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CURRENT REPORTS FROM NEW YORK NEWSDAY'S WORLD-FAMOUS ILLUMINATED
"ZIPPER" HEADLINE SIGN AT ONE TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY:
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January 16, 1991 as of 11:05 PM
THURSDAY -- MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS; HIGH IN MID 40's
WAR -- `OPERATION DESERT STORM' SEES U.S., BRITISH, SAUDI AND
KUWAITI WARPLANES LAUNCH MASSIVE AIR STRIKES ON IRAQI TARGETS ...
PRES. BUSH, IN NATIONWIDE ADDRESS, CITES FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY;
SAYS THE `WORLD COULD NO LONGER WAIT' FOR IRAQI WITHDRAWAL ...
BUSH SAYS U.S. ATTACK WAS AIMED AT KNOCKING OUT IRAQ`S NUCLEAR
AND CHEMICAL WARFARE CAPABILITY; CIVILIANS NOT TARGETED ...
PENTAGON SAYS IRAQ`S AIR FORCE HAS BEEN `DECIMATED' WITH NO
U.S. LOSSES; REPUBLICAN GUARDS IN KUWAIT HEAVILY BOMBED ...
DEF. SEC. CHENEY WARNS WAR IS NOT OVER YET, BUT WON`T
SAY IF U.S. GROUND FORCES WILL BE COMMITTED TO BATTLE ...
SADDAM HUSSEIN, ON BAGHDAD RADIO, SAYS `MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES
HAS BEGUN,' SAYS `VICTORY, GOD WILLING, WILL BE WITH US' ...
BUSH CALLS ON IRAQI PEOPLE TO PRESSURE SADDAM TO LEAVE KUWAIT ...
CNN CORRESPONDENT REPORTS REFINERIES, GOV`T. OFFICES UNDER
ATTACK IN BAGHDAD, SAYS `BOMBS APPEAR TO BE RIGHT ON TARGET'
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