NBC Nightly News - 1991-01-20

Name: NBC Nightly News - 1991-01-20
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[0:04] Iraq fires scuds at Saudi Arabia. Some

[0:06] hit, but most are destroyed by American

[0:08] Patriot missiles.

[0:10] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Broth.

[0:14] Tonight, America at war.

[0:18] >> Good evening. Now, the war has come to

[0:20] Saudi Arabia. Saddam Hussein and Iraq

[0:23] continue to take a terrible pounding

[0:24] from the air in Operation Desert Storm,

[0:27] but he has not buckled. Tonight he

[0:29] launched Scud missile attacks against

[0:31] Riad, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and

[0:33] the military complex at Daharan. He also

[0:36] broadcast what he said were interviews

[0:38] with American prisoners of war. We have

[0:41] NBC's Mike Beter in Saudi Arabia

[0:42] tonight. Fred Francis at the Pentagon.

[0:44] Mike, let's begin with you in Saudi

[0:46] Arabia.

[0:47] >> Well, Tom, just a few minutes ago, we

[0:49] had a third alarm, but there were no

[0:50] outgoing Patriot missiles and no

[0:53] incoming Scud missiles. So the all clear

[0:56] was sounded. Despite the coalition's

[0:58] efforts to try to find those mobile

[0:59] missiles, American commanders believe

[1:01] they had not been able to track all of

[1:03] them down and destroy them. And this

[1:05] evening, they were proven correct.

[1:10] >> Another night of terror in Dan.

[1:16] Another night of sure shooting by an

[1:18] American Patriot missile battery.

[1:22] More nervous hours spent in a bomb

[1:24] shelter.

[1:25] >> And another another patriot is going

[1:27] off. Another patriot is going on at a

[1:31] very low

[1:31] >> NBC News correspondent Arthur Kent was

[1:34] about to broadcast a routine live report

[1:36] when the alarm was sounded.

[1:39] Five Patriot missiles were fired at

[1:40] incoming Iraqi missiles.

[1:43] Three hit their mark. According to

[1:44] military so