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Iraq Preparing Itself For Worst
Aired March 10, 2003 - 05:24 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: For its part, Iraq keeps insisting it's being unfairly maligned by the United States and Britain. Nonetheless, Iraq is preparing itself for the worst.
CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson has more on that for you from Baghdad.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): If a bomb fell on our school, the teacher tells her class, remember, we have lots of windows. No ordinary lessons now. These teenage girls being prepared for war. In the schoolyard, training how to survive bombing. Teachers in this Baghdad school hoping these lessons will save lives.
MEFFIYA JIHAD MANSOUR, TEACHER: Of course, we taught them the first aids, how to treat injured people.
ROBERTSON: At the weekly Iraqi briefing on weapons inspections, confirmation the country readying for war.
GENERAL. HUSSAM AMIN, NATIONAL MONITORING DIRECTORATE: We are preparing ourselves to the war. At the same time we are working to resolve the pending issues with the UNMOVIC and the IAEA.
ROBERTSON: Issues including the destruction of Al Samoud 2 missiles. Another six destroyed this day.
AMIN: We are implementing the destruction of al-Samoud 2 to give the opportunity to our friends in the Security Council to defend our case.
ROBERTSON: Amin indicating Iraq will do enough to head off a U.S. and British backed U.N. resolution demanding disarmament by March 17th.
AMIN: We think that these attempts will be refused by the other states.
ROBERTSON: In schoolyards across Iraq, preparations for war continue as officials realize even U.N. support may not head off war.
(on camera): While counting on divisions at the U.N. to slow moves to war, Iraqi officials say they are considering one more initiative, inviting Mohammed ElBaradei and Hans Blix, the two U.N. weapons chiefs, to Baghdad for talks on March the 17th, the day the deadline expires. Nic Robertson, CNN, Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired March 10, 2003 - 05:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: For its part, Iraq keeps insisting it's being unfairly maligned by the United States and Britain. Nonetheless, Iraq is preparing itself for the worst.
CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson has more on that for you from Baghdad.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): If a bomb fell on our school, the teacher tells her class, remember, we have lots of windows. No ordinary lessons now. These teenage girls being prepared for war. In the schoolyard, training how to survive bombing. Teachers in this Baghdad school hoping these lessons will save lives.
MEFFIYA JIHAD MANSOUR, TEACHER: Of course, we taught them the first aids, how to treat injured people.
ROBERTSON: At the weekly Iraqi briefing on weapons inspections, confirmation the country readying for war.
GENERAL. HUSSAM AMIN, NATIONAL MONITORING DIRECTORATE: We are preparing ourselves to the war. At the same time we are working to resolve the pending issues with the UNMOVIC and the IAEA.
ROBERTSON: Issues including the destruction of Al Samoud 2 missiles. Another six destroyed this day.
AMIN: We are implementing the destruction of al-Samoud 2 to give the opportunity to our friends in the Security Council to defend our case.
ROBERTSON: Amin indicating Iraq will do enough to head off a U.S. and British backed U.N. resolution demanding disarmament by March 17th.
AMIN: We think that these attempts will be refused by the other states.
ROBERTSON: In schoolyards across Iraq, preparations for war continue as officials realize even U.N. support may not head off war.
(on camera): While counting on divisions at the U.N. to slow moves to war, Iraqi officials say they are considering one more initiative, inviting Mohammed ElBaradei and Hans Blix, the two U.N. weapons chiefs, to Baghdad for talks on March the 17th, the day the deadline expires. Nic Robertson, CNN, Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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