Vintage CNN - Iraq War Day 1 - Interview with Bing West - Pt 3of15 - Jan 16-1991

Interview with Bing West Fmr U.S. Asst. Secy. of Defense

Recap.....

Jan 16-91 CENTCOM announces 425,000 US troops in theater,
supported by ground forces of 19 nations and naval efforts
of 14 nations. First elements of USAFE Joint Task Force
Headquarters deploy from Ramstein AB, Germany, to Incirlik
AB, Turkey, and prepare to establish USAF’s first wartime
composite wing. Seven B-52Gs, launching from Barksdale AFB,
La., become first aircraft to take off on Desert Storm
combat mission; BUFFs of 596th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing,
carry supersecret, never-before-used AGM-86C Conventional
Air Launched Cruise Missiles.

Jan 17-91 Coalition air forces launch Desert Storm at about 3
a.m. local time (7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 16).
Barksdale B-52Gs arrive over Saudi Arabia, launch 35 CALCMs
against high-value Iraqi targets, return to Barksdale,
completing 14,000-mile, 35-hour nonstop mission-longest
strike mission in history of aerial warfare. Coalition seeks
to gain air superiority, destroy Iraq’s special weapons
capability, disrupt command and control. USAF Capt. Jon Kelk
of 33rd TFW (Eglin AFB) shoots down Iraqi MiG-29 at 3:10
a.m. in first air-to-air victory. Coalition forces fly more
than 750 attack sorties from land bases during early morning
and day. US Navy launches 228 combat sorties from six
carriers in Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. Turkey approves USAF
use of Incirlik and Turkish airspace to open northern front
against Iraq. USAFE immediately deploys aircraft to Turkey.

Jan 18-91 Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel, Saudi
Arabia. Cheney activates CRAF Stage 2, raising total draw
from airlines to 79 passenger aircraft and 108 civilian
cargo aircraft. Navy Lt. Jeffrey Zaun captured after his
A-6E is shot down.

Jan 19-91 Two F-16Cs from 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron
(Torrejon AB) shot down by surface-to-air missiles; pilots
taken prisoner. Three more Scuds hit Israel, injuring 10.
Iraq parades seven coalition airmen on television. US
delivers to Israel two batteries of Patriot anti-aircraft
missiles and US Army personnel to operate them. Bush signs
Executive Order 12743, allowing him to call to active duty
Ready Reservists and to extend tour of duty from six months
up to two years for 160,000 reservists already activated.

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I ripped this segment from an old VHS tape that I
recorded from the live cable TV broadcast 30yrs ago.
I left the commercials to retain the nostalgia.

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👉 Operation Desert Storm - The Beginning of the Gulf War.

On January 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush announced
the start of what would be called Operation Desert Storm
—a military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from
Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier.

For weeks, a U.S.-led coalition of two dozen nations had
positioned more than 900,000 troops in the region, most
stationed on the Saudi-Iraq border. A U.N.-declared deadline
for withdrawal passed on January 15, with no action from Iraq,
so coalition forces began a five-week bombardment of Iraqi
command and control targets from air and sea.

Despite widespread fears that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
might order the use of chemical weapons, a ground invasion
followed in February. Coalition forces swiftly drove Iraq
from Kuwait, advancing into Iraq, and reaching a cease-fire
within 100 hours—controversially leaving Saddam Hussein in
power.

While coalition casualties were in the hundreds, Iraqi
losses numbered in the tens of thousands.

Weapons of Mass Destruction? Chemical Weapons?

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👉 CNN footage from Day 1 of Operation Desert Storm.
It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 16, 1991.
It covers a 2 hr period starting about 11:00pm.

I broke the tape down to 15 individual segments:
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1 Ralph Begleiter Live Report from State Department
https://rumble.com/v15ks8u
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2 Mike Chinoy reports on the Iraq Republican Guard from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
https://rumble.com/v15ku60
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3 Interview with Bing West Fmr U.S. Asst. Secy. of Defense
https://rumble.com/v15kuro
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4 Address by George Bush -Charles Bierbauer Live from The Whitehouse
https://rumble.com/v15kvjq
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5 Charles Hoff report on Iraqi Underground Bunkers
https://rumble.com/v15kw9u
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6 Mike Chinoy on Riyadh Scud Attacks -Patriot Missles -Failaka Island Captured
https://rumble.com/v15kwq8
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7 Rick Sallinger Live Report from Riyadh, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Oil Fires
https://rumble.com/v15kxje
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8 Jeanne Moos Live Report from the UN
https://rumble.com/v15kyck
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9 Christiane Amanpour Live report from Baghdad
https://rumble.com/v15kyuw
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10 Candy Crowley Live report from the Pentagon
https://rumble.com/v15kzga
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11 Richard Blystone interviews Middle East Analyst, Amatzia Baram from Tel Aviv
https://rumble.com/v15kzva
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12 Interview with Col Trevor Dupuy US Army (Ret.)
https://rumble.com/v15l0n2
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13 Dan Blackburn Interviews Marine wives in Oceanside, Calif
https://rumble.com/v15l12m
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14 Interview with Senator Patrick Leahy (D) Vermont
https://rumble.com/v15l1i6
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15 Interview with Sen Charles Robb (D) Virginia
https://rumble.com/v15l1yu

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👉 CNN footage from Day 2 of Operation Desert Storm.
It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 17, 1991.

It covers the Presidential and Pentagon Press Briefings
that took place on the second day of Desert Storm.
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Iraq War Day 2 - Pentagon Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991
https://rumble.com/v2iltlu

Iraq War Day 2 - George Bush Press Briefing - Jan 17 1991
https://rumble.com/v2ilo9c

Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Pt1) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3p9vis

Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Pt2) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3pbpv4

Iraq War Day 2 - Saddam Launches Scuds (Pt3) - Jan17-91 (7-9:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3pbyuv

Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (9:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3k5gpi

Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3k5nn6

Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (10:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3k65is

Iraq War Day 2 - News Hour - Jan17-91 (11:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3k6b9a

Vintage CNN - War in the Gulf - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Jan 17 1991
https://rumble.com/v2hkkvq

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👉 CNN footage from Day 3 of Operation Desert Storm.
It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 18, 1991.
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Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (6:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3e8h6u

Iraq War Day 3 - Crossfire - Jan18-91 (7:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3e5vjv

Iraq War Day 3 - Bernard Shaw and John Holliman "Escape" Iraq (Pt1) -Jan18-91 (8:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3e83yg

Iraq War Day 3 - Bernard Shaw and John Holliman "Escape" Iraq (Pt2) -Jan18-91 (8:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3e8acz

Iraq War Day 3 - Larry King Live - Jan18-91 (9:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v2vc1kd

Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:00PM EST) - Pt1
https://rumble.com/v2uvrmn

Iraq War Day 3 - News Hour - Jan18-91 (10:30PM EST) - Pt2
https://rumble.com/v2uvtcv

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👉 CNN footage from Day 4 of Operation Desert Storm.
It appears to have been broadcast on Jan 19, 1991.

Iraq War Day 4 - Patriot Missiles Arrive in Israel (4:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3glpbw

Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (5:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3gm51q

Iraq War Day 4 - News Hour - Jan19-91 (6:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3i2ysa

Iraq War Day 4 - Newsmaker Saturday - Netanyahu - Jan19-91 (6:30PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3gnrq6

Iraq War Day 4 - The Capital Gang - Jan19-91 (8:00PM EST)
https://rumble.com/v3i3ar6

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Vintage CNN, Desert Storm, Gulf War, George Bush, Chemical Weapons, WMD, Russia, Ukraine, Scud Missiles, Hezbollah, Hamas