Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CNN Evening News for Thursday, Feb 28, 1991


Title: Gulf War Coverage -- CNN -- 02/28/1991 -- Thursday

Abstract:

  • Reporters: Mary Anne Loughlin / Lou Waters / Charles Jaco / Brian Jenkins / Jeanne Moos / Linda Scherzer / Tony Clark / Dan Rutz
  • Contribution: Bill Moyers
  • Interviews: Curt Weldon / M. Cherif Bassiouni
  • Taped Segments: excerpt of Pentagon briefing by Thomas Kelly / US troops entering US Embassy in Kuwait / Kuwaiti Resistance Army / Israeli and Palestinian reaction to the cease fire / Jordanian support of Iraq and King Hussein / consumer confidence and the cease fire / excerpt of interview with Hans Dietrich Genscher / "News From Medicine" re: risk of fatalities from mines
  • Coverage re: the cease fire, including Kuwait liberated, withdrawal of US troops, US Army troop movements, Charles Jaco reporting from Kuwait City, UN Security Council meeting, perspective on the future of Saddam Hussein by Bill Moyers, letters to CNN, debate on whether Saddam Hussein should be held accountable for war crimes, letters to CNN

  • Begin Time:04:00:00 pm
    End Time:04:58:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:661184
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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