CBS News - Desert Storm - ground war begins - 1 of 2
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[0:37] This CBS [music] News special report is
[0:40] part of our continuing coverage of the
[0:42] war in the Gulf with Dan Rather
[0:44] reporting [music] tonight from Saudi
[0:46] Arabia.
[0:59] The thunder of war sounds on the border
[1:02] as the desert storm threatens to break.
[1:09] Good evening from the war zone. Late
[1:12] reports from all along the front lines
[1:14] indicate that the massive US-led ground
[1:17] war offensive has begun to roll. At the
[1:20] very least, early parts of it are now
[1:22] stabbing into southern Iraq and Kuwait.
[1:25] This is one reason we're on the air at
[1:26] this time. We'll be monitoring the
[1:28] situation throughout this hour.
[1:30] President Bush today brushed off the
[1:32] latest bid by Saddam Hussein for a face-
[1:34] saving way out of Kuwait. So, the last
[1:36] deadline has passed and the next round
[1:38] of the conflict is up to the two huge
[1:40] armies facing each other out there in
[1:43] the dark and in the sand. We go to David
[1:45] Martin at the Pentagon.
[1:47] Dan, uh, timing is everything and that
[1:50] is about all that's left here. Uh, it's
[1:52] clear that the decision to launch a
[1:54] ground offensive has been made by the
[1:56] president and communicated to the
[1:58] commander in the field, General Norman
[2:00] Schwarzkoff. It is up to him now to
[2:03] decide exactly when and where to strike.
[2:06] I think the element of s