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New Saddam Audiotape?
Aired July 23, 2003 - 06:02 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Just as DAYBREAK went on the air this morning, word of an audiotape and supposedly the voice of a defiant Saddam Hussein. Arab television station Al Arabiya is running this tape. On it, the speaker urges Iraqis to fight U.S. forces and says the war is not over. Iraq's former ambassador to the United Nations says he is sure on the tape is that of Saddam's voice, but CNN cannot confirm that at this time.
We want to get reaction to the new tape now. Live from Baghdad, CNN's Rym Brahimi is standing by in the Iraqi capital.
Good morning -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Well, indeed, the timing of the tape is, of course, what's most relevant here. This comes right the day after the sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay Hussein, were killed. So, although we know it was taped, or at least Al Arabiya says it was taped just three days ago, and it couldn't possibly, therefore, include a direct reaction on the part of the speaker to the deaths of his sons, well, then it is the timing that's more important. The fact that it's released today, especially, Carol, in view of the fact that the last tape that was said to have been pronounced by Saddam Hussein, well, he was saying that he would communicate again to the Iraqi people on the 30th of July, which is in about a week from now.
Now, as you know, it is another sign that some people at least want to send signals that they're not going to be deterred by the deaths of Uday and Qusay Saddam Hussein and those that are behind those attacks against U.S. soldiers. Two U.S. soldiers killed this morning, one near the northern city of Mosul. He was on a convoy, and that convoy hit an explosive device or a landmine. The details are not clear yet at this time. And then six soldiers were also wounded in that attack.
And then two hours after that attack near Mosul, well, near Ramadi, which is in the western part of the country -- or, rather, west of Baghdad, well, another convoy hit an explosive device, killing one soldier and wounding two others -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired July 23, 2003 - 06:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Just as DAYBREAK went on the air this morning, word of an audiotape and supposedly the voice of a defiant Saddam Hussein. Arab television station Al Arabiya is running this tape. On it, the speaker urges Iraqis to fight U.S. forces and says the war is not over. Iraq's former ambassador to the United Nations says he is sure on the tape is that of Saddam's voice, but CNN cannot confirm that at this time.
We want to get reaction to the new tape now. Live from Baghdad, CNN's Rym Brahimi is standing by in the Iraqi capital.
Good morning -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Well, indeed, the timing of the tape is, of course, what's most relevant here. This comes right the day after the sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay Hussein, were killed. So, although we know it was taped, or at least Al Arabiya says it was taped just three days ago, and it couldn't possibly, therefore, include a direct reaction on the part of the speaker to the deaths of his sons, well, then it is the timing that's more important. The fact that it's released today, especially, Carol, in view of the fact that the last tape that was said to have been pronounced by Saddam Hussein, well, he was saying that he would communicate again to the Iraqi people on the 30th of July, which is in about a week from now.
Now, as you know, it is another sign that some people at least want to send signals that they're not going to be deterred by the deaths of Uday and Qusay Saddam Hussein and those that are behind those attacks against U.S. soldiers. Two U.S. soldiers killed this morning, one near the northern city of Mosul. He was on a convoy, and that convoy hit an explosive device or a landmine. The details are not clear yet at this time. And then six soldiers were also wounded in that attack.
And then two hours after that attack near Mosul, well, near Ramadi, which is in the western part of the country -- or, rather, west of Baghdad, well, another convoy hit an explosive device, killing one soldier and wounding two others -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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