World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-10

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-10
Uploaded: 2025-03-20
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Read a transcript preview of “World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-10” from malgent, uploaded on 2025-03-20.

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] news out in the Portland area also up in

[0:02] Seattle it's 52 currently 55 it is cool

[0:06] and it is damp it's 6:00 World News

[0:08] Tonight is

[0:12] [Music]

[0:18] next from ABC News world headquarters in

[0:22] New York this is World News Tonight with

[0:25] Peter Jennings good evening everyone

[0:27] we're going to begin this evening

[0:29] without the benefit of a military

[0:30] briefing from the Pentagon because they

[0:32] canceled it today nonetheless we believe

[0:35] there has been something of a shift in

[0:37] tactics and therefore we're going to

[0:38] begin with our Pentagon correspondent

[0:40] John mcrey John Peter the US took

[0:42] another big step into Afghanistan's

[0:45] Civil War today by again bombing Taliban

[0:48] military targets clearly trying to alter

[0:50] the military

[0:52] balance Taliban garrisons near one front

[0:55] line in this Civil War were carpet

[0:57] bombed today by B-52s a terrifying

[1:01] spectacle of 50 500lb bombs ripping the

[1:04] Earth for the length of several football

[1:06] fields ABC News has learned that on

[1:08] another Target a tank Garrison the us

[1:11] loaded a B2 stealth bomber with a huge

[1:15] 5,000lb bomb normally used against deep

[1:17] bunkers the resulting explosion is

[1:20] horrendous officials say an important

[1:23] reason for selecting these particular

[1:25] weapons was psychological to frighten

[1:28] Taliban troops into deserted

[1:30] intelligence sources say opposition

[1:32] forces on several fronts are now making

[1:35] impressive gains against the Taliban the

[1:37] US also broadcast pro-american radio

[1:41] programs into Afghanistan today from a

[1:43] flying command post called Commando solo

[1:47] using the frequency of the taliban's

[1:49] most powerful radio sta