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File: 110596_oct96_decls13_0001.txt
Subject: MEDIA REACTION 17 JAN OPER DESERT STORM SPECIAL EDITIONS
Unit: US NAVY
Parent Organization: US NAVY
Box ID: BX300105
Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE FILES 10 - 25 JAN 91 9 OF 22
Document Number: 86
Folder SEQ #: 9
UNCL - A -
N A V A L M E S S A G E
D E P T 0 F N A V Y
IMMEDIATE ZYUW RUEKJCS0270 0172101 FORCES ACHIEVED THEIR MISSIONS AND DESTROYED IRAQI
0 172101Z JAN 91 STRATEGIC INSTALLATIONS. IRAQI CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR
FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC PLANTS, AND SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES WERE DESTROYED.
INTO OCSA WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTDN DC COALITIDN AIR RAIDS RESLME.'
ESAF WASHINGTON DC PTC WASH DC
USEUCON AIDES VAIKINGEN GE USDP-CCC WASHINGTON DC 5. AL-AYAM:
USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM CMC CC WASHINGTON DC
CCMJSDC FT BRAGG NC//J2// DIRAFNIC FT DETRICK MD//IS// "DETAILS OF OPERATIDN 'DESERT STORM'. THE IRAQI
USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL MINISTRY OF DEFENSE WAS HIT WITH THREE BOMBS. NEW
MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RAIDS DESTROY IODO IRAQI TARGETS.-
FSTC INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
CDR513THMIGP FT MONMOUTH NJ//IAM-IC-D// 'BUSH: WE WILL NOT FAIL ... WE ARE DETERMINED TO DESTROY
COMUSARCENT FT MCPHERSON GA//AFRD-DSO// IRAQ'S NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL FORCE.-
SAFE
6. GULF DAILY NEWS:
FM AMEMBASSY MANAMA
TO USIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6886 -IRAQ STUNNED,' FOLLOWED BY WIRE REPORTS ON THE
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4174 ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY OPERATION.
SECHAV WASKOC IMMEDIATE AMEKBASSY ANKARA OS87 'MN WELL WILL BUSH LEAD? ... HOW WELL WILL SABOAK
AMEMBASSY DHAKA 0200 AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0062 LEAD?,' FOLLOWED BY PROFILES OF THE TWO PRESIDENTS.
AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR 0055 AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 0093 THE PROFILES EMPHASIZE THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS 'WELL
AMEMBASSY LAGOS 0061 AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1044 AWARE OF THE WORLDWIDE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS STAND
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0222 USMISSION USNATO 0283 AGAINST SADDAM, HIS FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE HAS SERVED HIM
USCLNCEUR VAIHINGEN GI USCENTCU4 REAR MAEDILL AFB FL WELL AND ANYONE WHO UNDERESTIMATES THIS 65-YEAR OLD
USCINCCENT PRESIDENT'S CALM RESOLVE TO DO WHAT HE FEELS IS RIGHT
AS SADDAM HAS DONE - MUST EXPECT TO FEEL THE FULL FORCE
UNCLAS MANAMA 00270 OF HIS COMMITMENT,- WHILE SADDAM IS -READY TO SACRIFICE
BOTH IRAQ'S PEOPLE AND ITS WEALTH FOR HIS DREAM.-
usis
ROBERTS
N BT
STATE FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/P, INR
USCINCEUR FOR POLAD
UILINCCENT FOR CCPA. USIA/PAA - DALGLIESH
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: TFKUOI: MEDIA REACTION: 17 JANUARY OPERATION
--DESERT STORM - SPECIAL EDITIONS
1. NOTE: FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL EVENING
EDITIONS OF LOCAL PRESS JANUARY 17, 1991. THE REPORT
ALSO INCLUDES BTV EVENING NEWSCASTS.
2. SUMMARY: THE THREE LOCAL DAILIES PUBLISHED SPECIAL
EVENING EDITIONS ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN
OPERATION DESERT STORM. THE COVERAGE INCLUDED -
DETAILS OF THE AIR RAIDS; OFFICIAL STATEMENTS BY THE
PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. AND GENERAL POWELL;
WORLD LEADERS REACTIONS; PROFILES OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND
IRAQ'S PRESIDENT SADDAM; STATE14ENTS BY KUWAITI AND
SAUDI OFFICIALS AND CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS IN THE GULF
CRISIS. THE PRESS MADE NO COMMENT. END SU14MARY
BAHRAIN TELEVISION:
3. IN ITS LENGTHY NEWSCASTS, BTV BROADCAST THE
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS IN ITS ENTIRETY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND
ARABIC. THE FILMS WERE FROM WORLDRETIS SPECIAL
TRANSMISSIONS. SECRETARY CHENEY/GENERAL POWELL NEWS
CONFERENCE, WAS ALSO BROADCAST IN ITS ENTIRETY AS
CARRIED ON CNN INTERNATIONAL. CONTINUOUS CNN COVERAGE
ON BTV STOPPED AT 1700 LOCAL TIME AND RESUMED AT 2100.
PRESS MAIN HEADLINES:
4. AKHBAR AL-KFIALIJ:
-1000 IRAQI TARGETS WERE DESTROYED. THE COALIT1014 AIR
CNO WASH DC ADV 43
COG 64(l) (U)
)
01(i) 02(i) 03(i) 07EG(l) 30(l) 35(l) 37(l) 39(l)
04(i) ' ' 41(l) 42(i) 44(i) 05(i) 50(i) 51(i)
55(i) 6@(1) 06A(l) 60(l) 61(i) 093(l) 93Z@1) 76(l)
07(l) 70(l) 71(l) 75(l) 73(l) OS(l) 74(l) NRC(L)
NCC(I) 922Y(I) SC(l)
MCN=91017/44343 TDR=91017/2103Z TAD=91017/2iO5Z CDSN=MAN142
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UNCLASSIFIED 172045Z JAN 91
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