Heart Of The Matter: How A Single Case Of Cardiac Arrest Changed The Course of American History
PART 6
NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
December 19th, 1994
“A senior Saudi Arabian defense ministry official is quoted as
telling Agence France-Presse that Baghdad's main civil airport
is now fully in the hands of anti-Saddam rebels. According to
the AFP bulletin the airport's control tower, the last part of
the faciliity to hold out against the insurgents, was captured
at around 4:56 AM Eastern time this morning....Meanwhile, Day
16 of Operation Desert Thunder could see the fall of the rest
of Baghdad to coalition troops as U.S. and allied ground units
are now just two and a half miles from the edge of the capital
city...”
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
“The CIA is confirming earlier reports that anti-Saddam rebels
have seized control of Baghdad International Airport and that
Qusay Hussein, surviving son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein,
is in rebel custody following a failed attempt to escape into
Jordan with several million dollars' worth of gold looted from
the Iraqi treasury....”
NINE AFTERNOON NEWS(AUSTRALIA)
“The Iranian foreign ministry has denied a French newspaper's
claim that deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is seeking
political asylum in Iran. Meanwhile, coalition troops in Iraq
are focusing their search for the ex-dictator on the immediate
vicinity of his birthplace Tikrit...”
CBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
“The so-called Central Provisional Authority, the rebel faction
that has taken control of Baghdad from Saddam Hussein's forces,
has sent a fax to the Canadian embassy in Jordan which formally
declares the group to be the new Iraqi government...”
NIGHTLINE
“Tonight, as Operation Desert Thunder appears to be drawing to
a close, the era of Ba'athist rule in Iraq has ended the same
way it began: in a hail of gunfire. Just minutes before we went
on the air, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed that deposed Iraqi
ruler Saddam Hussein has been captured by U.S. Marines after an
intense, lengthy firefight between elements of the Third Marine
Division and Republican Guard troops still loyal to the toppled
dictator. Two of Saddam's senior deputies are said to have died
in the engagement and Saddam himself was seriously wounded....”
THE CBS MORNING NEWS
January 3rd. 1995
“Congress will be tackling an ambitious legislative agenda as
they return to work today following a long Christmas vacation.
Among the items up for a vote in the new legislative session:
welfare reform, a tough new anti-crime bill, aid for veterans
returning from Iraq and Serbia, and a series of anti-terrorism
initiatives....”
TIMES OF LONDON
REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF MILOSEVIC
INCREASED TO £1 MILLION
CBC NEWS AT SIX
“The provisional Iraqi government has formally dissolved the
Ba'athist party...”
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
“Outgoing Texas governor Ann Richards has been tapped by the
White House to serve as a special advisor to President Gore on
immigration matters...”
NEW YORK POST
January 7th, 1995
GOTCHA!
Tariq Aziz, Saddam's ex-foreign minister,
arrested on war crimes charges
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
“U.N. representatives are en route to Baghdad this morning to
formally request Saddam Hussein's extradition to the Hague to
stand trial for war crimes and human rights violations....”
BBC NEWS AT FIVE
“The House of Commons has approved massive humanitarian aid
to Bosnia...”
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
“As one former dictator faces extradition from Iraq, another
is in police custody in Switzerland tonight. Just minutes ago
sources at Interpol confirmed that deposed Serbian president
Slobodan Milosevic has been arrested in Zurich after a raid on
a chalet on the city's outskirts....”
NEW YORK TIMES
January 8th, 1995
IRAQI GOVERNMENT GRANTS U.N. REQUEST
TO EXTRADITE SADDAM
Deposed Ba'athist Tyrant In Military Custody,
Expected To Arrive At The Hague Within 48 Hours
THE CBS MORNING NEWS
“President Gore today has accused the Taliban militia in
Afghanistan of committing multiple atrocities against Afghan
civilians. The Islamic fundamentalist group, established one
year ago, is currently battling to overthrow the government in
Kabul...”
BBC NEWS AT ONE
“For the second time in less than twenty-four hours, a former
dictator is being extradited to the Hague. Just moments ago a
source at the Swiss embassy in London confirmed that the Swiss
government has agreed to hand ex-president Slobodan Milosevic
over to the U.N. to stand trial for war crimes against Bosnia
during the recently concluded Balkan conflict...”
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
“While President Gore has yet to formally enter the 1996
presidential race, a just-released Los Angeles Times poll
suggests that he'll have ample popular support if he does
choose to run. In the poll, four out of every five readers
surveyed indicated they would vote for the incumbent if he
were to seek a full term...”
WASHINGTON POST
February 17th, 1995
RUSSIA RESUMES ECONOMIC AID TO SERBIA
New Belgrade Government
Pledges Full Cooperation With War Crimes Tribunal
BBC BREAKFAST NEWS
“British and South Korean diplomats are meeting in Seoul at
noon tomorrow for a debriefing on the latest developments in
North Korea's nuclear research program...”
CBC NEWS AT SIX
“The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution setting
up a relief fund for post-Saddam Iraq....”
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
June 7th, 1995
GORE: YEP, I'M RUNNING
Incumbent Prez officially jumps in the '96 race
NBC'S TODAY
“What's been rumored in D.C. political circles for weeks is
now official fact: President Al Gore this morning formally
declared himself as a candidate for a full term in the Oval
Office in next year's elections. Among his accomplishments
as chief executive since he succeeded the late Bill Clinton
last November: reviving the U.S. economy from the short-term
decline it experienced following Clinton's death, organizing
the multi-national coalitions that helped topple the regimes
of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia;
pushing comprehensive anti-crime legislation through Congress;
and laying the groundwork for a global environmental summit to
be held in October in Kyoto....”
