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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The Pentagon's military buildup in the Persian Gulf area, which indicates a looming military showdown with Iraq, featured; details given of the movement of United States sea-based attack planes to the region and plans to man Army missile batteries in Saudi Arabia. [Secretary of Defense William PERRY - says the United States will take all necessary action to protect our forces; responds to statements from Iraq about United States forces in Kuwait.] [Pentagon spokesman Ken BACON - comments.] The extent of the United States air strike capability discussed.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Peter Arnett) The hard-line response in Iraq to the United States military movement examined. Statement from deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz quoted. [Iraqi information minister Abdel Ghani Abdel GHAFFOUR, Iraqi MAN - (thru translator) comment.] The moods in Iraq now and at the time just before the Persian Gulf war discussed.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The request from the United Nations Security Council to UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that Iraq be allowed to sell oil for food and medicine reported.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The politics of United States foreign policy with Iraq reported; details given of criticism from Republicans and some dissent within President Clinton's administration. [Campaigning in California, CLINTON - says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein cannot make threats.] [Republican vice presidential candidate Jack KEMP - criticizes Clinton's gulf policies.] Findings of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of the public's view of Clinton's handling of the situation in Iraq cited.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Sarajevo: Christiane Amanpour) The last day before the elections in Bosnia on Saturday reviewed; scenes shown of the rally in Sarajevo's stadium for the ruling party and of the campaigning in Serb-controlled Pale. The importance of this election for the Muslims, who want to keep a single, unified state and for the Serbs, who want to break away, despite the agreements of the Dayton peace accords, explained. [NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) OFFICIAL - says secession is not an option.] [At rally, WOMAN - rails about a curse on sinners preaching against the ever-virtuous Serbs.] The skepticism about whether the elections will lead to a democracy and a unified state discussed.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Statements from former Secretary of State James Baker about the lack of support from the Persian Gulf war coalition states for United States air strike against Iraq presented. [Before Congress, BAKER - wonders about the lack of backing from our allies.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with retired Air Force General Charles Horner, who directed the gulf war air campaign. [HORNER - says the coalition was the key to Operation Desert Storm; compares the United States military capabilities then and now; says a good job has been done to contain Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; comments on Baker's suggestions that Baghdad should be targeted; compares the bombings by cruise missiles with attacks during Desert Storm.]
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(Studio: Flip Spiceland) Weather forecasts for the United States and Europe presented; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The United States military buildup in the Persian Gulf region recapped.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Iraq's hard-line stand against the United States recapped; scenes shown from the streets of Baghdad.
(Washington: Ralph Begleiter) The international impact of the US-Iraq crisis examined. [Former Senator Dennis DeCONCINI - says the United States must build back up the world support to keep Iraqi President Saddam Hussein at bay.] [State Department spokesman Glyn DAVIES - comments.] United States interests outlined: oil flows from the gulf, the basing in United States troops in Saudi Arabia, the safety of the troops and Arab-Israeli peace efforts. [Former Secretary of State James BAKER - says the United States stance should be made clear to Saddam.]
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(New York: Jody Davis) The business report presented: Stock Market Report, treasury bond figures, mergers of Gillette and Duracell International and Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting. [FTC chairman Robert PITOFSKY - says the Time-Turner deal needed to be restructured for antitrust reasons.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The end of the campaigning before Saturday's elections in Bosnia reported.
(Camp Lisa, Bosnia: Bill Delaney) The role of United States IFOR troops in the Bosnian elections featured; scenes shown from Camp Lisa in Bosnia. [USA Army Colonel John BATISTE, sergeant Mary SYZMAN, Spec. Gerald M. ADCOCK - comment on the job.]
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Interview held with journalist Misha Glenny, author of "The Fall of Yugoslavia", about the elections. [GLENNY - says the conditions set down by the Dayton peace accords have not been for the elections; indicates that the elections will not create a unified Bosnia and that the troops will have to stay beyond the December pull-out date; points out that the bottom line is that President Clinton wants these elections out of the way before his own election in November.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Eileen O'Connor) The growing passion in Russia for motorcycles featured; scenes shown from the second annual Russian bike show, where biker style takes a Russian form. [Moscow Night Wolves "SURGEON", WOMAN - (thru translator) comment.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Japan's windsurfing, waterskiing monkey shown in action. [Note: more monkey footage shown after the good night.]