CBS Evening News - 1991-02-07
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[0:03] [music]
[0:06] >> Desert Storm's commanding general visits
[0:08] the front line.
[0:09] Cheney and Powell head for Saudi Arabia
[0:11] to inspect readiness. And US allies say
[0:14] the ground offensive is close. [music]
[0:18] This is the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather
[0:20] reporting [music] tonight with a special
[0:22] war update edition. Good evening.
[0:25] For the first time in 4 days, air raid
[0:27] sirens sounded in Saudi Arabia tonight,
[0:29] and two US Patriot missiles were seen
[0:31] being fired from the capital of Riyadh.
[0:34] Witnesses said they saw what appeared to
[0:36] be one interception of a Scud missile.
[0:39] No word yet on whether anything struck
[0:41] the ground. Defense Secretary Dick
[0:43] Cheney and General Colin Powell left
[0:45] Washington this evening for Saudi
[0:47] Arabia. Earlier today, top British and
[0:49] French officials said the last and
[0:51] toughest phase of the war, a ground
[0:53] offensive, may start before the end of
[0:55] the month. American jets shot down at
[0:58] least two and possibly three Iraqi
[1:00] planes today as they tried to escape to
[1:03] Iran. Others made it across the Iranian
[1:05] border, but Iranian television said that
[1:08] some went down in flames, and four
[1:10] others crashed as they tried to land on
[1:12] roads in Iran. Eric Engberg in Saudi
[1:15] Arabia has more on the war.
[1:18] >> Okay. Allied Commander General Norman
[1:20] Schwarzkopf today visited frontline
[1:22] troops on the eve of a critical council
[1:24] of war here with the defense secretary
[1:26] and joint chiefs chairman.
[1:28] With many big decisions in the offing,
[1:31] the US brass was tight-lipped about what
[1:33] comes next. But their allies are openly
[1:36] advertising a coming ground o