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View From Jordan
Aired March 28, 2003 - 06:08 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Bill just showed you that enormous explosion of one of those bunker-buster bombs hitting Baghdad last night.
For some international reaction, because those images were seen around the world, especially around the Arab world, we want to get some reaction to those images.
Rym Brahimi live in Amman, Jordan -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill (sic), as you know, the information minister of Iraq came out, talking about the bombings overnight and the campaign as a whole, saying first of all that the total number of casualties, Iraqi official numbers, are 800 injured since the beginning of the campaign, and some 230 killed, or "martyred" is the word he used. He also condemned the United States and Britain for deliberately targeting what he said were civilian areas.
Now, of course, this has been met with a very strong reaction, this whole bombing campaign, Bill (sic), in the Arab world, in the region. I can just show you a few newspapers here, if you will.
The "Jordan Times" here, this is about yesterday's marketplace bombing. You can see, "Arabs decry slaughter in Baghdad." That's one of the main articles here.
The "Al Hayat" newspaper, which is Saudi-owned, mainly they talk about the "invading forces" that are now also going into the north.
And then "Asharq Al Awsat," which is also a Saudi-owned paper, you have an article here, an Iraqi woman -- there's a picture here of an Iraqi woman saying that this is -- an Iraq woman who was a witness to what happened, and she says "It was like the day of judgment."
So a lot of very strong emotions there being channeled by the media in the region.
And if you want to take a look at a cartoon, a bit of cynicism as well, this cartoon with the United States meeting death, if you will, saying, "You asked me for a date, and now you don't even dare to look at me in the eyes." Very significant of the state of mind maybe, the cynicism, the level of bitterness maybe that many people have reached here.
Back to you -- Carol. COOPER: Actually, Rym, it's Anderson, but thanks very much. It's always interesting to see how the story is playing internationally versus how it is playing here in the United States. Rym Brahimi live in Amman -- thanks very much.
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Aired March 28, 2003 - 06:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Bill just showed you that enormous explosion of one of those bunker-buster bombs hitting Baghdad last night.
For some international reaction, because those images were seen around the world, especially around the Arab world, we want to get some reaction to those images.
Rym Brahimi live in Amman, Jordan -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill (sic), as you know, the information minister of Iraq came out, talking about the bombings overnight and the campaign as a whole, saying first of all that the total number of casualties, Iraqi official numbers, are 800 injured since the beginning of the campaign, and some 230 killed, or "martyred" is the word he used. He also condemned the United States and Britain for deliberately targeting what he said were civilian areas.
Now, of course, this has been met with a very strong reaction, this whole bombing campaign, Bill (sic), in the Arab world, in the region. I can just show you a few newspapers here, if you will.
The "Jordan Times" here, this is about yesterday's marketplace bombing. You can see, "Arabs decry slaughter in Baghdad." That's one of the main articles here.
The "Al Hayat" newspaper, which is Saudi-owned, mainly they talk about the "invading forces" that are now also going into the north.
And then "Asharq Al Awsat," which is also a Saudi-owned paper, you have an article here, an Iraqi woman -- there's a picture here of an Iraqi woman saying that this is -- an Iraq woman who was a witness to what happened, and she says "It was like the day of judgment."
So a lot of very strong emotions there being channeled by the media in the region.
And if you want to take a look at a cartoon, a bit of cynicism as well, this cartoon with the United States meeting death, if you will, saying, "You asked me for a date, and now you don't even dare to look at me in the eyes." Very significant of the state of mind maybe, the cynicism, the level of bitterness maybe that many people have reached here.
Back to you -- Carol. COOPER: Actually, Rym, it's Anderson, but thanks very much. It's always interesting to see how the story is playing internationally versus how it is playing here in the United States. Rym Brahimi live in Amman -- thanks very much.
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