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The pinpoint accuracy of the attacks was spectacular. At a Friday briefing in Saudi Arabia, Air Force Lieut. General Charles Horner showed videotapes of two laser-guided bombs sailing through the open doors of a bunker in which an Iraqi Scud missile was stored, and a third plopping down the...
Lawmakers said the allies had targeted Iraq's broadcast operation but had been only partially successful in inflicting damage. Yet, Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly told a Pentagon briefing, "I don't think there are many people watching television in Baghdad."
Administration officials pointed out that while Geneva proved a dead end, it was not the only path to peace. No sooner had Baker, briefing reporters, uttered his first "regrettably" than a haggle of diplomats began to accelerate the push for alternative peace initiatives. Among them were efforts by the French...
At a press briefing at 9:30 p.m. this evening, Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the air attack had not yet met resistance.
"The preliminary reports that we have received...are very encouraging," Defense Secretary Richard Cheney said at the briefing.