World News Tonight (ABC) - 1991-01-22
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[0:00] World News Tonight is next.
[0:04] >> From ABC, this is a special 1-hour
[0:07] edition of World News Tonight with Peter
[0:10] Jennings.
[0:11] >> Good evening. The Iraqis widened the war
[0:13] today for the third third time. They
[0:15] fired missiles at Israel and according
[0:16] to the US military, they blew up oil
[0:19] installations in Kuwait.
[0:21] For the Israelis, it was a brutal shock.
[0:22] With the US Patriot interceptor missile
[0:24] in place, many Israelis
[0:26] had just begun to breathe a little
[0:27] easier. The Patriots Patriots have been
[0:29] performing well in Saudi Arabia, but
[0:31] apparently not in Israel today. At least
[0:33] one Scud missile was fired at Tel Aviv
[0:36] and the Israeli army spokesman says the
[0:38] Patriots didn't work.
[0:40] At least three people are dead, more
[0:41] than 60 are injured in Israel. ABC's
[0:44] John Donvan.
[0:51] >> It was the first time since Saturday the
[0:52] sirens warned that Iraqi missiles were
[0:54] on their way.
[0:59] It was the first time Patriot missiles
[1:01] were launched in Israel's defense.
[1:09] But at least one Iraqi missile, a
[1:11] Soviet-made Scud, got through.
[1:15] A residential neighborhood, a direct hit
[1:18] on an apartment house. At least 20 other
[1:20] buildings damaged. Most casualties were
[1:23] civilians.
[1:29] Tonight rescuers needed heavy machines
[1:31] to pry apart the wreckage for people
[1:32] still trapped inside their homes. Some
[1:35] rescuers used their hands.
[1:37] Among those taken to the hospital, some
[1:39] underwent immediate surgery.
[1:41] Others were luckier.
[1:42] >> My child was under under the wall. The
[1:44] wall just fell on her.
[1:46] She was She's just alive. It's it's a
[1:48] miracle that she's alive right now.
[1:50] >> Despite the