CBS Evening News - 1982-02-26
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[0:00] on five
[0:05] >> from around the world and from CBS News
[0:08] headquarters in New York. This is the
[0:11] CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. And
[0:14] tonight, Bill Moyer's final report on
[0:16] the growing influence of political
[0:18] action committees, packs, the highest
[0:20] biders.
[0:22] >> Good evening. Rebels in El Salvador were
[0:25] on the offensive today. Early and
[0:27] fragmentaryary reports indicate that
[0:29] regular army Salvador and troops are
[0:32] taking a beating in the capital San
[0:34] Salvador. At least 15 buses were blown
[0:36] up by the guerillas. They ordered all
[0:38] passengers off the vehicles and there
[0:39] were no reported injuries. In the
[0:42] eastern provincial capital of San
[0:44] Vincente, the rebels set up roadblocks
[0:46] to the north and the south and launched
[0:48] an attack penserlike on army positions.
[0:51] At least 10 soldiers were killed and the
[0:53] rebels regained the upper hand around
[0:55] the dormant Guasapa volcano where the
[0:58] army has been trying to capture a
[0:59] guerilla stronghold. From that combat
[1:02] scene, David Dick reports.
[1:07] The first incoming chopper arrived a few
[1:10] minutes after 7:00. It brought in more
[1:13] wounded from the heavy fighting in the
[1:15] Guazapa Mountain area that has lasted
[1:17] almost a week. There were six casualties
[1:20] in the first load. Injuries to the head,
[1:23] legs, arms, and stomach, said one of the
[1:26] wounded, "It's hell up there." He said
[1:29] it was the heaviest fighting he'd seen
[1:30] in the 11 months he'd been in the army.
[1:33] The colonel told the man, "I couldn't
[1:35] sleep all night thinking about you." The
[1:38] wounded could not be brought out until
[1:39] today. Time for flying had simpl