Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Wednesday, Feb 13, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/13/1991 -- Wednesday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Catherine Crier / Ralph Wenge / Peter Arnett / Charles Bierbauer / Wolf Blitzer / Claire Shipman / Jeanne Moos / Art Harris / Pam Olson / Al Hinman / Ed Garsten / Marc Levenson / Sandy Kenyon
  • Taped Segments: Soviet-Iraq relations / Allied bombing of civilian bomb shelter / excerpt of statement by Yevgeny Primakov / excerpt of statement by Shimon Peres / "Special Assignment" re: Army Reserves / US Second Marine Division / nuclear weapons
  • Coverage re: Persian Gulf War, including Allied bombing of civilian bomb shelter, Syria-Israel relations, UN Security Council meeting.
  • Live footage of an interview with Kuwaiti Ambassador Saud Nasir al-Sabah.
  • Taped footage of interviews and statements from Baghdad Police Chief Kamel Zedan, Dr. Paul Boghossian, Iraqi Minister of Health Abdul Salam Saud, Marlin Fitzwater, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, President George Bush, Turkish Ambassador Nuzhet Kandemir, Capt. David Herrington, Brig. Gen. Richard Neal, Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, Soviet Ambassador Yevgeny Primakov, Victor Filatev, Shimon Peres, British Ambassador Sir David Hannay, Yemeni Ambassador Abdalla al-Ashtal, Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Amir al-Anbari, Gen. Colin Powell, Gen. Wes Clark, Col. James Patrick O'Neal, Capt. Scott Campbell, Jack Donaldson, Al Holday, Mary Hill, David Littman, Representative Dan Burton, Gen. John Singlaub, Peter Kuznick, Jerry Gary, Richard Lowe, and Richard Nolen.

  • Begin Time:05:00:10 pm
    End Time:05:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:660652
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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