56] Good evening from Camp Commando,
[0:58] headquarters of the US Marines first
[1:00] expeditionary force here in Kuwait. With
[1:03] the timetable for a possible new war
[1:05] with Iraq slipping, the United States is
[1:08] pushing for the United Nations Security
[1:10] Council to give Saddam Hussein a flat
[1:12] deadline for disarming. The White House
[1:15] said it will offer a draft resolution
[1:17] this week or next. Here are more of
[1:20] today's late developments. Chief UN Arms
[1:23] Inspector Hans Blicks has decided Iraq
[1:26] should destroy its Al-Samud 2 missiles,
[1:29] which violate UN range limits. The
[1:32] United States and Turkey failed to agree
[1:35] on an aid package the Turks want in
[1:37] exchange for allowing US ground troops
[1:40] to deploy on Turkish bases. NATO
[1:43] approved the deployment of defensive
[1:45] weapons in Turkey, including Patriot
[1:48] missiles. and Saddam told a Russian
[1:50] delegation he does not want war but
[1:53] won't accept peace quote at any price.
[1:57] CBS's David Martin at the Pentagon
[1:59] begins tonight's covera