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Baghdad Bombings
Aired October 27, 2003 - 07:13 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Baghdad was racked by bombings during this morning's rush hour, killing at least 13 people, including two American soldiers. A suicide bomber killed at least 10 at Red Cross headquarters in the center of the city. And meanwhile, three vehicles exploded in front of Iraqi police stations. This, as Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of prayer, reflection and fasting begins.
CNN's Jane Arraf is at the scene of the Red Cross bombing.
Jane -- what's the latest?
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Miles, in the city that's almost gotten used to explosions, this one was particularly shocking. It was a suicide bomb apparently packed into a vehicle that looked like an ambulance. It was a panel truck with the symbol of the Red Crescent.
Now, the Red Crescent is the Muslim version of the Red Cross. And apparently packed with explosives, it drove up almost near the barricades. It apparently was stopped, according to U.S. military officials, by Iraqi security forces. There normally are none here. The thing about the Red Cross is that it takes pride in not having armed security. It wants to be accessible to the people, it says, and it could not do its job if it had the kind of security you are actually seeing here.
But, as for the casualties, the hospital next door tells us it has at least 11 dead, 13 injured. And, as you mentioned, in other explosions that followed this one, three other car bombs went off, another one attempted to go off, all at police stations across the city. And so far, we know of at least two American soldiers killed and presumably quite a few Iraqis -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: CNN's Jane Arraf in Baghdad, thank you very much.
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Aired October 27, 2003 - 07:13 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Baghdad was racked by bombings during this morning's rush hour, killing at least 13 people, including two American soldiers. A suicide bomber killed at least 10 at Red Cross headquarters in the center of the city. And meanwhile, three vehicles exploded in front of Iraqi police stations. This, as Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of prayer, reflection and fasting begins.
CNN's Jane Arraf is at the scene of the Red Cross bombing.
Jane -- what's the latest?
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Miles, in the city that's almost gotten used to explosions, this one was particularly shocking. It was a suicide bomb apparently packed into a vehicle that looked like an ambulance. It was a panel truck with the symbol of the Red Crescent.
Now, the Red Crescent is the Muslim version of the Red Cross. And apparently packed with explosives, it drove up almost near the barricades. It apparently was stopped, according to U.S. military officials, by Iraqi security forces. There normally are none here. The thing about the Red Cross is that it takes pride in not having armed security. It wants to be accessible to the people, it says, and it could not do its job if it had the kind of security you are actually seeing here.
But, as for the casualties, the hospital next door tells us it has at least 11 dead, 13 injured. And, as you mentioned, in other explosions that followed this one, three other car bombs went off, another one attempted to go off, all at police stations across the city. And so far, we know of at least two American soldiers killed and presumably quite a few Iraqis -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: CNN's Jane Arraf in Baghdad, thank you very much.
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