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U.N. Bombing Investigation

Aired August 22, 2003 - 05:35   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Let's talk about Baghdad and what's happening there right now. We want to get more on the U.N. bombing investigation.
Live to Baghdad and Rym Brahimi -- Rym, bring us up to date.

RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, right now the area has been cordoned off to a wider sector than yesterday, in fact. But there is still work going on there, not only research teams are working there, but also investigators continue. You know that they collapsed, they actually exploded the roof of that building, the part of that building that had been attacked in that bomb.

Now, the investigation goes on and there are very many different directions. A lot of questions have been raised. One of them, of course, due to the fact that it was so precisely, seemed to be so precisely targeted at the office of the United Nations special representative, questions as to whether it couldn't have been an inside job or done with the cooperation of somebody from the inside who would have known where that office was exactly.

Other questions, of course, with regard to where the truck came from. Israel is accusing the Syrians of actually -- not accusing the Syrians. Rather, Israel alleges the truck came from Syria, an allegation Syria rejects very strongly. And a group has come forward, a group called -- I can never remember it, the Armed Vanguards of the Second Army of Muhammad. It's a group that nobody has really heard of and it made that claim to the Arabic satellite channel Al-Arabia, saying that it would continue such operations and attack all foreigners -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Yes, it's not exactly a short, snappy name, is it? And a group no one's ever heard of, as you mentioned.

Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.

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Aired August 22, 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: Let's talk about Baghdad and what's happening there right now. We want to get more on the U.N. bombing investigation.
Live to Baghdad and Rym Brahimi -- Rym, bring us up to date.

RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, right now the area has been cordoned off to a wider sector than yesterday, in fact. But there is still work going on there, not only research teams are working there, but also investigators continue. You know that they collapsed, they actually exploded the roof of that building, the part of that building that had been attacked in that bomb.

Now, the investigation goes on and there are very many different directions. A lot of questions have been raised. One of them, of course, due to the fact that it was so precisely, seemed to be so precisely targeted at the office of the United Nations special representative, questions as to whether it couldn't have been an inside job or done with the cooperation of somebody from the inside who would have known where that office was exactly.

Other questions, of course, with regard to where the truck came from. Israel is accusing the Syrians of actually -- not accusing the Syrians. Rather, Israel alleges the truck came from Syria, an allegation Syria rejects very strongly. And a group has come forward, a group called -- I can never remember it, the Armed Vanguards of the Second Army of Muhammad. It's a group that nobody has really heard of and it made that claim to the Arabic satellite channel Al-Arabia, saying that it would continue such operations and attack all foreigners -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Yes, it's not exactly a short, snappy name, is it? And a group no one's ever heard of, as you mentioned.

Rym Brahimi reporting live from Baghdad this morning.

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