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New Iraq: Weapons Everywhere
Aired November 03, 2003 - 06:32 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The Pentagon hasn't confirmed it, but witnesses say that Chinook helicopter was downed by a shoulder- fired missile. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did acknowledge the missiles are widely available Iraq, and almost as if on cue, U.S. troops found a weapons cache in Baghdad.
Let's head live to Baghdad now and Matthew Chance.
What did they find -- Matthew?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I haven't heard any reports about this weapons cache being discovered at this stage, but I'll check up on that and I'll get back to you with the latest on it.
What I can tell you is that investigations are continuing into what caused the crash of this helicopter in a field near the flashpoint town of Fallujah in the west of Iraq. We've said already eyewitnesses said it was a surface-to-air missile that has been fired at that helicopter. It was ferrying U.S. troops to the Baghdad International Airport, where they were planning to go on rest and recuperation, R&R...
COSTELLO: Matthew...
CHANCE: ... a period of...
COSTELLO: Matthew, I must interrupt you. We're going to go live to Germany, from Landstuhl Hospital in Germany, where those injured soldiers are being treated.
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Aired November 3, 2003 - 06:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The Pentagon hasn't confirmed it, but witnesses say that Chinook helicopter was downed by a shoulder- fired missile. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did acknowledge the missiles are widely available Iraq, and almost as if on cue, U.S. troops found a weapons cache in Baghdad.
Let's head live to Baghdad now and Matthew Chance.
What did they find -- Matthew?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I haven't heard any reports about this weapons cache being discovered at this stage, but I'll check up on that and I'll get back to you with the latest on it.
What I can tell you is that investigations are continuing into what caused the crash of this helicopter in a field near the flashpoint town of Fallujah in the west of Iraq. We've said already eyewitnesses said it was a surface-to-air missile that has been fired at that helicopter. It was ferrying U.S. troops to the Baghdad International Airport, where they were planning to go on rest and recuperation, R&R...
COSTELLO: Matthew...
CHANCE: ... a period of...
COSTELLO: Matthew, I must interrupt you. We're going to go live to Germany, from Landstuhl Hospital in Germany, where those injured soldiers are being treated.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
