World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-02-27
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[0:00] First, we'll see you back here tonight
[0:01] at 6.
[0:04] >> Tonight, what may be the final battle of
[0:06] the Gulf War. Hundreds of American tanks
[0:08] against what is left of Iraq's
[0:10] Republican Guard. How the war was won by
[0:13] the man who planned it. How the Iraqis
[0:15] believed the US would come by sea. And
[0:18] the Hail Mary that made the difference.
[0:21] >> The Kuwaitis say the nightmare has
[0:23] ended. And Kuwait City comes alive.
[0:29] From ABC, this is a special edition of
[0:33] World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
[0:35] >> Good evening. The war in the Gulf is
[0:37] virtually over. President Bush is going
[0:39] to talk to the nation tonight at 9:00
[0:41] Eastern time. The commanding general,
[0:42] Norman Schwarzoff said today that the
[0:44] Allied forces have accomplished their
[0:46] mission. The Iraqi army is no longer a
[0:49] threat to the region. The last great
[0:51] battle was being fought today. The US
[0:53] tanks and air power overwhelming what
[0:55] used to be called the elite Republican
[0:57] Guard. It has apparently been the
[1:00] conclusive battle, the final blow. We
[1:02] begin at the Pentagon tonight. ABC's Bob
[1:04] Zelnik has been compiling the details.
[1:08] Officials say the Iraqis lost hundreds
[1:11] of tanks in the battle. Officials say as
[1:13] Allied forces approached from the west,
[1:16] elements of the guard divisions came
[1:18] forward to meet them. But the Iraqis
[1:20] came under heavy fire, mainly from
[1:22] Apache helicopters and fixedwing
[1:24] aircraft like the A10. As they tried to
[1:27] turn and flee, Allied tanks used
[1:30] superior speed to outflank them, and
[1:32] their longrange guns to destroy many of
[1:34] the Iraqi tanks from so far away that
[1:37] th