NBC Nightly News - 1991-01-28
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[0:00] Bill is now the world's largest. But
[0:02] there is some good news tonight.
[0:07] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro.
[0:10] Tonight, America at war.
[0:14] >> Good evening. There are several
[0:16] developments in the war tonight, but
[0:17] none more intriguing than the prominent
[0:19] new role of Iran, which after all has
[0:21] fought both Iraq and the United States
[0:24] in one way or another. Now, Iran has
[0:26] become a landing strip for almost 100
[0:28] Iraqi planes. NBC's Fred Francis at the
[0:31] Pentagon tonight on what this means so
[0:34] far as we know. Fred?
[0:35] >> Well, Tom, it is a major development in
[0:37] this war. The possible capitulation of
[0:40] the cream of the Iraqi Air Force.
[0:42] Pentagon sources say close to 100 of his
[0:44] best fighters and military transports
[0:46] have fled to Iran.
[0:49] The flight of the Iraqi Air Force began
[0:51] last week. By today, at least three
[0:53] bases in Iran had taken in the fleeing
[0:55] war plananes. Iran's leader, Hashem Raf
[0:58] Sanjani, said they were being accepted
[1:00] as a humanitarian gesture and promised
[1:02] they would be held there until wars end.
[1:05] Some Pentagon officials distrust Iran.
[1:08] >> If these aircraft come out of Iran, down
[1:10] the Gulf, or out of Iraq, the the
[1:13] defense is 360°,
[1:15] and we feel quite sure that we will be
[1:18] able to deal with it effectively. But a
[1:20] growing number of US officials tell NBC
[1:22] News that the exodus of the best fighter
[1:24] bombers, the F1 Mirage and the MiG 29s
[1:27] and others, is evidence that Saddam
[1:29] knows he will lose the war and doesn't
[1:31] want to lose his air force a piece at a
[1:33] time. Others say there is some evidence
[1:36] that the air force is