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Camera at Intersection in Kuwait City May Have Captured Ambush
Aired January 22, 2003 - 05:08 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A camera at an intersection in Kuwait City may have captured the deadly ambush that killed one American civilian. Michael Pouliot died at the scene. Fellow American David Caraway, seen here in that picture, was injured after 24 rounds riddled their SUV. Caraway suffered six gunshot wounds and is now in stable condition. His mom says she kept a close eye on news reports for any word on her son.
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JOANNE CARAWAY, MOTHER OF DAVID CARAWAY: I just felt bad all day and I kept watching the news, NBC, and then it showed them taking one of the gentleman out of the, whatever, the Suburban or whatever it was. And it looked like his body there, his dungarees and sneakers that he wears. I said oh my god.
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COSTELLO: But he's in the hospital and he's going to be OK. Both men were contract workers for the U.S. military.
So, how is the investigation going into that ambush?
For that we turn to our Martin Savidge, who's live in Kuwait City -- any clues, any suspects, Martin?
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There are suspects. Sources with the Ministry of Information tell CNN that they have rounded up a number of people, brought them in, detained them, we would say, for questioning. The Kuwaitis say that they are suspects and that they're Arab or Afghan Arabs. These would be Kuwaitis that went off to Afghanistan and fought and trained with the Taliban, either during the Soviet occupation era or more recently.
One of the reasons they're looked upon is the fact that they would have the training, the expertise to possibly carry out such an attack, and they might have an axe to grind.
David Caraway, you mentioned him, we talked to his doctors. They say he remains in stable condition in an intensive care unit. They don't believe right now he requires any further surgery.
Also, those cameras you point out, we were led to believe that these were video cameras. They are not. Instead, we're told by the Ministry of Information that these are still cameras, similar to the sort of traffic violation cameras we have in the United States. If someone goes through a red light, the picture is snapped. They believe what may have happened is after the shooting, the vehicle pulls forward, went through the red light and a picture may have caught the attack. They're still waiting to see that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: That is something else.
Any precautions being taken to protect Americans there now?
SAVIDGE: There was a meeting yesterday, it took place at the U.S. Embassy, basically going over what precautions are in place and alerting Americans to the attack. There's a follow-up meeting taking place today to see if they need to strengthen those precautions or perhaps even change some procedures. We're waiting to find out what comes out of that meeting. Interesting, last night we went to a local restaurant that many Americans tend to go to. It was empty. The operator of that restaurant said that's not that unusual. After such attacks, Americans tend to stay home -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Yes, in the military bases where they're surrounded by armed men, I would suppose.
Martin Savidge reporting live from Kuwait City this morning.
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Aired January 22, 2003 - 05:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A camera at an intersection in Kuwait City may have captured the deadly ambush that killed one American civilian. Michael Pouliot died at the scene. Fellow American David Caraway, seen here in that picture, was injured after 24 rounds riddled their SUV. Caraway suffered six gunshot wounds and is now in stable condition. His mom says she kept a close eye on news reports for any word on her son.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOANNE CARAWAY, MOTHER OF DAVID CARAWAY: I just felt bad all day and I kept watching the news, NBC, and then it showed them taking one of the gentleman out of the, whatever, the Suburban or whatever it was. And it looked like his body there, his dungarees and sneakers that he wears. I said oh my god.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: But he's in the hospital and he's going to be OK. Both men were contract workers for the U.S. military.
So, how is the investigation going into that ambush?
For that we turn to our Martin Savidge, who's live in Kuwait City -- any clues, any suspects, Martin?
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There are suspects. Sources with the Ministry of Information tell CNN that they have rounded up a number of people, brought them in, detained them, we would say, for questioning. The Kuwaitis say that they are suspects and that they're Arab or Afghan Arabs. These would be Kuwaitis that went off to Afghanistan and fought and trained with the Taliban, either during the Soviet occupation era or more recently.
One of the reasons they're looked upon is the fact that they would have the training, the expertise to possibly carry out such an attack, and they might have an axe to grind.
David Caraway, you mentioned him, we talked to his doctors. They say he remains in stable condition in an intensive care unit. They don't believe right now he requires any further surgery.
Also, those cameras you point out, we were led to believe that these were video cameras. They are not. Instead, we're told by the Ministry of Information that these are still cameras, similar to the sort of traffic violation cameras we have in the United States. If someone goes through a red light, the picture is snapped. They believe what may have happened is after the shooting, the vehicle pulls forward, went through the red light and a picture may have caught the attack. They're still waiting to see that -- Carol.
COSTELLO: That is something else.
Any precautions being taken to protect Americans there now?
SAVIDGE: There was a meeting yesterday, it took place at the U.S. Embassy, basically going over what precautions are in place and alerting Americans to the attack. There's a follow-up meeting taking place today to see if they need to strengthen those precautions or perhaps even change some procedures. We're waiting to find out what comes out of that meeting. Interesting, last night we went to a local restaurant that many Americans tend to go to. It was empty. The operator of that restaurant said that's not that unusual. After such attacks, Americans tend to stay home -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Yes, in the military bases where they're surrounded by armed men, I would suppose.
Martin Savidge reporting live from Kuwait City this morning.
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