Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Feb 06, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/06/1991 -- Wednesday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Catherine Crier / Ralph Wenge / Frank Sesno / Wolf Blitzer / Peter Arnett / Steven Emerson / Rick Sallinger / Mike Capps / Anne McDermott / Ralph Begleiter
  • Taped Segments: F-15 pilots down four Iraqi jets / excerpt of speech by King Hussein / Allied air war strategy / Maverick missiles / aftermath of Allied bombing of Iraq / "Special Assignment" re: profile on Saddam Hussein's underground bunkers / Persian Gulf oil spills / war support in New Waverly, Texas / excerpt on Dionne Stephenson / post war US-Iraq relations / soldier and the blues of war
  • Coverage and updates re: the Persian Gulf war, including status of Iraq's Republican Guard, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell being sent to Persian Gulf, Iraqi civilians killed, Soviet-Iran policy in the Persian Gulf war.

  • Begin Time:05:00:00 pm
    End Time:05:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:661302
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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