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Iraqi Government Shows Anti-War Demonstrations on Television
Aired February 19, 2003 - 06:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush is also standing firm against skeptical allies as well as demonstrators, saying he will not be swayed from compelling Saddam Hussein to disarm. Millions of protestors took to the streets around the world last weekend to promote peace.
Well, the president did respond to a question on whether he believes protesters in London will hurt Prime Minister Tony Blair in the next election.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Anytime somebody shows courage when it comes to peace that the people will eventually understand that. First of all, you know, size of protest, it's like the sign, well, I'm going to decide policy based upon a focus group. The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security -- in this case the security of the people.
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COSTELLO: More demonstrations are set for March 1 in Washington and in San Francisco, and of course, the Iraqi government has been showing American anti-war protests on television there.
We want to head now to Baghdad to the center of the controversy. Rym Brahimi is standing by live to update us on what's happening today.
Good morning.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Well, today you can see the newspaper headline in the Iraqi "Daily" here, the English-language newspaper: "Iraq vows to turn the desert into a cemetery for the aggressors."
Now, those are comments that were made by Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, to an Arabic-language newspaper. The foreign minister also spoke to a group of peace activists, saying that he believed the demonstrations were a declaration for peace that the warmongers, he said, in Washington should listen to.
Naji Sabri is heading to Malaysia, where a non-aligned summit will -- a non-aligned meeting will be discussing Iraq as the main focus. He also told reporters before leaving that he believed that Iraq was doing all it could to cooperate, and it was prepared to do more. We also understand a group of South African experts are heading to Iraq to help Iraq with the disarmament process -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired February 19, 2003 - 06:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush is also standing firm against skeptical allies as well as demonstrators, saying he will not be swayed from compelling Saddam Hussein to disarm. Millions of protestors took to the streets around the world last weekend to promote peace.
Well, the president did respond to a question on whether he believes protesters in London will hurt Prime Minister Tony Blair in the next election.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Anytime somebody shows courage when it comes to peace that the people will eventually understand that. First of all, you know, size of protest, it's like the sign, well, I'm going to decide policy based upon a focus group. The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security -- in this case the security of the people.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: More demonstrations are set for March 1 in Washington and in San Francisco, and of course, the Iraqi government has been showing American anti-war protests on television there.
We want to head now to Baghdad to the center of the controversy. Rym Brahimi is standing by live to update us on what's happening today.
Good morning.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Well, today you can see the newspaper headline in the Iraqi "Daily" here, the English-language newspaper: "Iraq vows to turn the desert into a cemetery for the aggressors."
Now, those are comments that were made by Iraq's foreign minister, Naji Sabri, to an Arabic-language newspaper. The foreign minister also spoke to a group of peace activists, saying that he believed the demonstrations were a declaration for peace that the warmongers, he said, in Washington should listen to.
Naji Sabri is heading to Malaysia, where a non-aligned summit will -- a non-aligned meeting will be discussing Iraq as the main focus. He also told reporters before leaving that he believed that Iraq was doing all it could to cooperate, and it was prepared to do more. We also understand a group of South African experts are heading to Iraq to help Iraq with the disarmament process -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
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