World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-18

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-18
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[0:00] Peter Jennings is next. In fact, he

[0:01] started. We'll see you back here at 6.

[0:04] >> Campaign is just around the corner.

[0:06] Millions of people anxious to know if

[0:08] the Soviets can somehow pull off a deal

[0:10] with the Iraqis that will make a ground

[0:12] campaign unnecessary. Mikall Gorbachoff

[0:15] laid out something to the Iraqi foreign

[0:17] minister Takaziz this morning in Moscow.

[0:19] Mr. said that since the phone lines to

[0:21] Iraq are no longer reliable, he would

[0:23] hand carry it back to Baghdad the long

[0:25] way by plane to the Iranian capital

[0:28] Thran and then onto Baghdad by car. We

[0:30] begin tonight in Moscow with ABC's Jim

[0:33] Luri.

[0:35] >> The Iraqi foreign minister came to the

[0:37] Kremlin with no new proposals, but ready

[0:39] to listen. So, President Gorbachoff

[0:42] offered what his spokesman called a

[0:44] concrete plan to end the war. No details

[0:47] of the plan were released here, but

[0:49] Gorbachov's spokesman said the Kremlin

[0:51] felt it could be accepted by both

[0:53] Baghdad and the US-led coalition.

[0:57] >> The new proposal is fully in line with

[0:59] our principal position stated

[1:01] repeatedly, which calls for an

[1:03] unconditional withdrawal in accordance

[1:05] with all UN resolutions. It's apparent

[1:08] that Gorbachov wants to get Saddam

[1:10] Hussein out of Kuwait, but allow him to

[1:13] save face. One report here says the

[1:15] Gorbachoff plan includes a promise that

[1:18] after the withdrawal, Moscow would

[1:20] guarantee Iraq's territorial integrity

[1:23] and oppose any punishment of Sodom

[1:26] Hussein.

[1:27] >> We would like unconditional uh

[1:29] withdrawal, stopping all blood bloodshed

[1:32] and taking care of all the issues which

[1:35] are cre