Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Monday, Jan 21, 1991

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Title: Nightline Abstract: Live discussion re: current Persian Gulf war situation and Iraq's treatment of POWs with Ted Koppel (ABC), Iraq Ambassador to Japan Rashid Al-Rifai, former Naval Air Intelligence Officer Scott Shuger, Vietnam POW Everett Alvarez, Jean-Paul Fallet of the International Red Cross, Andrew Whitley of Middle East Watch, and Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. Live reports from Saudi Arabia by Forrest Sawyer (ABC) and from Jordan by CBC reporter Eric Rankin. Taped segment with James Walker (ABC), George Bush, British Prime Minister John Major, British Defense Minister Tom King, Iraq's US Mission Deputy Chief Khalid Shewayish, excerpt of Peter Jennings (ABC) interview with Alvarez, POW's brother Junius Hunter, and USS Nicholas Commander Dennis Gilber Morral. Taped segment with Jackie Judd (ABC), Sen. John McCain, former POW Charles Plum, Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, and Howard Levy of the Naval War College. Taped "War Diary" of events since beginning of war with Bill Seamans (ABC), sound technician Adam Haylett, cameraman Eduard Bianco, Jim Hickey (ABC), and engineers Dave Mann and Gary Pearce. Begin Time: 10:31:00 pm End Time: 11:36:00 pm TVN Record Number: 646837 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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