Description: On brink of Persian Gulf war, protesters amass in Government Center chanting 'no blood for oil,' block traffic on Storrow Drive and in financial district. Police break up blockade in front of JFK building.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991
Description: George Bush announces Operation Desert Storm, the start of the Persian Gulf war against Iraq.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991
Description: Compilation of quotes (in font) from the Persian Gulf crisis interspersed with scenes of war preparations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991
Description: Middle East historian Zachary Lockman assesses the possible successors to Saddam Hussein as dominant force in the Arab world, including Hafez Assad, Hosni Mubarak, King Hussein.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991
Description: Start of Persian Gulf war with air offensive, as reported first on ABC News. Statements from Marlin Fitzwater, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell. Graphic of Scud missile. "The liberation of Kuwait has begun."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1991