CBS Evening News - 1991-02-11
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[0:07] President Bush says more bombing before
[0:09] any ground offensive begins. Iraq fires
[0:12] scuds at Saudi Arabia and Israel and US
[0:16] planes bomb Iraqis around the clock.
[0:21] This is the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather
[0:23] reporting tonight for the special war
[0:25] update edition. Good evening. While
[0:27] President Bush said today he is in no
[0:29] hurry to start a ground offensive, skies
[0:32] cleared over Iraq and Kuwait and Allied
[0:34] warplanes bombed away, flying nearly
[0:37] 3,000 sorties. An Iraqi government
[0:39] minister said thousands of civilians
[0:41] have been killed or wounded in the
[0:43] bombing, a big increase over earlier
[0:45] casualty claims. There's no way to
[0:48] confirm these claims. Iraq also shot
[0:50] back with Scud missiles aimed at Saudi
[0:52] Arabia and Israel. President Bush
[0:55] indicated today that he's holding off
[0:57] the start of a ground offensive, at
[0:58] least for a while. The president did so
[1:01] following his talk with Defense
[1:02] Secretary Cheney and General [ __ ]
[1:04] Powell, both just back from the Gulf.
[1:06] White House correspondent Wyatt Andrews
[1:08] begins our coverage.
[1:11] >> After listening to his two top military
[1:13] advisers for more than an hour, the
[1:15] president announced he would stick with
[1:17] the air war for now. The air campaign
[1:20] has been very very effective and uh it
[1:24] will continue for a while. Altogether I
[1:26] feel much better after this briefing.
[1:28] I've always felt confident we were on
[1:30] the right path. I feel even more so now.
[1:33] Defense Secretary Cheney and Joint
[1:35] Chiefs Chairman Pal return from their
[1:37] weekend visit to Saudi Arabia,
[1:39] recommending that the United States not
[1:41] rush