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  "value": "CBS crew captured after leaving the pool",
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  "evidence_quote": "Bob Simon and his CBS-TV crew broke away from the military escorts, leading to their capture by the Iraqis in Kuwait.",
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  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools",
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    "id": 201,
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/appendix/press.html",
    "final_url": "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/appendix/press.html",
    "title": "The Uncensored War: Press Coverage of the Gulf War",
    "publisher": "PBS Frontline",
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