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New Attacks in Iraq Kills One, Wound 10
Aired July 04, 2003 - 06:02 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: More proof today of the ongoing dangers in Iraq. U.S. soldiers have suffered casualties in two separate attacks.
CNN's Jane Arraf brings us up-to-date from Baghdad.
Good morning to you -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Fredricka.
Well, it's becoming almost a daily event. This is, of course, the Fourth of July, and it's off to a sobering start. The U.S. military is confirming the death of a soldier from the 1st Armored Division while he was guarding a museum. Now, the original report was it was the Iraq Museum, the archeology museum, but he was, in fact, in front of the Municipal Baghdad Museum, standing up in a gun turret in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when he was shot. Its not clear whether it was a sniper or whether he was shot with a burst of gunfire, but he died after being taken away for treatment.
Overnight as well, a mortar attack on an army camp north of Baghdad in the town of Balad, between 10 and 19 American soldier have been wounded in that one. Circumstances are still unclear.
But another attack as well this morning on a U.S. Army vehicle that seemed to have been an explosion. One soldier reported wounded. It's not clear of the circumstances of that one either, but it indicates that there are continuing attacks all over Baghdad and outside Baghdad. Certainly not a pleasant environment.
And in an effort to cheer up the troops, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former bodybuilder and movie star, has come to Baghdad. He's with the troops right now. According to officials, he's eating meals, ready to eat with them, and apparently showing his new movie to give them a little bit of relief from the daily routine and the daily danger here in Iraq -- Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: All right, Jane Arraf, thanks very much for that update from Baghdad.
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Aired July 4, 2003 - 06:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: More proof today of the ongoing dangers in Iraq. U.S. soldiers have suffered casualties in two separate attacks.
CNN's Jane Arraf brings us up-to-date from Baghdad.
Good morning to you -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Fredricka.
Well, it's becoming almost a daily event. This is, of course, the Fourth of July, and it's off to a sobering start. The U.S. military is confirming the death of a soldier from the 1st Armored Division while he was guarding a museum. Now, the original report was it was the Iraq Museum, the archeology museum, but he was, in fact, in front of the Municipal Baghdad Museum, standing up in a gun turret in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when he was shot. Its not clear whether it was a sniper or whether he was shot with a burst of gunfire, but he died after being taken away for treatment.
Overnight as well, a mortar attack on an army camp north of Baghdad in the town of Balad, between 10 and 19 American soldier have been wounded in that one. Circumstances are still unclear.
But another attack as well this morning on a U.S. Army vehicle that seemed to have been an explosion. One soldier reported wounded. It's not clear of the circumstances of that one either, but it indicates that there are continuing attacks all over Baghdad and outside Baghdad. Certainly not a pleasant environment.
And in an effort to cheer up the troops, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former bodybuilder and movie star, has come to Baghdad. He's with the troops right now. According to officials, he's eating meals, ready to eat with them, and apparently showing his new movie to give them a little bit of relief from the daily routine and the daily danger here in Iraq -- Fredricka.
WHITFIELD: All right, Jane Arraf, thanks very much for that update from Baghdad.
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