CBS Evening News - 1998-02-21
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[0:02] Down to the wire in the showdown with
[0:05] Iraq. Deep into the Baghdad night, the
[0:08] UN Secretary General looks for a
[0:10] peaceful ending. FBI test results are in
[0:13] of that anthrax seized in Las Vegas. And
[0:16] Golden Girl Terra Leinsky says there's
[0:18] more where that came from.
[0:22] >> [music]
[0:25] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[0:28] with Paula [music] Zan.
[0:31] >> Good evening. Here is the latest on the
[0:33] showdown in the Gulf. The UN Secretary
[0:36] General Kofi Anan still hopes to meet
[0:38] with Saddam Hussein tomorrow, but
[0:40] nothing is set. In Washington, the White
[0:43] House keeps planning military action,
[0:45] and protests against the US are
[0:47] escalating around the world. We begin
[0:49] our coverage in Baghdad where Anan held
[0:51] longer thanex expected meetings today
[0:53] with Tariq Aziz. Rand Kingston has been
[0:56] following what the Iraqi news agency has
[0:58] called difficult talks.
[1:01] While the UN and Iraqi officials
[1:03] describe the first round of talks as
[1:05] constructive dialogue, at this stage, no
[1:08] one can say whether Secretary General
[1:10] Kofi Anan is making any progress in
[1:12] persuading Saddam Hussein to open up his
[1:15] presidential sites to UN weapons
[1:17] inspectors. and once and for all obey UN
[1:20] rules. As the talks began, Anan radiated
[1:24] confidence and humor. When asked by
[1:26] photographers to shake hands with Deputy
[1:28] Prime Minister Tari Kaziz, Anan jokingly
[1:31] called the cameramen dictators.
[1:33] >> These are the last of the dictators. I
[1:34] [laughter] say we all do it and we do it
[1:37] with a smile on top of it.
[1:39] >> Then came the real business behind
[1:41] closed doors. Later, Anan told reporters
[1:44] the talk