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U.S. Patrol Attacked in Central Baghdad
Aired July 28, 2003 - 06:02 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Two more American troops apparently killed, attacked this time from above. Someone drops a grenade from a bridge into an American Humvee below.
Live to Baghdad and CNN's Rym Brahimi for more details on this.
Good morning -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Indeed, apparently two U.S. soldiers may have lost their lives in that latest attack. U.S. officials have not been commenting or giving much detail, and the reason for that, Carol, is they're still investigating the scene.
Now, apparently what happened, according to eyewitnesses, is this Humvee, which was actually a supply Humvee and not a patrol Humvee, was just passing under this bridge, and apparently a grenade would have been thrown over the bridge into that Humvee. But U.S. soldiers are still looking at the scene, because they believe there may still be other explosive devices in the area, and they're checking to make sure that that's not the case.
Now, as you know, Carol, this comes after yesterday, it was another attack for a U.S. soldier who got killed in a grenade attack. It's literally been the bloodiest week for U.S. soldiers since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations on May the 1st. In the past seven days, 15 soldiers have lost their lives.
And now, at the same time, as you know, military officials are conducting a series of raids. They say they're tightening the noose against Saddam Hussein. Three of those raids took place before dawn yesterday in Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein. And officials say that they had intelligence that Saddam Hussein had been in that area, but it seems they missed Saddam Hussein and arrived shortly after he had left, according to some residents.
But also in Baghdad, another raid was conducted in a house in central Baghdad, and that raid was unsuccessful in finding Saddam Hussein and also killed three Iraqi civilians -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad.
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Aired July 28, 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: Two more American troops apparently killed, attacked this time from above. Someone drops a grenade from a bridge into an American Humvee below.
Live to Baghdad and CNN's Rym Brahimi for more details on this.
Good morning -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
Indeed, apparently two U.S. soldiers may have lost their lives in that latest attack. U.S. officials have not been commenting or giving much detail, and the reason for that, Carol, is they're still investigating the scene.
Now, apparently what happened, according to eyewitnesses, is this Humvee, which was actually a supply Humvee and not a patrol Humvee, was just passing under this bridge, and apparently a grenade would have been thrown over the bridge into that Humvee. But U.S. soldiers are still looking at the scene, because they believe there may still be other explosive devices in the area, and they're checking to make sure that that's not the case.
Now, as you know, Carol, this comes after yesterday, it was another attack for a U.S. soldier who got killed in a grenade attack. It's literally been the bloodiest week for U.S. soldiers since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations on May the 1st. In the past seven days, 15 soldiers have lost their lives.
And now, at the same time, as you know, military officials are conducting a series of raids. They say they're tightening the noose against Saddam Hussein. Three of those raids took place before dawn yesterday in Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein. And officials say that they had intelligence that Saddam Hussein had been in that area, but it seems they missed Saddam Hussein and arrived shortly after he had left, according to some residents.
But also in Baghdad, another raid was conducted in a house in central Baghdad, and that raid was unsuccessful in finding Saddam Hussein and also killed three Iraqi civilians -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad.
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