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Iraq Today

Aired April 18, 2003 - 12:14   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: 6:03 a.m. Eastern Time: Seven Americans who had been prisoners of war in Iraq make a public appearance in Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. They say they're looking forward to going home, which relatives of one former POW say could happen as early as tomorrow. Officials from Landstuhl say the seven are in good shape, and their prognosis is excellent, even though three of them have gunshot wounds.

6:21 a.m. Eastern Time, 2:21 p.m. in Iraq: Iraqi protesters demonstrate outside of Baghdad mosque, opposing what they call the U.S. occupation, and saying any new Iraqi government must represent the people.

6:33 a.m.: CNN's Jane Arraf reports from Kirkuk that local authorities and U.S. investigators are still mystified by a graveyard on a military base abandoned by the old Iraqi regime. There are hundreds of unmarked graves, apparently dating back to the 1991 Gulf War or before. But it's not clear whether the people buried there are victims of regime atrocities, or whether it's simply a military graveyard.

7:05 a.m.: U.S. Central Command says another top Baath Party official has been captured. Samir abd al Aziz al Najm was handed over to coalition special forces by Iraqi Kurds last night.

8:10 a.m.: Abu Dhabi TV broadcast videotape which it says shows Saddam Hussein in a Baghdad neighborhood last Wednesday, April 9th, the day the city fell to coalition troops. The network has not said where it got the tape. There's no way to confirm when it was shot or whether the man in the video is really Saddam Hussein.

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Aired April 18, 2003 - 12:14   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: 6:03 a.m. Eastern Time: Seven Americans who had been prisoners of war in Iraq make a public appearance in Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. They say they're looking forward to going home, which relatives of one former POW say could happen as early as tomorrow. Officials from Landstuhl say the seven are in good shape, and their prognosis is excellent, even though three of them have gunshot wounds.

6:21 a.m. Eastern Time, 2:21 p.m. in Iraq: Iraqi protesters demonstrate outside of Baghdad mosque, opposing what they call the U.S. occupation, and saying any new Iraqi government must represent the people.

6:33 a.m.: CNN's Jane Arraf reports from Kirkuk that local authorities and U.S. investigators are still mystified by a graveyard on a military base abandoned by the old Iraqi regime. There are hundreds of unmarked graves, apparently dating back to the 1991 Gulf War or before. But it's not clear whether the people buried there are victims of regime atrocities, or whether it's simply a military graveyard.

7:05 a.m.: U.S. Central Command says another top Baath Party official has been captured. Samir abd al Aziz al Najm was handed over to coalition special forces by Iraqi Kurds last night.

8:10 a.m.: Abu Dhabi TV broadcast videotape which it says shows Saddam Hussein in a Baghdad neighborhood last Wednesday, April 9th, the day the city fell to coalition troops. The network has not said where it got the tape. There's no way to confirm when it was shot or whether the man in the video is really Saddam Hussein.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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