CBS Evening News - 2003-02-20
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[0:03] from Kuwait. Tonight's headlines.
[0:05] Frustrated UN arms inspectors accuse the
[0:08] United States of sending them on wild
[0:11] goose chases in Iraq. Diplomatic
[0:14] maneuvering drags on over Turkish bases.
[0:17] And a new UN resolution slows the march
[0:20] toward war. If war comes, these US
[0:24] Marines will help lead the way in with
[0:27] what they plan to be rapid and
[0:29] overwhelming force.
[0:31] Also tonight, a Florida college
[0:34] professor and seven other alleged
[0:35] members of Islamic Jihad are charged
[0:38] with supporting terror and surgeons try
[0:41] desperately to save a teenager after an
[0:43] incredible transplant error leaves her
[0:46] at the edge of death.
[0:55] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:59] Rather reporting tonight from Kuwait and
[1:02] John Roberts in New York.
[1:05] Good evening. I'm less than 50 mi south
[1:07] of the border US and allied troops would
[1:09] cross for a final showdown with Saddam
[1:12] Hussein. US war planners want to strike
[1:15] from the north as well, but Turkey is
[1:18] still reluctant to serve as a launching
[1:21] pad. Here are today's developments.
[1:24] Secretary of State Coen Powell said he's
[1:26] looking for a quote creative solution to
[1:28] the dispute over how much aid Turkey
[1:31] would get for cooperating.
[1:34] Iraq denied Pal's charge it has links to
[1:37] al-Qaeda and prepared Iraqi civilians
[1:40] for war by distributing double food
[1:42] rations.
[1:44] Egypt's president warned that war in
[1:46] Iraq would ignite a quote gigantic fire
[1:49] of revenge attacks by terrorists. And
[1:52] CBS News has been told UN arms
[1:55] inspectors in Iraq are frustrated with
[1:58] the quality of intelligence they're
[1:59] getting from the United States. CB