Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Jan 30, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 01/30/1991 -- Wednesday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Sharyl Attkisson / Ralph Wenge / Christiane Amanpour / Peter Arnett / Margaret Lowrie / John Sweeney / Wolf Blitzer / Taylor Henry / John Camp
  • Interviews: Issa Modainat / Efraim Karsh / Charles Tripp
  • Taped Segments: battle for Khafji / excerpt of briefing by Norman Schwarzkopf / Allied bombing in Iraq / Persian Gulf oil spills near Bahrain's desalination plants / "Special Assignment" re: prisoners of war
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including Persian Gulf oil spills, battle for Khafji, marines killed in ground fighting, reporting from Iraq, Jordan accuses Allies of killing non-Iraqi civilians, analysis of Saddam Hussein.

  • Begin Time:02:00:00 pm
    End Time:02:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:660474
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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