CBS Evening News - 1991-01-18 (Desert Storm)
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[0:03] An American A-10 over Iraqi positions.
[0:08] First pictures of the battle at the
[0:10] border.
[0:15] This is a special edition of the CBS
[0:17] Evening News, part of our continuing
[0:19] coverage of Showdown in the Gulf. Dan
[0:21] Rather reporting. Good evening. American
[0:23] warplanes combed the sky over Iraq
[0:26] today, trying desperately to wipe out
[0:28] Saddam Hussein's mobile Scud missiles.
[0:30] Israel braced for more strikes and
[0:33] warned of retaliation that could widen
[0:35] the war. President Bush praised Israel
[0:38] for not retaliating up to now. The
[0:39] president promised, in his words, the
[0:41] darnest search and destroy mission ever
[0:44] undertaken to eliminate the threat to
[0:46] Israel. over Iraq and Kuwait. US war
[0:49] plananes have now launched more than
[0:51] 2,000 raids against Iraqi troops and
[0:53] military targets. That's the heaviest
[0:55] bombing since World War II. But US
[0:59] commanders warn that Iraq's military
[1:01] power has not been destroyed. There
[1:04] could still be a long way to go in this
[1:06] war. Four US planes have been confirmed
[1:09] lost now. Seven crewmen officially
[1:12] listed as missing. Israel held its fire
[1:15] against Iraq today, even under the
[1:17] threat of more missile strikes. Tom
[1:19] Fenton, the first to report last
[1:20] evening's attack on Tel Aviv, is there
[1:22] again tonight. Tom, Dan, there are two
[1:25] questions on everybody's mind tonight.
[1:27] When will the next missile strike and
[1:29] when will Israel retaliate? Everybody
[1:31] expects another missile attack before
[1:33] dawn. The uh the only question is when.
[1:37] Already we've had two alerts.
[1:40] The sirens wailed again in the already
[1:42] empty streets of Tel Aviv and ot