NINE AFTERNOON NEWS
“A highly respected University of Melbourne international law
scholar has been named by the International Criminal Court as
one of five people who will draft the official indictment for
war crimes in the trial of deposed Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.
He is one of eight Australian citizens who will be involved in
the historic tribunal, expected to be the most significant such
prosecution since the Nuremburg trials....”
Heart Of The Matter: How A Single Case Of Cardiac Arrest Changed The Course of American History
PART 7
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
June 8th, 1995
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT CALLS ELECTIONS
FOR OCTOBER
Historic Vote To Be Monitored By U.N. Observers
BBC BREAKFAST NEWS
“The war crimes trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
started on a tumultuous note this morning as a Shiite refugee
whose family was massacred by Ba’athist security forces tried
to stab the deposed strongman with a knife before being subdued
and taken into custody...”
CNN HEADLINE NEWS
“The two main defendants in last December's bombing of the U.S.
embassy in Bucharest have been sentenced to life in prison....”
NEW YORK TIMES
July 2nd, 1995
MILOSEVIC TO SPEAK IN OWN DEFENSE
AT HAGUE TRIAL
THE CBS MORNING NEWS
“Against the advise of his defense counsels, deposed Serbian
president Slobodan Milosevic will be taking the stand on his
own behalf later today...”
NINE AFTERNOON NEWS
“Australia’s top hospitals and medical schools are joining
forces to aid the Bosnian government in rebuilding Bosnia’s
war-ravaged health care system....”
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
“In a histrionic tirade that at times seemed more appropriate
for a performance of Macbeth than for a criminal trial, former
Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic vehemently defended his
government’s conduct during the war with Bosnia, asserting that
claims of Serbian atrocities against Bosnian civilians were in
his words nothing more than ‘anti-Serbian slander’ perpetrated
at the behest of NATO intelligence...”
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
July 3rd, 1995
“In his first White House press conference since he formally
announced his candidacy for a full term as President, Al Gore
told reporters his administration will push for increased aid
to Kabul to help the Afghan government fight off the Taliban
insurgency....President Gore has also unveiled a broad package
of science and technology initiatives meant to boost computer
literacy among U.S. students...In international news, ex-Iraqi
foreign minister Tariq Aziz’s testimony at the trial of Saddam
Hussein ended abruptly when he was ejected from the courtroom
following a profanity-laden outburst against the United States
and Saudi Arabia...”
WASHINGTON POST
SAUDI EXILE JOINS FBI’S MOST WANTED LIST
Construction Magnate’s Son Thought To Have Ties
To Terrorist Groups
WFAA-TV(DALLAS) 12:00 PM NEWS
“Former Texas governor and current White House special advisor
on immigration Ann Richards is scheduled to appear next Monday
at a U.S. Senate hearing on proposals to ease asylum rules for
thousands of political refugees seeking to gain entry into the
United States...”
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
“The newest member of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List is by and
large an enigma to the outside world, but some facts about his
life have already emerged: his name is Osama bin Laden, he is
thirty-eight years old, and he has spent much of his adult life
in exile due to his radical political views. In announcing bin
Laden's addition to the Most Wanted list, a Justice Department
spokesman told reporters there is credible eveidence suggesting
bin Laden may have not only collaborated with Saddam Hussein in
last December's terror attacks on U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia but
also encouraged his followers to carry out bombings against U.S.
diplomatic offices in the Middle East and Africa...”
THE CBS MORNING NEWS
September 7th, 1995
“The International Criminal Court will reconvene tomorrow to pass
sentence on Saddam Hussein, who last week was convicted of crimes
against humanity...”
WASHINGTON POST
CIA WARNS IRAN MAY SEEK TO DEVELOP
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
BBC NEWS AT FIVE
“In their first public gathering since the fall of the Milosevic
regime, the Serbian Democracy Committee held a rally in Belgrade
today to encourage their supporters to turn out in large numbers
for next month's elections. Opinion polls in Serbia project that
the former dissident organization, now the country's 2nd-largest
mainstream political party, is likely to win a substantial total
number of parliamentary seats as well as the Serbian presidency;
their chief rivals, the rightist National Unity Party, will hold
their own rally in the Serbian capital tomorrow....”
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
“A Pentagon spokeswoman told reporters this afternoon that U.S.
military satellites have detected evidence that North Korea is
preparing to conduct underground nuclear weapons tests in direct
violation of existing international non-proliferation pacts....”
TIMES OF LONDON
September 9th, 1995
IT'S THE GALLOWS FOR SADDAM
Ex-Iraqi dictator sentenced to death by hanging;
Tariq Aziz gets life in prison
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
“In Iraq today, former political prisoners are celebrating the
news of Saddam Hussein's death sentence....At the White House,
sources close to President Gore are hinting the administration
may push for renewed sanctions against North Korea in response
to alleged North Korean violations of nuclear non-proliferation
agreements...”
BBC NEWS AT ONE
“North Korea is denying U.S. allegations that it has violated
standing international nuclear non-proliferation agreements...”
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
“U.S. forces in South Korea have gone on alert tonight as the
Gore Administration accuses North Korea of resuming its nuclear
weapons program in violation of international treaty...”