World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-03-04
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[0:00] From
[0:03] ABC, this is World News Tonight with
[0:06] Peter Jennings.
[0:07] >> Good evening. The Iraqis called it a
[0:09] symbolic release and a goodwill gesture,
[0:11] but General Schwarzoff hadn't left them
[0:12] much choice. And so, the war finally
[0:15] ended today for 10 allied prisoners of
[0:17] war. Six Americans, three British
[0:19] pilots, and one Italian. They are the
[0:21] first PS to be released by Iraq. In
[0:24] return, the Allies will release 300
[0:26] Iraqi PS tomorrow. the beginning of a
[0:29] lopsided process to disengage the Allied
[0:31] forces from the Iraqi army they crushed
[0:34] so decisively on the battlefield. Our
[0:36] first report tonight is from Baghdad.
[0:38] And here's ABC's John Dunan.
[0:41] This was the moment of their release to
[0:43] Red Cross officials in Baghdad. Three
[0:45] had previously been listed as missing.
[0:48] Some had been seen before making command
[0:50] appearances on Iraqi television. the
[0:52] American pilot Jeffrey Zh
[0:55] and a British pilot John Peters. The
[0:59] group also included the only woman
[1:01] soldier captured in the war, Melissa
[1:03] Rathbani, an American. Together they
[1:06] were put on display for TV cameras in a
[1:08] Baghdad hotel. A moment that seemed more
[1:11] uncomfortable for some than for others.
[1:15] After lunch and a visit from a doctor,
[1:17] they began their journey out of Iraq.
[1:20] Red Cross officials say that until
[1:22] today, all requests for information on
[1:24] prisoners of war had been met with
[1:26] silence. They have yet to be told how
[1:28] many are still held here.
[1:30] >> We have no uh figures uh at all yet. As
[1:33] I said, we are in the process of
[1:36] discussing this with the Iraqi
[1:38] authorities and are optimistic t