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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Offer from Iraq to free all Westerners trapped in Iraq and Kuwait if United States promised to remove its troops from Saudi Arabia and lift economic blockade reported.
(Amman: Forrest Sawyer) Review given of events in Persian Gulf region; Iraqi television statement from spokesman for President Saddam Hussein detailed; details given of plan to move citizens from US, Great Britain, France and West Germany from Kuwait City, Kuwait, to installations in Iraq where they will serve as human shields against United States air strikes; map shown. [On "This Week", Iraqi ambassador Mohamed Sadiq al-MASHAT - comments.] Anti-US demonstrations in Amman, Jordan, shown. [Jordanian POLITICIAN - makes anti-American remark.] Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz noted accusing United States of piracy for firing at oil ships in Persian Gulf.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) United States interdiction policy in gulf examined; scenes shown of ships that were challenged, but not stopped, by United States Navy. [On "This Week", Secretary of Defense Dick CHENEY - explains that gulf traffic is not automatically prohibited.] Question of how quickly a military blockade could bring Iraq to its knees analyzed; maps shown. US need for action by United Nations Security Council to bolster blockade mentioned.
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(Amman: Forrest Sawyer) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Sam Donaldson) United States military deployment in Persian Gulf area featured; scenes shown of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney from various sites in region. [On "This Week", CHENEY - says United States would respond if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein launched an assault.] [SOLDIER - comments.] Defense Department policy prohibiting press from naming GIs it interviews noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Propaganda broadcasts from Iraqi radio reported; audio played.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(White House: Ann Compton) President Bush reported returning to White House for meeting with his national security advisers to discuss Iraq's occupation of Kuwait; White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater's statement about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's position on foreigners in Iraq quoted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(London: Pierre Salinger) News of diplomatic discussion between Iraq and Arab states over how Iraq can pull out of Kuwait examined; details given of meetings of Kuwaiti officials with PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) and Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi. Report that Iraq is holding CIA agents captured in Kuwait outlined.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Damascus: Hal Walker) The Kuwaiti resistance movement featured; scenes shown. [Kuwaiti News Agency Dr. Imad AJAMI - says Kuwaitis are trying to dispatch news into Kuwait.] [Newspaper editor Dr. Al RUMAIHI - comments.] News from Kuwait's involuntary expatriates who have escaped noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Charleston, SC: Charles Thomas) Report on one reserve unit that may be called up by President Bush featured; scenes shown from Charleston, SC, of Army's 942nd Transportation Company that supplies combat troops. [Colonel Dave AKERIDGE - says unit is ready.] [Lieutenant Terry MEGGETT, reservist's wife Shirley LAWRENCE, Lieutenant Wanda SIMMONS - comment on preparations.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Newport, Tennessee: Linda Pattillo) Report from defense contracting firm that is turning out suits for troops to wear in case of chemical warfare attack featured; scenes shown from textile plant in Newport, Tennessee. [Workers Edna GUILLILAND, Loretta TAYLOR, Brenda CUMMINGS, Sharon COX - comment.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Collision of Panamanian tanker and a barge in Delaware Bay that spilled gas into water reported; scenes shown from Lewes, DE.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Seventh straight day of black factional violence in South Africa reported; scenes shown from Soweto.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Gandolf) Pittsburgh Pirates profiled; scenes shown from this weekend's series between National League baseball leaders, the Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, reported; game scenes shown. [Manager Jim LEYLAND, players Andy VAN SLYKE, Doug DRABEK, Wally BACKMAN, Bobby BONILLA - talk about team.]
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