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>> the failure of the geneva talks has convinced the pentagon that war is imminent. >> i don't think that the world really accepted cnn until the first gulf war. >> the president had laid down the gauntlet, and he basically gave us a window for when it was going to happen. so we had prepared everything for it. i recall during this time of preparation i would wake up from my sleep at 3:30 in the morning and i would say, this is ridiculous. planning to cover a war with television? it's unheard of. >> it was very, very worrisome for all of us at cnn because we had producers and camera crews in baghdad. we had three reporters. bernie shaw was there, john holliman, peter arnett, they were all there. the management at cnn, tim turner and tom johnson, were under enormous pressure from general colin powell, from other u.s. officials, probably from the president, get those guys