World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-03-24
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[0:00] We do because cold side going to see
[0:02] more snow in the Cascades. That's the
[0:04] weather. Have a great weekend.
[0:06] [Music]
[0:12] On World News Tonight this Wednesday,
[0:14] the United States has begun bombing the
[0:16] Serbs.
[0:17] >> Only firmness now can prevent greater
[0:20] catastrophe later.
[0:22] >> The Serbian leader tells his nation, "We
[0:24] must defend ourselves. Peace and justice
[0:26] are on our side." And so it begins.
[0:30] Where does it end
[0:32] [Music]
[0:39] from ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:42] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:45] Peter Jennings.
[0:46] >> Good evening. The Serbs have been under
[0:47] attack by the NATO alliance for several
[0:49] hours now. The Serbs have already said
[0:51] that civilians have been attacked and
[0:53] killed and that they have shot down a
[0:56] NATO plane. No confirmation of that.
[0:58] Military sources tell us the Serbs have
[1:00] lost as many as three planes. Our
[1:03] reporters in the Serbian capital,
[1:04] Belgrade, and in the province of Kosovo
[1:07] report that they have seen or heard the
[1:09] attacking forces nearby. We will hear
[1:12] from both places in just a minute.
[1:17] Most of the aircraft today have been
[1:19] flying out of Avano in Italy. Our man
[1:21] there, Bill Riker, says that standing on
[1:23] the edge of the runway, you know, this
[1:25] has been a very heavy opening night of
[1:28] bombing, largely by the United States,
[1:30] but also involving the French, the
[1:32] British, the Dutch, and the Canadians.
[1:34] And NATO forces have been attacking
[1:36] targets all over Serbia, not just in the
[1:38] southern province of Kosovo. Our
[1:40] Pentagon correspondent, John McQuey, has
[1:43] the numbers to indicate just how big it
[1:45] is.
[1:47] Th