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Stopping Sabotage in Iraq
Aired August 19, 2003 - 06:04 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the new Iraq. The American in charge of reconstruction efforts is vowing to stop the sabotage of Iraq's infrastructure. That would be the water and oil pipelines.
Paul Bremer says he knows who is carrying out these attacks and why.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PAUL BREMER, U.S. IRAQ ADMINISTRATOR: We know in general terms who's behind it. It's people who are fighting against a liberated Iraq that most Iraqis have welcomed. It's people who do not share the vision of a free Iraq with a vibrant economy that the president has set forth in which Iraqis share. These are probably people left over from the old regime, who are simply fighting a rear guard action by attacking Iraq's assets.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Bremer says he has increased the number of Iraqi security forces guarding those assets.
So, what's the word in Baghdad? Are these new kinds of attacks even more effective?
Live to Baghdad and our bureau chief there, Jane Arraf.
Hello -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Hello, Carol.
Well, talking of attacks, there is a report of another soldier killed in one yesterday. Now, that was a soldier from the 1st Armored Division, who was killed when an explosive device went off in a neighborhood called Karadah. Now, this is a busy, bustling neighborhood full of shoppers. The soldier was apparently on patrol in a convoy when the device went off. No further details at the moment.
In Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, at least six Iraqis are dead after an explosion in an ammunitions dump. Now, these Iraqis were believed to have been looting the dump. What they do, since people are still incredibly poor across the country, they go into these dumps, take the ammunition and try to sell the copper. Apparently, there was an explosion, six people dead, many more wounded. Details of that still coming in on that incident yesterday -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jane Arraf live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired August 19, 2003 - 06:04 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the new Iraq. The American in charge of reconstruction efforts is vowing to stop the sabotage of Iraq's infrastructure. That would be the water and oil pipelines.
Paul Bremer says he knows who is carrying out these attacks and why.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PAUL BREMER, U.S. IRAQ ADMINISTRATOR: We know in general terms who's behind it. It's people who are fighting against a liberated Iraq that most Iraqis have welcomed. It's people who do not share the vision of a free Iraq with a vibrant economy that the president has set forth in which Iraqis share. These are probably people left over from the old regime, who are simply fighting a rear guard action by attacking Iraq's assets.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Bremer says he has increased the number of Iraqi security forces guarding those assets.
So, what's the word in Baghdad? Are these new kinds of attacks even more effective?
Live to Baghdad and our bureau chief there, Jane Arraf.
Hello -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Hello, Carol.
Well, talking of attacks, there is a report of another soldier killed in one yesterday. Now, that was a soldier from the 1st Armored Division, who was killed when an explosive device went off in a neighborhood called Karadah. Now, this is a busy, bustling neighborhood full of shoppers. The soldier was apparently on patrol in a convoy when the device went off. No further details at the moment.
In Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, at least six Iraqis are dead after an explosion in an ammunitions dump. Now, these Iraqis were believed to have been looting the dump. What they do, since people are still incredibly poor across the country, they go into these dumps, take the ammunition and try to sell the copper. Apparently, there was an explosion, six people dead, many more wounded. Details of that still coming in on that incident yesterday -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jane Arraf live from Baghdad this morning.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
