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Violence in Iraq
Aired August 08, 2003 - 08:32 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: An American soldier was shot and killed last night in Baghdad. The military is reporting today two more soldiers died from nonhostile causes.
Harris Whitbeck is live this morning in Baghdad with the very latest.
Good morning to you, Harris.
HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
The soldier who died here last night was on guard duty in the Al Mansour district of western Baghdad when he was shot. He was evacuated to a medical facility, but he died later of his wounds. The soldier belonged to the 82nd Airborne Unit -- Division, sorry, that has been charged with patrolling the streets of Baghdad.
Since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, Heidi, 256 U.S. soldiers have died, 118 of them have died since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations last may. And of those 118, about 55 have died in what the U.S. is now terming guerrilla- style attacks on its U.S. forces here -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Harris, just wondering about the very latest now. Some new information on the bombing at the Jordanian embassy there?
WHITBECK: Well, no one has yet claimed responsibility for that attack. There has been an increase in the death toll, according to the morgue. At a nearby hospital. At least 16 people have been confirmed dead in that attack. As you know, there were dozens wounded. Most of the wounded were pedestrians who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
U.S. investigators are continuing to work through the rubble, trying to find evidence that might point them toward who perpetrated that attack. Yesterday Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who runs the U.S. military operation in Iraq, says the attack proves that there are terrorist elements operating in the country, and many people here feel that the U.S. and local security forces might be facing a new threat, a new style of threat coming from guerrilla-type terrorist operations -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Harris Whitbeck live this morning from Baghdad.
Thanks, Harris.
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Aired August 8, 2003 - 08:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: An American soldier was shot and killed last night in Baghdad. The military is reporting today two more soldiers died from nonhostile causes.
Harris Whitbeck is live this morning in Baghdad with the very latest.
Good morning to you, Harris.
HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Heidi.
The soldier who died here last night was on guard duty in the Al Mansour district of western Baghdad when he was shot. He was evacuated to a medical facility, but he died later of his wounds. The soldier belonged to the 82nd Airborne Unit -- Division, sorry, that has been charged with patrolling the streets of Baghdad.
Since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, Heidi, 256 U.S. soldiers have died, 118 of them have died since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations last may. And of those 118, about 55 have died in what the U.S. is now terming guerrilla- style attacks on its U.S. forces here -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Harris, just wondering about the very latest now. Some new information on the bombing at the Jordanian embassy there?
WHITBECK: Well, no one has yet claimed responsibility for that attack. There has been an increase in the death toll, according to the morgue. At a nearby hospital. At least 16 people have been confirmed dead in that attack. As you know, there were dozens wounded. Most of the wounded were pedestrians who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
U.S. investigators are continuing to work through the rubble, trying to find evidence that might point them toward who perpetrated that attack. Yesterday Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who runs the U.S. military operation in Iraq, says the attack proves that there are terrorist elements operating in the country, and many people here feel that the U.S. and local security forces might be facing a new threat, a new style of threat coming from guerrilla-type terrorist operations -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Harris Whitbeck live this morning from Baghdad.
Thanks, Harris.
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