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Paul Bremer New U.S.-Iraq Adm. Working to Restore Order
Aired May 13, 2003 - 06:14 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: To Baghdad now where looting and lawlessness continue, but maybe not much longer. U.S. Army commanders tell us they'll order more troops to Baghdad to restore order.
Let's take you there live now. John Vause has an update for us.
Good morning -- John.
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
They'll certainly need those troops, this being the first day that Paul Bremer takes over. He said there's going to be a few weeks of transition while he takes over from Jay Garner, but the signs already are not good. A press conference was planned for tomorrow. We're told that's been postponed and hasn't been rescheduled.
Now one of the criticisms of Jay Garner when he headed up the Office for Reconstruction was that he just wasn't visible, that people couldn't reach him. So we contacted the Office for Reconstruction today to try and find out what Paul Bremer would be doing. They said they didn't know because Paul Bremer's people haven't told them. We ask them to get in contact with them. They said they couldn't because the phones don't work, and it really is complete confusion and disarray in that office. So it's no wonder Iraqis are confused and have a feeling that this country really is rudderless at the moment.
And again today there was another demonstration, this time hundreds of people from the Free Independent Movement marching from the Ministry of Planning to the Interior Ministry. Now what they are demanding, they are demanding a government, they're demanding security and they're demanding jobs, that's all things that Jay Garner could not deliver.
Here's what one of them had to say.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need the power. I need the government power because to pull (ph) the gun, we need the security, really security.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think I'm -- it's happy that whenever the Iraqi people can speak freely and tell us, tell anybody what it is that they are -- that's on their mind, they weren't authorized to do that before April the 9th.
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VAUSE: Now establishing that interim Iraqi authority, Jay Garner says it should be done by the end of this month. That seems ambitious. And there's also growing resentment here that the U.S. will hand pick the members of that interim authority. It's hoped that Paul Bremer can use his diplomatic skills to soothe over that -- those problems with the Iraqis here -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Understand. John Vause, reporting live from Baghdad, many thanks.
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Aired May 13, 2003 - 06:14 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: To Baghdad now where looting and lawlessness continue, but maybe not much longer. U.S. Army commanders tell us they'll order more troops to Baghdad to restore order.
Let's take you there live now. John Vause has an update for us.
Good morning -- John.
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
They'll certainly need those troops, this being the first day that Paul Bremer takes over. He said there's going to be a few weeks of transition while he takes over from Jay Garner, but the signs already are not good. A press conference was planned for tomorrow. We're told that's been postponed and hasn't been rescheduled.
Now one of the criticisms of Jay Garner when he headed up the Office for Reconstruction was that he just wasn't visible, that people couldn't reach him. So we contacted the Office for Reconstruction today to try and find out what Paul Bremer would be doing. They said they didn't know because Paul Bremer's people haven't told them. We ask them to get in contact with them. They said they couldn't because the phones don't work, and it really is complete confusion and disarray in that office. So it's no wonder Iraqis are confused and have a feeling that this country really is rudderless at the moment.
And again today there was another demonstration, this time hundreds of people from the Free Independent Movement marching from the Ministry of Planning to the Interior Ministry. Now what they are demanding, they are demanding a government, they're demanding security and they're demanding jobs, that's all things that Jay Garner could not deliver.
Here's what one of them had to say.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I need the power. I need the government power because to pull (ph) the gun, we need the security, really security.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think I'm -- it's happy that whenever the Iraqi people can speak freely and tell us, tell anybody what it is that they are -- that's on their mind, they weren't authorized to do that before April the 9th.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: Now establishing that interim Iraqi authority, Jay Garner says it should be done by the end of this month. That seems ambitious. And there's also growing resentment here that the U.S. will hand pick the members of that interim authority. It's hoped that Paul Bremer can use his diplomatic skills to soothe over that -- those problems with the Iraqis here -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Understand. John Vause, reporting live from Baghdad, many thanks.
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