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Three U.S. Soldiers Ambushed, Killed in Iraq
Aired July 24, 2003 - 06:31 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Three more U.S. troops dead. Retaliation? Maybe. We do know the three were from the 101st, the very same division that carried out the deadly attack on Uday and Qusay Hussein. So what happened this time?
Let's go live to Baghdad and Rym Brahimi to find out.
What happened -- Rym?
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, basically these three soldiers were part of a convoy. They were heading to a place called Qayyarah, which is near Mosul, the same city that we were mentioning where Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed in a raid. And they fell under small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, and three soldiers died in that attack.
Now, that follows another event that happened yesterday in which two other soldiers were killed. One of them was killed when his convoy hit a land mine or an explosive device, again, near Mosul in the north -- Carol.
COSTELLO: I want to talk a little bit more about the photographs that the U.S. government might release of Uday's and Qusay's bodies. How do the Iraqi people feel about that? Are they clamoring for it?
BRAHIMI: Well, many people are, Carol. From the very beginning, even when it was just to be confirmed that Uday and Qusay may have been killed in that raid, many people were saying we're not going to believe that until we see it. And that's still the case now. A lot of people are saying that they want proof. A lot of people are still afraid actually.
And we're hearing that there is in some areas, some areas notably where a lot of Baath Party people used to live, there are still people who are afraid and who say, well, maybe they are dead, but there are still a lot of people who are loyal to them who could be still around. And so, I think it would maybe reassure some people to actually see those pictures, in a way -- Carol.
COSTELLO: We're going to talk more about this with Chris Burns at the White House in just a bit. Rym Brahimi live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired July 24, 2003 - 06:31 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Three more U.S. troops dead. Retaliation? Maybe. We do know the three were from the 101st, the very same division that carried out the deadly attack on Uday and Qusay Hussein. So what happened this time?
Let's go live to Baghdad and Rym Brahimi to find out.
What happened -- Rym?
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, basically these three soldiers were part of a convoy. They were heading to a place called Qayyarah, which is near Mosul, the same city that we were mentioning where Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed in a raid. And they fell under small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, and three soldiers died in that attack.
Now, that follows another event that happened yesterday in which two other soldiers were killed. One of them was killed when his convoy hit a land mine or an explosive device, again, near Mosul in the north -- Carol.
COSTELLO: I want to talk a little bit more about the photographs that the U.S. government might release of Uday's and Qusay's bodies. How do the Iraqi people feel about that? Are they clamoring for it?
BRAHIMI: Well, many people are, Carol. From the very beginning, even when it was just to be confirmed that Uday and Qusay may have been killed in that raid, many people were saying we're not going to believe that until we see it. And that's still the case now. A lot of people are saying that they want proof. A lot of people are still afraid actually.
And we're hearing that there is in some areas, some areas notably where a lot of Baath Party people used to live, there are still people who are afraid and who say, well, maybe they are dead, but there are still a lot of people who are loyal to them who could be still around. And so, I think it would maybe reassure some people to actually see those pictures, in a way -- Carol.
COSTELLO: We're going to talk more about this with Chris Burns at the White House in just a bit. Rym Brahimi live from Baghdad this morning.
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