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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Status report given on war today.
(White House: Brit Hume) Announcement by President Bush that Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell will go to Saudi Arabia to prepare a status report prior to possible opening of ground warfare featured. [BUSH - makes statements and answers reporters' questions on air and ground war and on diplomacy; adds that he does not lose sleep.] Unlikelihood of an Iraqi surrender without a ground war reiterated.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Expectation that Cheney-Powell trip will determine when ground war will open noted.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Disagreement among military and intelligence officials on need to extend the bombing campaign prior to a ground war examined; details given of difficulty of assessing bomb damage or of how well Iraqi army has fought; scenes shown. [Joint Chiefs of Staff operations director Lieutenant General Thomas KELLY - says estimating enemy's capabilities is an art, not a science.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Marine jets' bombing of Iraqi convoy mentioned. Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bill Redeker) Allied attacks on Iraqi Republican Guard featured; scenes shown of first published photos of allied air attacks against guard; details given of plans to use additional B-52 bombers. [United States Marine Corps Major General Robert JOHNSTON - says Iraqi military is being softened up.] Bombing of Iraqi bridges by British Tornados shown.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) First incidence of fighting between Iraqi and Syrian troops reported. Interview held with military expert. [National security analyst Anthony CORDESMAN - assesses role of B-52s against Iraq's dug-in positions; compares impact this pounding is having on the Iraqis to what was faced in the Iran-Iraq war.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Saudis reported arresting six people for sniper attack on bus carrying United States soldiers in Jidda, Saudi Arabia. Firebombing attack on a United States attache's car in Amman, Jordan, noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Amman: Sheila MacVicar) Living conditions in Iraq featured; scenes shown from Baghdad, where sale of fuel for heating, cooking and driving has been banned. [WOMAN - describes conditions in Basra, Iraq.] [In southern city, Iyad el-JANABI - says civilians are being targeted.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Criticism by United Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar of allied bombing of trucks on the Baghdad-to-Jordan highway reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Artillery exchanges in Lebanon between Palestinians and Israelis noted. Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Dean Reynolds) Israel's decision to approve leader of right-wing extremist party as cabinet member examined; scenes shown of aerial attacks on guerrilla hideouts in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. [Israeli army spokesman Colonel Ranaan GISSIN - blames Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his ally, PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat.] [Former general Rehavam ZEEVI - calls for expulsion of Palestinians.] Menachem Begin's son Benjamin Begin said breaking party ranks to oppose Ze'evi.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Word from France that members of the European Community will provide gas masks to Israel for distribution to the Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territories reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Mikhail Gorbachev reported tightening the screws on Lithuania by calling planned popular referendum on independence illegal.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Stephen Aug) Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's plan for bank reform examined; tenets of plan outlined on screen. [BRADY - talks about strengthening banking industry.] [Representative John DINGELL - responds.] [Representative Charles SCHUMER - criticizes Brady's plan for FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insurance.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush reported stating Canada will join free trade talks already being agreed to with Mexico to open a single market place for all of North America.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Response to financial problems facing Northwest Airlines, Pan Am and British Airways outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Agreement by makers of Cisco, a high- alcohol wine drink, to change its bottle so that it no longer looks like a wine cooler reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) New government guidelines for treatment of asthma reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Michigan judge reported ordering Dr. Jack Kevorkian to cease using his suicide machine for the terminally ill.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Fort Irwin, California: Ken Kashiwahara) Training of troops on how to survive a ground war featured; scenes shown from Fort Irwin, California, where training takes place in an elaborate Iraqi-style defense system built in the California desert. Troops shown practicing tank and trench warfare. [Company commander Captain Jerry CONWAY, SOLDIER - comment on combat training.]
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