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(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Wyatt Andrews) United Nations Security Council reported approving economic sanctions against Iraq for invading Kuwait. [UN ambassador Thomas PICKERING - comments.] President Bush reported meeting with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) chief Manfred Woerner; scenes shown from White House. [BUSH, THATCHER - comment on possibility of blockade.] Secretary of State James Baker noted going Thursday to visit Turkish President Turgut Ozal regarding key oil pipeline.
(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) United States military options in Persian Gulf examined; Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney reported discussing US military aid with Saudi Arabian leaders while Saudis send more troops to Kuwait border; scenes shown; Saudis noted not yet answering request to use military bases. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - comments on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's troops remaining on Kuwait- Saudi Arabia border.] Cheney noted considering trip to Turkey, where US forces operate out of base at Incirlik, Turkey. [Retired General George CRIST - comments.] Scenes shown of Navy ships arriving near, or leaving for, Persian Gulf.
(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Persian Gulf: Tom Fenton) Saddam Hussein reported meeting with US diplomats to deliver message to Bush; scenes shown from Baghdad, Iraq; Saudi Arabian troop movements noted; scenes shown of other Arab leaders in meetings and of oil pipeline in Adana, Turkey, shut down as a result of embargo. [Center for Strategic and International Studies Henry SCHULER - comments on embargo.] Possibility of naval blockade examined. [In London, two AMERICANS - comment on fleeing Kuwait.] Scenes shown of occupied Kuwait from Iraqi television.
(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather) Western talk of isolating Hussein compared to his hero status among Arabs. [MEN - talk positively about Hussein and criticize US.]
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(New York: Ed Bradley) Report introduced.
(New York: Ray Brady) Concern in world financial markets over Middle East crisis examined; scenes shown from New York, London and Tokyo stock markets. [Middle East oil analyst Jack AYDIN - comments.] "Stock Market Report". [Economist David JONES - says we're on brink of recession.] Higher gasoline prices noted affecting various automobile- related stocks. Congress reported warning of need for new oil drilling. [Senator Ted STEVENS - comments.]
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(Studio: Ed Bradley; State Department: Bill Plante) Concern over US citizens caught in Kuwait and Iraq detailed; more Americans reported detained by Iraq. [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - makes statement.] Iraqi ambassador reported saying he didn't know anything. [Senator George MITCHELL, oil field worker's wife Marjorie WALTERSCHEID, oil worker's stepson Jerry OGLE, just back from Kuwait, Cathy OCZOWSKI - comment.] Purpose of Secretary of State James Baker's trip to Turkey reported.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) State Department reported saying one American was among those taken hostage by rebel forces in Liberia today; more US government employees noted evacuated.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) Pakistan's president reported removing from power Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, declaring state of emergency and dissolving legislature; details given of corruption charges; scenes shown from Islamabad, Pakistan. Bhutto quoted; army noted taking over telephone exchanges and broadcast stations.
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(Studio: Ed Bradley) In Dallas today, unemployed salesman Rick White reported claiming father was part of team including Lee Harvey Oswald that killed President John F. Kennedy on CIA orders; Washington spokesman's denial of CIA involvement quoted. Man obsessed with Marilyn Monroe reported claiming he defaced Boston's new Kennedy statue; scenes shown of graffiti.
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(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather, Bob Simon) Possibility of Iraq invasion of Jordan, key to Israel's survival, discussed; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein-King Hussein of Jordan relations detailed. Saddam Hussein reported championing Palestinian cause in order to gain power in Middle East; PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat noted living in Baghdad, Iraq.
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(Amman, Jordan: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Amman: Allen Pizzey) Arab resentment of Kuwait riches reported among reasons for little protest against Iraq invasion; scenes shown from Amman, Jordan, of poor and elite residents. [Jordanian economist Fahed FANEK - says five percent of people get ninety-five percent of wealth.] Kuwaiti and Jordanian incomes compared. [Jordan's King HUSSEIN, MAN - comment on promise of oil wealth shared by all Arabs.] Saddam Hussein noted now in control of twenty percent of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil production.
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