CBS Evening News - 2003-03-11
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[0:00] I mean,
[0:03] >> tonight's headlines. British bombshell.
[0:06] Its troops may not join the war against
[0:09] Iraq. Secret surrender talks underway
[0:11] with Iraqi commanders. Iraq reportedly
[0:14] planning suicide missions against US
[0:16] forces. Also tonight, one of the dangers
[0:19] facing US forces in the Gulf is this
[0:22] aircraft. New questions about police
[0:25] crime labs after independent DNA testing
[0:28] clears a man convicted of rape. And the
[0:32] once promising electric car appears
[0:35] headed for a dead end.
[0:43] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:46] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:48] headquarters in New York.
[0:50] >> Good evening. Ever since President Bush
[0:52] vowed to force a showdown with Saddam
[0:54] Hussein, the United States has had one
[0:57] and only one ally both willing and able
[1:00] to offer substantial military support,
[1:03] and that is Britain. Tonight, CBS News
[1:06] has learned British support, that
[1:07] willingness to join the fight, may be
[1:10] wavering. And there are other
[1:12] indications now that the timetable for a
[1:14] US-led invasion of Iraq may be pushed
[1:17] back even deeper into the now present
[1:20] desert sandstorm season. White House
[1:22] correspondent Bill Plant has the latest
[1:25] on some of these developments. Bill.
[1:27] >> Dan. Sources tell CBS News that Britain,
[1:29] the US's closest ally, may find it
[1:32] politically impossible to commit its
[1:34] military to a US-led attack on Iraq.
[1:37] Defense Secretary Rumsfeld hinted as
[1:39] much today.
[1:41] what will ultimately be decided uh is
[1:44] unclear as to uh their role and and to
[1:48] the extent they're they are able to uh
[1:50] participate that would obviously be
[1:53] welcomed. Uh to the