NBC News at Sunrise - 1991-02-20

Name: NBC News at Sunrise - 1991-02-20
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[0:00] Channel 4.

[0:03] >> In the news, anticipation in Moscow.

[0:05] Soviet officials expect an answer from

[0:07] Saddam Hussein to their plan for peace.

[0:09] In the Gulf, Allied troops are ready to

[0:11] march on Kuwait. And in this country,

[0:13] Los Angeles gets serious about the

[0:15] drought.

[0:18] >> This is NBC News at Sunrise.

[0:24] >> Good morning everyone. I'm Margaret

[0:26] Larson. This could be the makeorb

[0:27] breakak day for the Soviet peace plan.

[0:29] Iraq's foreign minister is expected back

[0:32] in Moscow today, fresh from a meeting

[0:33] with Saddam Hussein. As NBC's Ike

[0:36] Seammens reports, Soviet officials have

[0:38] their fingers crossed.

[0:44] >> Foreign Minister Alexander Bertnik

[0:46] believes the Soviet peace plan is still

[0:48] alive, especially with the Iraqi foreign

[0:51] minister due back in Moscow today. He

[0:53] says that the signals from Baghdad, in

[0:55] his words, correspond to reality, a halt

[0:58] in military operations is close. Other

[1:01] leaders here are remaining silent and

[1:03] cautious, not wanting to upset the

[1:05] possibility of a Soviet sponsored

[1:07] ceasefire. Some aren't happy with the

[1:09] United States position, which basically

[1:11] rejects the Soviet peace plan. It's in

[1:14] the interest of the United States also

[1:17] uh to avoid ground battle because United

[1:21] States bears the main burden of uh the

[1:26] war.

[1:27] >> Political commentator Joe Adamov

[1:29] believes President Gorbachov's plan can

[1:31] work.

[1:31] >> I'm sure Mr. Gorbachov will do

[1:33] everything in his power to convince the

[1:36] Iraqis that the game is actually up that

[1:39] uh opposition is absolutely hopeless

[1:42] that the only thing they can hope for is

[1:43] a blood bath after which they