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At 6:00, more than a million troops facing each other in the saudi desert preparing for war. saw dam hussein warned the united states today that the person troops would quote, swim in their own blood if they go to war with sadly hussein started the war. tonight the battle has been joined. 50 minutes ago, american aircraft suddenly descended on iraq and occupied kuwait, the war in the persian gulf has begun. you were credit with the military build-up which comes to a lot of criticism. we have to go to baghdad secretary. something is happening outside, the skies over baghdad has been illuminated. ....
That s broken loose at the aberdeen military proving grounds in maryland. brian, they re trying to safely track this and retrieve the item. unbelieve, thomas. easy to dismiss this as a curiosity story in a slow week but it is not. this is called in the trade a j-lens and it s an acronym as are most things in the military. i have to read it for you. stands for joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated netted sensor system. veterans are used the seeing these in the skies over baghdad, in the skies over kabul. this is basically an unmanned unpropelled radar hub. it is an enormous balloon. helium fills it in different chambers. they are usually tethered. this one was at start of business today. tethered to a place called the aberdeen proving ground. part of the pentagon. ....
It is the old and new mixed together but as you mentioned several times now that blimp carries an array of very sophisticated surveillance and detection equipment that does guard the skies over this part of the united states. and, jim, let s talk about their use. they were notable when the first time we laid eyes on these over baghdad. they had one out at the old saddam hussein airport. and one i know in kabul. and people didn t know what to make of them. i think the assumption was they were just being used for photography. those in the military knew that it gave them just huge eyes over a huge area, especially when in baghdad you had the resumption of flights. you had flights coming in, military cargo flights, commercial flights with contractors. nay needed to be defended. they were doing this kind of corkscrew landing into the ....
90s. a man of honor and integrity. we send our prayers and condolences to the biden family a family that has endured way too much heartache already. now let s turn to another story, a birthday of sorts. 35 years ago the cable news network cnn launched a visionary idea for a capable channel bringing news at all hours not just once in the morning and once a night. tonight, look back with us in a special report breaking news: 35 years of cnn. here s a peek at one of the stunning moments that broke on cnn s air and put the network on the map. we re going to bernard shaw in baghdad. reporter: this is out of my mouth came the words reporter: something is happening outside. you re damn right something is happening. war is breaking out all around you. reporter: the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we re seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. ....
Did they hire this guy? we had total confidence. wolf, it s an honor to work with you, thank you. wolf blitzer, that does it for us. here s breaking news: 35 years of cnn with wolf. the following is a cnn special report. i dedicate a cable news net work. good evening, i m david walker. and i m lois hart. now here is the news. this is cnn breaking news. approximately four shots were fired at the president. the massacre of hundreds of thousands. president reagan has endorsed german reunification. for 35 years we ve been there every year. the skies over baghdad has been illuminated. this is one pocket of turmoil in the egyptian capital. on every story there s nothing subtle about ....