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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Near a United States air base in southern Turkey: Christiane Amanpour) The movement by the armies of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein into the Kurdish region in northern Iraq reviewed; videotape shown from Irbil, which was taken by Iraqi troops. The history of the allied operation in which a no-fly zone was been set up in northern Iraq after the Persian Gulf war briefly outlined.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The background to United States preparations for a military strike against Iraq examined; details given of the failure of Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman John Shalikashvili to reach an agreement with Jordan or Saudi Arabia to base United States planes in either country and the likelihood that cruise missiles will be launched from a ship for the attack.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Report introduced.
(Washington: Ralph Begleiter) The complicated political angles to a US attack against Iraq examined; details given of likely targets of an attack. [Military analyst James BLACKWELL - says something should be done to teach Saddam a lesson.] [Kurdish Democratic Party Hoshyar ZEBARI - comments on the no-fly zone.] [Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Latif RASHID - comments.] The reasons why the international community does not want to get involved in a factional war in Iraq, the possibility that the United Nations decide to let the deal allowing Iraq to sell some oil languish and the reasons why the United States might not push the Saudis too hard about having a visible role in attacks against Saddam outlined.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Interview held with British Parliament member David Howell about how the allies can best deal with actions by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [HOWELL - compares the atmospheres in the US, where the presidential campaign is going on and in Europe, where a less hectic view is held; says Britain will likely support a strike by the US because the area is a safe haven.]
(White House: Wolf Blitzer) Word from President Clinton's administration that Iraqi troops are on the move again against Kurds in northern Iraq reported and United States preparations for a military strike updated.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) Howell interview resumed. [HOWELL - outlines the military reactions that the United States could make in response to Saddam's latest moves that have caused instability in the area; indicates that the Arab countries feel Islamic pressure to lie low during this crisis; suggests that Iran is the real destablizing force in the gulf area.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The ripple effect of the situation in Iraq on the presidential campaign reported; scenes shown of presidential candidate Bob Dole campaigning in Saint Louis on the Labor Day holiday and of President Clinton campaigning in De Pere, WI. Standings of Clinton, Dole and Ross Perot in the latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll and Clinton's high approval rating outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Studio: Flip Spiceland) The courses of Hurricanes Edouard and Fran updated; weather maps shown, including a computer-generated prediction of Fran's route towards Florida.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The Iraqi military advance into Kurdish areas in northern Iraq recapped.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Interview held with retired Air Force Major General Perry Smith about the situation in Iraq. [From Atlanta, SMITH - explains the goals and direction of a United States military attack against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; predicts there will be military activity tonight; comments on the political twists behind a United States response against Saddam.]
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The cease-fire agreement in Chechnya and Russian President Boris Yeltsin reported; scenes shown from Russian television on the meeting between Yeltsin and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.
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(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The financial penalty imposed by a Japanese court on Shoko Ashara and his cult followers for the poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in March of 1995 reported.
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(New York: Jan Hopkins) Announcements by Boeing of orders for 68 new planes and by American Airlines of an agreement with its 9,000 pilots and of a rise in world oil prices after the United Nations postponed an Iraqi oil-for-food exchange because of the military incursion into the Kurdish region of northern Iraq reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Reports that PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold their first summit meeting noted; scenes shown of Arafat meeting with Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky.
(Studio: Hilary Bowker) The long, contentious debate over the West Bank town of Hebron introduced.
(Hebron, on the West Bank: Walter Rodgers) The Israeli control of the predominantly Palestinian/Arab town of Hebron examined; scenes shown of Jews making pilgrimages to the tomb of Abraham in Hebron and from the Jewish settlement there. [Two JEWS - comment on their prayers.] [Palestinian WOMAN - says the Koran says Abraham was a Muslim; describes the daily humiliations from Israeli soldiers and how the Israeli children are raised to hate the Arabs.] [Jewish woman Shoni HOROWITZ - says Hebron is part of the Jewish country and will not be part of a Palestinian state.] The Israeli commitment about Hebron that is part of the peace deal reviewed. [Palestinian Authority interior minister Saeb EREKAT - accuses the Israeli settlers of being racists.] Israeli soldiers shown training in the streets of Hebron near Palestinian children.
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(Studio: Nick Charles) The upset victory by Martina Hingis over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario at the United States Open tennis tournament and the announcement by Mexico's treasury department that it is seeking the arrest of boxer Julio Cesar Chavez for tax fraud reported. [HINGIS, SANCHEZ - react to their match.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(No location given: Andrew Veach) The discovery of what may be the preserved heart of Scotsman Robert Bruce, the king who won independence from England, featured; scenes shown from the abbey were the mummified organ had been placed in a silver casket and reburied in 1921. [Historic Scotland Richard WELANDER - describes drilling and probing into the can.]