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International News Desk
Aired August 11, 2003 - 05:35 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraq and Liberia, two countries in crisis.
Our senior international editor David Clinch is here with the latest on both of those situations -- good morning.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Yes, not much kissing going on, at least not that we're covering in either Iraq or Liberia today. We've heard reports now this morning of another U.S. soldier killed north of Baghdad in a serious attack there. A very dangerous place.
And, you know, another thing that we are not really paying too much attention to but is there every day is the incredible heat in Iraq every day. It's 120 degrees...
COSTELLO: Over the weekend one U.S. soldier died from the heat.
CLINCH: Absolutely, it's deadly. It's not as deadly as the attacks, but it's deadly. And awful working conditions, operating conditions for the U.S. soldiers in Iraq throughout the entire country as they continue to try and sort the place out and also, of course, search for Saddam Hussein. And sort of a theme to what I'm talking about today is the individuals, the leaders in these places. Saddam Hussein still being looked for, still being searched every day in Iraq.
Liberia, Charles Taylor, we're watching for him to leave today. I heard our reporter there, Jeff Koinange, say that he would definitely leave today, he couldn't possibly get out of it this time...
COSTELLO: You know, I had to ask him that question...
CLINCH: It was a very good...
COSTELLO: ... if he thought Charles Taylor would really leave and he said...
CLINCH: It was a very good question. We'll believe it when we see it. And, of course, then the subsequent question immediately, especially for the domestic audience, will more U.S. troops arrive, possibly even as soon as today? The rebels are holding onto the port, the main port in Monrovia there today. One of the things the U.S. wants to see before they bring more troops in is those rebels pulling back from the port. So we'll be watching very closely today for that. And then, of course, another, the other individual that we don't pay too much attention to nowadays, Osama bin Laden. We're reporting, Maria Ressa reporting that al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack in Jakarta last week on the Marriott, a U.S. target, obviously, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Al Qaeda still out there, still operating. We're hearing reports of preparations for imminent attacks all over the world. And Osama bin Laden still out there, apparently, at least, still out there and still being sought. Again, we're reporting NATO taking over security in Afghanistan, or at least in Kabul, today. The U.S., though, still very, very heavily involved in the search for Osama bin Laden.
The question, of course, still there, on all of these, is you get the individual, does it stop the violence? That's the question. And, of course, it remains to be seen.
COSTELLO: It sure does.
David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
COSTELLO: We'll let you get back to work.
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Aired August 11, 2003 - 05:35 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraq and Liberia, two countries in crisis.
Our senior international editor David Clinch is here with the latest on both of those situations -- good morning.
DAVID CLINCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Yes, not much kissing going on, at least not that we're covering in either Iraq or Liberia today. We've heard reports now this morning of another U.S. soldier killed north of Baghdad in a serious attack there. A very dangerous place.
And, you know, another thing that we are not really paying too much attention to but is there every day is the incredible heat in Iraq every day. It's 120 degrees...
COSTELLO: Over the weekend one U.S. soldier died from the heat.
CLINCH: Absolutely, it's deadly. It's not as deadly as the attacks, but it's deadly. And awful working conditions, operating conditions for the U.S. soldiers in Iraq throughout the entire country as they continue to try and sort the place out and also, of course, search for Saddam Hussein. And sort of a theme to what I'm talking about today is the individuals, the leaders in these places. Saddam Hussein still being looked for, still being searched every day in Iraq.
Liberia, Charles Taylor, we're watching for him to leave today. I heard our reporter there, Jeff Koinange, say that he would definitely leave today, he couldn't possibly get out of it this time...
COSTELLO: You know, I had to ask him that question...
CLINCH: It was a very good...
COSTELLO: ... if he thought Charles Taylor would really leave and he said...
CLINCH: It was a very good question. We'll believe it when we see it. And, of course, then the subsequent question immediately, especially for the domestic audience, will more U.S. troops arrive, possibly even as soon as today? The rebels are holding onto the port, the main port in Monrovia there today. One of the things the U.S. wants to see before they bring more troops in is those rebels pulling back from the port. So we'll be watching very closely today for that. And then, of course, another, the other individual that we don't pay too much attention to nowadays, Osama bin Laden. We're reporting, Maria Ressa reporting that al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack in Jakarta last week on the Marriott, a U.S. target, obviously, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Al Qaeda still out there, still operating. We're hearing reports of preparations for imminent attacks all over the world. And Osama bin Laden still out there, apparently, at least, still out there and still being sought. Again, we're reporting NATO taking over security in Afghanistan, or at least in Kabul, today. The U.S., though, still very, very heavily involved in the search for Osama bin Laden.
The question, of course, still there, on all of these, is you get the individual, does it stop the violence? That's the question. And, of course, it remains to be seen.
COSTELLO: It sure does.
David Clinch, many thanks.
CLINCH: OK.
COSTELLO: We'll let you get back to work.
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