CBS Evening News - 1993-01-08

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[0:03] US forces on high alert. Situation

[0:05] unclear as the deadline passes for

[0:08] Saddam to move his missiles.

[0:11] >> Clear to kill. Clear to kill.

[0:14] >> Graphic evidence of what happened the

[0:16] last time the Iraqis violated the no-fly

[0:19] zone. And eye on America. Tonight, an

[0:23] amazing story about health insurance,

[0:25] saving a life, and going to jail for it.

[0:34] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:40] Dan Rather reporting. Good evening. The

[0:42] deadline has passed. Saddam Hussein does

[0:44] not have his missiles out of southern

[0:46] Iraq. President Bush and US allies have

[0:49] not attacked. Tension remains though. An

[0:52] attack still is possible. Indications as

[0:55] of this moment are if there is to yet be

[0:58] a US attack, it is not probable for this

[1:01] night. David Martin has late information

[1:03] at the Pentagon. David,

[1:05] >> as the 5:30 deadline came and went,

[1:07] Saddam Hussein was talking tough and

[1:10] acting mysteriously. Deputy Prime

[1:12] Minister Tariq Aziz said flatly, "Iraq

[1:15] will not heed the West's ultimatum to

[1:17] remove anti-aircraft missiles from a

[1:18] no-fly zone south of the 32nd parallel."

[1:21] As this weather satellite photo of Iraq

[1:23] taken this afternoon shows, rapidly

[1:26] clearing weather was making it easier to

[1:28] keep track of the missiles. And at

[1:29] midday, Joint Chief's Chairman Coen Pal

[1:32] gave CBS News this assessment of what

[1:34] was happening.

[1:34] >> Quite a bit of movement with respect to

[1:36] the missiles that we find troublesome. I

[1:39] think it's too early to say where all of

[1:41] those missiles are going, where those

[1:43] batteries are located.

[1:44] >> While the game of hideand-seek continued

[1:46] with the mi

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