CBS Evening News - 1991-02-08
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[0:05] The Defense Secretary says the allies
[0:07] may ease in the ground war.
[0:10] US relations with Jordan strained to the
[0:12] breaking point. And US planes may yet
[0:15] meet the Iraqi aircraft hiding in Iraq.
[0:20] >> [music]
[0:20] >> This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather
[0:23] reporting tonight with a special war
[0:25] update edition.
[0:26] >> [music]
[0:26] >> Good evening. With the Gulf War nearing
[0:28] a critical turning point, President
[0:30] Bush's top military advisers arrived in
[0:32] Saudi Arabia today. They hinted at a
[0:34] possible shift in strategy away from an
[0:38] all-out ground defensive on Kuwait.
[0:41] Defense Secretary Cheney and General
[0:42] Colin Powell both stressed the need to
[0:45] save American lives in any ground
[0:47] counterattack. They said ground forces
[0:50] might be used in a limited way, at least
[0:52] in the opening stages of any ground
[0:54] defensive, to make Iraqi troops even
[0:56] more vulnerable to air power. That could
[0:59] be a change of plan, or more likely, say
[1:02] military sources, a bit of psychological
[1:04] warfare, perhaps even a faint, designed
[1:06] to keep Saddam Hussein guessing about
[1:09] the timing and the size of the allied
[1:11] ground attack. Cheney and Powell will
[1:13] spend one more day in Saudi Arabia and
[1:16] then return to make their
[1:17] recommendations to President Bush.
[1:19] Susan Spencer in Saudi Arabia begins our
[1:21] coverage.
[1:23] The military's top brass comes primed
[1:26] for intense briefings centered on the
[1:27] critical decision if, or more probably
[1:30] when, to give the go-ahead for a ground
[1:33] war that could cost thousands of lives.
[1:36] The Defense Secretary hinted today that
[1:38] early ground action may not mean an
[1:40] al