NBC Nightly News - 1991-02-07
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[0:00] Middle East moves steadily toward a
[0:01] ground war as Britain copes with
[0:03] terrorism. An IRA attack on number 10
[0:06] Downing Street.
[0:09] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro.
[0:13] Tonight, America at war.
[0:17] Good evening. As American commanders in
[0:19] the Persian Gulf prepare for the next
[0:21] phase of the war against Iraq, on the
[0:23] ground and at close quarters, the
[0:25] British tonight are on guard against a
[0:27] fresh wave of terrorism from another
[0:29] front. The IRA, the Irish Republican
[0:32] Army, tonight it is claiming it carried
[0:34] out a mortar attack on the home of the
[0:36] British Prime Minister, an escalation of
[0:38] the battle with the British over
[0:39] Northern Ireland. NBC's Tom Pettit.
[0:45] It was just after 10:00 in the morning
[0:47] when the mortar bombs were launched from
[0:49] this van. It had been parked for 8
[0:51] minutes before the men inside fired, set
[0:54] the van on fire, and fled.
[0:56] >> Right back out of the way, please. Right
[0:58] back.
[0:59] >> The target was number 10 Downing Street,
[1:01] where the prime minister was meeting
[1:02] with his war cabinet to discuss the Gulf
[1:04] War.
[1:06] >> London is in a state of shock.
[1:08] Terrorists have struck at the heart of
[1:10] London, at the heart of the British
[1:12] government. The van was parked just off
[1:14] Trafaloger Square, a familiar landmark
[1:16] for tourists, near Parliament Square and
[1:18] Buckingham Palace. Three shells were
[1:20] fired. Two fell to the ground and
[1:22] burned, but one shell exploded 50 ft
[1:25] from number 10 Downing Street.
[1:28] >> The terrorists almost wiped out the
[1:30] British government.
[1:31] I think it is clear from the timing of
[1:33] the attack this morning that doe