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U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Aired July 24, 2003 - 07:03 ET
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons were hailed by U.S. officials as a turning point in Iraq, but things seem no less dangerous for American troops there. Just this morning, three more U.S. soldiers were killed when they were attacked in northern Iraq.
CNN's Rym Brahimi has more for us from Baghdad this morning.
Rym -- good morning.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Soledad.
It happened at 2:30 a.m. in the morning in the north, as you mentioned, near Mosul. The soldiers were going in a convoy to a place called Qayyarah, which is near Mosul. And at that point, they fell under attack -- small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Again, a similar type of attack that a lot of U.S. troops have been falling under.
As you know, Soledad, these were soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, which is the unit that actually raided and ended up killing Uday and Qusay, the sons of Saddam Hussein -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: Let's talk, Rym, about that. What's the reaction in Baghdad today as word of the killing of the brothers has spread?
BRAHIMI: Well, there's been a lot of reaction and mixed reaction in many areas. People still want to see pictures to prove -- excuse me -- to prove that the two sons of Saddam Hussein are really dead.
Interestingly enough, there are a lot of newspaper editorials commenting on that and other people talking about that, and the talk of the town today seems to be, Soledad, very similar to what we saw in this newspaper. I'd just like to show it to you, because it's quite significant. You see a picture here of Uday and Qusay, the two brothers.
And this newspaper called "El Ayam" (ph) is interesting, because it's run -- the editor-in-chief is actually someone who was an advisor to Uday. And his editorial actually says that he probably imagines that Saddam must have watched the house where his two sons were hiding. He must have watched them being besieged and watched them die, the editorial says, in the same way as many fathers watched their own sons die because of Saddam Hussein -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: Rym Brahimi for us in Baghdad this morning, thanks for that report. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
Aired July 24, 2003 - 07:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons were hailed by U.S. officials as a turning point in Iraq, but things seem no less dangerous for American troops there. Just this morning, three more U.S. soldiers were killed when they were attacked in northern Iraq.
CNN's Rym Brahimi has more for us from Baghdad this morning.
Rym -- good morning.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Soledad.
It happened at 2:30 a.m. in the morning in the north, as you mentioned, near Mosul. The soldiers were going in a convoy to a place called Qayyarah, which is near Mosul. And at that point, they fell under attack -- small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Again, a similar type of attack that a lot of U.S. troops have been falling under.
As you know, Soledad, these were soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, which is the unit that actually raided and ended up killing Uday and Qusay, the sons of Saddam Hussein -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: Let's talk, Rym, about that. What's the reaction in Baghdad today as word of the killing of the brothers has spread?
BRAHIMI: Well, there's been a lot of reaction and mixed reaction in many areas. People still want to see pictures to prove -- excuse me -- to prove that the two sons of Saddam Hussein are really dead.
Interestingly enough, there are a lot of newspaper editorials commenting on that and other people talking about that, and the talk of the town today seems to be, Soledad, very similar to what we saw in this newspaper. I'd just like to show it to you, because it's quite significant. You see a picture here of Uday and Qusay, the two brothers.
And this newspaper called "El Ayam" (ph) is interesting, because it's run -- the editor-in-chief is actually someone who was an advisor to Uday. And his editorial actually says that he probably imagines that Saddam must have watched the house where his two sons were hiding. He must have watched them being besieged and watched them die, the editorial says, in the same way as many fathers watched their own sons die because of Saddam Hussein -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: Rym Brahimi for us in Baghdad this morning, thanks for that report. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
