CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-17 - 3 p.m. (E)
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[0:00] developments on the war in the Persian
[0:01] Gulf anytime the situation warrants.
[0:03] Also, from time to time today, we'll be
[0:05] giving you telephone numbers set up by
[0:06] the Defense Department for family
[0:08] members. Now, back to CBS
[0:12] are smart.
[0:29] You are watching CBS News continuing
[0:31] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf. From
[0:34] CBS News headquarters in New York, here
[0:37] is Dan Rather.
[0:40] Story llines of the hour and our
[0:41] continuing coverage of Gulf War.
[0:43] Tomahawk missile attacks resume. Allied
[0:46] warplanes are pounding Baghdad again.
[0:49] The White House urges Saddam Hussein to
[0:51] lay down his arms. Iraq says that 44
[0:55] planes have been shot down. The allies
[0:57] say it is only three planes. An Iraqi
[1:00] envoy warns of chemical attack if Allied
[1:03] troops enter Kuwait. CBS News
[1:06] correspondent David Barton at the
[1:07] Pentagon reports US battleships in the
[1:09] Gulf have launched another wave of
[1:11] Tomahawk cruise missiles. At least 100
[1:15] were fired during last night. Comrades
[1:18] on the ground wished good luck to fellow
[1:19] US pilots taking off from a base inside
[1:22] Saudi Arabia on more bombing missions
[1:24] inside Iraq and Kuwait. At least 1,000
[1:27] air sorties have been flown so far at
[1:30] the Pentagon. Joint Chief's Chairman
[1:32] Poland Powell talked of successes so
[1:34] far.
[1:36] We're very satisfied with that level of
[1:38] performance on the part of our aircraft.
[1:40] We are pleased with the initial results.
[1:43] Um we have u damaged the command and
[1:47] control capability of the Iraqi
[1:49] government and the Iraqi armed forces.
[1:50] We believe we have done reasonably well
[1:53] as best we know right now with the
[1:55] prelimin