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Anti-Bush Protests in Baghdad Over Looting
Aired April 14, 2003 - 06:39 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's head live to Baghdad right now, where there are protests going on, anti-American protests. Jim Clancy is there in Baghdad.
And the protest isn't very large, is it?
JIM CLANCY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, the protest is not very large. It's very vocal. It has been, at times, various subject matters, Carol, as Iraqis here try to stretch out, stretch out and feel perhaps some of their new freedoms. Of course, they've always been free to protest against President Bush and the United States, but doing it now with U.S. forces here is something of a change for them.
As they do all of this, the groups are very small that come here, but they're coming to the right place where thousands of journalists have gathered and the television cameras point to places all over the globe, and it can really get their message out.
It's about 40 minutes past 2:00 in the afternoon. The temperature rising up to more than 90 degrees or so here in Baghdad, but out on the streets things appear to be cooling down a bit. Here's why:
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CLANCY (voice-over): It was only one, but it was a welcome sight indeed: a police cruiser on the streets of Baghdad in hopes that the trickle of uniformed officers back to work would send the looters into hiding. At the police academy, about 2,000 officers were said to be signing up to go back on the job.
"The Americans have taken our guns," said one, stressing that to really get law and order back in Baghdad, they would need those guns and money, not necessarily in that order.
Many police are keen to ensure their livelihoods, and most are reported willing to join unarmed patrols in conjunction with heavily- armed U.S. troops. Some of those U.S. forces arrived at the academy in what appears to be a push to get the joint patrols up and running. Already, U.S. forces have expanded their presence in some parts of Baghdad, resulting in a decline in looting.
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All right, the situation then out on the streets after that meeting at the police academy, we had people directing traffic, we had police, we also had some joint patrols with U.S. forces. When they see these people out on the streets, when they see the police force returning to the streets, there is little doubt that that is going to create a new sense of security. It's going to send a message to the looters to return home and things to return to normal in Iraq's capital city -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jim Clancy, thanks for brining us up-to-date -- Jim Clancy live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired April 14, 2003 - 06:39 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's head live to Baghdad right now, where there are protests going on, anti-American protests. Jim Clancy is there in Baghdad.
And the protest isn't very large, is it?
JIM CLANCY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, the protest is not very large. It's very vocal. It has been, at times, various subject matters, Carol, as Iraqis here try to stretch out, stretch out and feel perhaps some of their new freedoms. Of course, they've always been free to protest against President Bush and the United States, but doing it now with U.S. forces here is something of a change for them.
As they do all of this, the groups are very small that come here, but they're coming to the right place where thousands of journalists have gathered and the television cameras point to places all over the globe, and it can really get their message out.
It's about 40 minutes past 2:00 in the afternoon. The temperature rising up to more than 90 degrees or so here in Baghdad, but out on the streets things appear to be cooling down a bit. Here's why:
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CLANCY (voice-over): It was only one, but it was a welcome sight indeed: a police cruiser on the streets of Baghdad in hopes that the trickle of uniformed officers back to work would send the looters into hiding. At the police academy, about 2,000 officers were said to be signing up to go back on the job.
"The Americans have taken our guns," said one, stressing that to really get law and order back in Baghdad, they would need those guns and money, not necessarily in that order.
Many police are keen to ensure their livelihoods, and most are reported willing to join unarmed patrols in conjunction with heavily- armed U.S. troops. Some of those U.S. forces arrived at the academy in what appears to be a push to get the joint patrols up and running. Already, U.S. forces have expanded their presence in some parts of Baghdad, resulting in a decline in looting.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
All right, the situation then out on the streets after that meeting at the police academy, we had people directing traffic, we had police, we also had some joint patrols with U.S. forces. When they see these people out on the streets, when they see the police force returning to the streets, there is little doubt that that is going to create a new sense of security. It's going to send a message to the looters to return home and things to return to normal in Iraq's capital city -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jim Clancy, thanks for brining us up-to-date -- Jim Clancy live from Baghdad this morning.
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