CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-16 - 8 p.m. (E)
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[0:16] You are watching CBS News continuing
[0:18] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf. From
[0:21] CBS News headquarters in New York, here
[0:24] is Dan Rather.
[0:27] >> Good evening. The United States of
[0:28] America is at war. This CBS News
[0:32] coverage of the showdown in the Gulf.
[0:35] We'll be on the air around the clock
[0:36] now. The battle over Iraq and Kuwait has
[0:40] begun. As President Bush's spokesman
[0:42] Marlon Pittzwaters put it, quote, "The
[0:45] liberation of Kuwait has begun. At the
[0:47] moment, it is an air war. If there's any
[0:50] combat involving ground forces, we are
[0:51] not aware of it." At the White House,
[0:53] that was a tur announcement that was
[0:55] passed along by the official spokesman.
[0:56] Here it is.
[0:59] >> The liberation of Kuwait has begun.
[1:02] In conjunction with the forces of our
[1:04] coalition partners, the United States
[1:06] has moved under the code name Operation
[1:09] Desert Storm to enforce the mandates of
[1:12] the United Nations Security Council. As
[1:15] of 7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
[1:18] Operation Desert Storm forces were
[1:20] engaging targets in Kuwait and Iraq.
[1:23] President Bush will address the nation
[1:25] at 9:00 p.m. tonight from the Oval
[1:28] Office. I'll try to get you more as soon
[1:30] as we can. Thank you very much. He took
[1:32] no questions. Desert Storm. US air
[1:36] forces now are in the air on the attack
[1:39] in and over Iraq and Kuwait. In Iraq,
[1:42] weapons have been exploding. Reports
[1:45] from Baghdad say refineries are being
[1:47] hit. That has not been confirmed, but it
[1:49] is believed to be true that refineries
[1:51] are among the targets being struck in