CBS Evening News - 1991-02-25 (no intro)
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[0:00] said the allies have destroyed 270
[0:02] tanks, including some of Iraq's best.
[0:05] >> I wouldn't say it's one-sided. I would
[0:07] just say that we're enjoying success
[0:08] where we're meeting the enemy. We're
[0:10] defeating the enemy.
[0:12] >> More than 500 oil wells are on fire in
[0:14] Kuwait. Half the wells in the whole
[0:16] country, and the Iraqis are taking out
[0:18] their vengeance on Kuwait and its
[0:20] people.
[0:21] >> Additionally, numerous facilities
[0:22] throughout the throughout Kuwait City
[0:25] are being systematically destroyed.
[0:27] Reports of atrocities of the worst sort
[0:29] are continuing to come in through
[0:31] reports.
[0:32] >> Enemy prisoners continued to surrender
[0:34] in droves, 18,000 in two days. Allied
[0:38] commanders said they were not surprised.
[0:40] >> I think we're gratified by the number of
[0:42] prisoners being taken. This, after all,
[0:43] is what the alliance had planned for
[0:46] with the conditioning of the battlefield
[0:48] over the last few weeks.
[0:50] >> In the Persian Gulf, Iraq fired a
[0:52] Chinese-made silkworm missile at the US
[0:54] battleship Missouri. The British shot it
[0:56] down.
[0:57] This is right.
[0:58] >> The Scud missile attack here in Saudi
[1:00] Arabia a few hours ago killed at least
[1:02] 12 US servicemen and wounded 25. 40
[1:06] others are still missing. Harry Smith
[1:09] was the first reporter on the scene.
[1:14] The routine Monday night scud warning
[1:16] was not followed by the usual Patriot
[1:18] missile intercept. The alarm was
[1:20] followed by disaster.
[1:22] >> One of these ambulances has to go up
[1:23] there. All the people are up here. A
[1:26] flimsy warehouse converted into a
[1:28] barracks for US Army personnel was blown
[1:30] to bits. Inside,