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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Statement from Iraq that Americans in Iraq and Kuwait will be held until President Bush ends sanctions reported; scenes shown of other Westerners who were freed.
(Baghdad: Dan Rather) Audio report from last American reporter in Baghdad, Iraq, about fate of Americans held in Iraq and Kuwait featured. [Voice of two detained AMERICANS - comment on their fears.] Map shown of areas to which detained Americans have been taken as part of a "human shield" operation.
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report introduced.
(David Martin) Continued deployment of United States military to Middle East featured; scenes shown from Morehead City, North Carolina, of Marines loading onto ship bound for Persian Gulf and of Stealth fighter planes. [Marine Corps Commandant General Al GRAY - says Marines have to be prepared for terrorist-type attacks.] Navy noted still tracking two tankers in the gulf.
(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport: Eric Engberg) Policies for handling current crisis with Iraq examined; scenes shown of President Bush fishing during Kennebunkport, ME, vacation. [On "Face the Nation", Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar VELAYATI - calls for cooperation under UN supervision.] [On "Face the Nation", Representative Lee HAMILTON - says it must be cast as a confrontation between Iraq and the international community.] [Former national security adviser Zbigniew BRZEZINSKI - comments on problem of possible Arab destabilization.] Bush's need to soon spell out role for American military in the gulf explained.
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Bob Simon) Visit by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to American military forces in the Persian Gulf featured; scenes shown. [CHENEY - says we could make Iraqi President Saddam Hussein pay if he attacks Saudi Arabia.] Scenes shown from a Saudi Arabian oil town to illustrate the mood of the Saudi people. [SAUDI - comments.] Saudi authorities noted putting up Kuwaiti refugees on a temporary basis. [Second SAUDI - comments.]
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report introduced.
(Amman: Peter Van Sant) Jordan's pro-Iraqi position in the crisis examined; details given of continued flow of cargo from Jordan to Iraq despite blockade; scenes shown from port of Aqaba, Jordan. [Aqaba port director Awad TELL - says goods are let go.] [In Amman, two Jordanian POLITICIANS - oppose American role in region.] [Jordanian minister of information Ibrahim EZZIDIN - talks about possible negotiations.]
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Protest by Sudan after United States warships turned back a Sudanese ship heading for Aqaba to pick up refugees from Kuwait reported.
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report on French radio that Iraqi forces have placed explosives in Kuwaiti electric and water plants noted.
(Suez Canal: Bill McLaughlin) Role of Egypt's Suez Canal in shipping to and from the Persian Gulf featured; scenes shown from canal of US warships destroyer USS John Rogers and guided missile ship Tetnal and of French ship; details given of Egypt's fear that Iraq will try to mine the canal. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak mentioned.
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Report introduced.
(New York: James Hattori) Reaction of American families to plight of relatives missing in Iraq and Kuwait featured; scenes shown. [Marjorie WALTERSCHEID, unidentified MOTHER, Mary TRUNDY, Katan COZENDAHR, WOMAN - talk about their relatives.]
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Extent of tanker traffic in Persian Gulf noted; scenes shown. Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Ron Allen) Rekindling of debate over offshore drilling for oil due to Persian Gulf crisis featured; scenes shown from idle oil project off coast of Santa Barbara, California. [On radio show, Chevron CEO Kenneth DERR - talks about oil.] [Offshore oil opponent Henry FEIGER - says oil interests are trying to override environmental concerns.] President Bush's administration's ban on offshore drilling recalled. [Representative William DANNEMEYER, Governor George DEUKMEJIAN, offshore oil opponent Nell LANGFORD - offer differing opinions on development of offshore oil sources.]
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(Studio: Paula Zahn) Americans in the military reserves featured; scenes shown. [Patricia and Ray BARTHOLOMEW - talk about his position in the National Guard reserves.] [Sears store manager John GRIBB - says mechanic Ray Bartholomew would be hard to replace.] [Massachusetts National Guard Lieutenant Alain AYSSEH, Major Fred BAKER, BARTHOLOMEW - comment on their commitment.]
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