CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-18 - 2 a.m. (E)
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[0:06] ing the results of the latest air
[0:08] attacks uh against the Iraqis. We're
[0:10] watching bad weather moving in over Iraq
[0:12] and Kuwait, which could uh diminish some
[0:14] the air attacks over the next 48 hour
[0:16] period. And of course, we'll continue to
[0:18] monitor the movement of US ground forces
[0:20] near the Kuwaiti border. Our CBS News
[0:23] coverage of War in the Gulf continues.
[0:51] You're watching CBS News continuing
[0:53] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf from
[0:56] CBS News headquarters. in New York.
[0:58] Here's Charles Osgood and Susan Spencer.
[1:04] >> It is 2:00 a.m. Eastern time. It is
[1:06] about 10:00 a.m. in the Persian Gulf.
[1:08] Here are the latest headlines from our
[1:10] Gulf War coverage. Israel's prime
[1:12] minister convenes his cabinet to discuss
[1:15] retaliation for Iraqi missile attack.
[1:18] Israel's military chief of staff says
[1:20] that Israel is obliged to retaliate.
[1:23] Some retaliation happening right now by
[1:26] Allied war plananes. The cabinet meets
[1:28] as Israel assesses the damage from the
[1:30] nighttime Iraqi attack. There were eight
[1:33] confirmed hits by Scud missiles in Tel
[1:35] Aviv and other Israeli cities. There was
[1:38] damage, no question about that, but
[1:39] there was no loss of life and there were
[1:42] about a dozen minor injuries.
[1:44] Correspondent Bill McLaclin reports the
[1:46] cabinet appears to be leaning toward
[1:48] waiting for now to see the results of
[1:50] the new Allied air attacks. Baghdad
[1:53] appears calm this morning. Nothing like
[1:55] the scene during the opening night of
[1:57] air attacks. Israeli gunners tried to
[2:00] fight off the waves of attacking Allied
[2:02] war plananes. The cameraman who took
[2:05] these