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Israels continued restraint in the face of last nights attack by iraq when seven scud missiles landed on israel. >> saddam hussein tried his damndest to provoke israel into entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this mornings scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam to split apart the coaliti...

Entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this mornings scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam to split apart the coalition and it took all of the diplomatic wherewithal of the president to keep israel out of the war. >> the coalition will give saddam hussein until noon saturday. >> if he does...

Damndest to provoke israel into entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this mornings scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam to split apart the coalition and it took all of the diplomatic wherewithal of the president to keep israel out of the war. >> the coalition will give saddam hussein un...

More than a million troops are tonight facing each other in the saudi desert preparing for war. >> saddam hussein warned the united states today that american troops would, quote, swim in their own blood if they go to war with iraq. >> saddam hussein started this cruel war against kuwait. tonight, the battle has been joined. >> about 50 minutes ago american aircraft suddenly descended on iraq and occupied kuwait. the war in the persian gulf has begun. >> secretary weinberger, you were credited w...

President. he can play an historic role in leading us to solve this crisis in a nonviolent way. >> make no mistake about it. our vital interests are at stake. >> bush knew that you had to let that process go forward. you couldnt just declare war and do it. >> the hope of peace remains in my heart and the hearts of us all, but this debate is now about war. >> power in a matter of days can bring this villain to his knees. >> let us stop beating the drums of war. let us oppose this march to violenc...

Damnedest to provoke israel into entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this mornings scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam to split apart the coalition and it took all of the diplomatic wherewithal of the president to keep israel out of the war. >> the coalition will give saddam hussein u...

He could very quickly lurch into saudi arabia and the saudis would not have been able to resist. all the oil is on the eastern side of the country right there on the border with iraq. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> iraq invaded and took over its tiny neighbor kuwait today. the government of dictator saddam hussein claimed it went in at the invitation of revolutionaries who had overthrown the kuwaiti government. no western authority accepted that story. >> many americans are concerned that t...

Landed on israel. >> saddam hussein tried his damndest to provoke israel into entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this mornings scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam hussein to split apart the coalition and it took all of the diplomatic wherewithal of the president to keep israel out of...

War. >> if you had been in the room with saddam hussein and interviewed him for i think an hour and 15 minutes and spent another hour and a half with him after the interview, i think you would have reached the same conclusion. no questiosaddam hussein was a stone cold killer. >> this is the opening of the post-cold war era of history. if aggression was allowed to stand, nobody thought it would end there. >> president bush came of age throughout all those decades in which there were world wars, i...

>> i greet you all in the name of peace, democracy, and freedom for all. >> he becomes a moral beacon around the world because of the way he handled himself. so you had this world, this moment in the early 90s when the peacemakers were in charge. the stars aligned. >> there has been a dangerous late-breaking development in the persian gulf. u.s. intelligence sources confirm that within the past few hours more than 100,000 iraqi troops have massed along that countrys border with kuwait. >> saddam...