NBC Nightly News - 2003-12-20
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[0:00] Way back in the
[0:09] inside the deal. The [music] secret
[0:11] negotiations to end Libya's program to
[0:14] build weapons of mass destruction 15
[0:16] years after the bombing of Panama Flight
[0:19] 103.
[0:21] Victory at sea. US warship sees millions
[0:24] in drugs [music] tied to al-Qaeda while
[0:26] US troops widen the hunt for Bin Laden.
[0:30] Flu fears with the death toll rising.
[0:33] What parents [music] should know if
[0:34] their child gets sick.
[0:37] Showtime. Michael Jackson's party for
[0:40] family and supporters. What impact it
[0:42] could have on his case.
[0:44] And the big dig. Thank you.
[0:47] >> It's finally over and it cost you
[0:50] billions. We thank the taxpayers of
[0:52] America.
[0:56] >> From [music] NBC News World Headquarters
[0:58] in New York, this is NBC Nightly News
[1:02] with John Seanthaler.
[1:03] >> Good evening everyone. We're learning
[1:05] new information tonight about the secret
[1:06] talks between the Bush administration
[1:09] and Libyan leader Mar Gaddafi that led
[1:11] to Libya's decision last night to
[1:13] abandon weapons of mass destruction.
[1:15] However, news of the deal with Libya
[1:17] came as a shock to some of the families
[1:19] of the victims of Panama Flight 103,
[1:21] bombed by Libya 15 years ago tomorrow.
[1:24] NBC's Rosalyn Jordan has the story.
[1:29] >> Senior US [music] intelligence officials
[1:30] said today that Libya first offered to
[1:33] dismantle its weapons programs to
[1:34] British officials last March, just as
[1:37] the US went to war against Iraq.
[1:41] Analysts said Moar Gaddafi was motivated
[1:43] less by the fear of possibly being
[1:45] toppled as Saddam Hussein was than by
[1:48] the strain of years of international
[1:50] isolation. On two extraordinary secr