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U.S. Raids in Iraq
Aired November 18, 2003 - 06:06 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: While thousands protest the war in Britain, the work goes on in Iraq, more raids to root out the guerrillas.
Let's head live to Baghdad and Matthew Chance.
Matthew -- I'm just curious, are troops aware of the sentiment in Britain?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think that U.S. troops, who have been working here alongside coalition partners, including, of course, the British troops, and they believe they're all in the same boat together. But I don't think if there is any misunderstanding amongst the U.S. troops or the British troops here about the level of public opposition, not just in Britain, of course, but also in the United States, increasingly, to this conflict in the way it's been handled.
Let me tell you, though, about the counter-insurgency operations that have been continuing here in Iraq with U.S. forces pounding positions of suspected Iraqi militants.
We'll start in the town -- or near the town of Baquba (ph) to the northeast of the Iraqi capital. U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, destroyed what appeared to be a number of abandoned buildings said to have been used by insurgents to hide during attacks. Heavy bombs were also dropped in the area from U.S. warplanes.
Similar operations taking place in Tikrit as well, the hometown of Saddam Hussein. Dozens of suspects have been rounded up by the U.S. authorities for questioning here.
The United States clearly attempting to regain some of the momentum after suffering very heavy losses at the hands of the insurgents in a number of attacks, not just on U.S. troops, of course, but on coalition forces as well. Showing here they're not prepared just to stand by and let these attacks happen. They will strike back, even though, of course, this runs the risk, Carol, of turning more Iraqis against the coalition forces here, sort of fueling their already present resentment -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Matthew Chance reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired November 18, 2003 - 06:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: While thousands protest the war in Britain, the work goes on in Iraq, more raids to root out the guerrillas.
Let's head live to Baghdad and Matthew Chance.
Matthew -- I'm just curious, are troops aware of the sentiment in Britain?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think that U.S. troops, who have been working here alongside coalition partners, including, of course, the British troops, and they believe they're all in the same boat together. But I don't think if there is any misunderstanding amongst the U.S. troops or the British troops here about the level of public opposition, not just in Britain, of course, but also in the United States, increasingly, to this conflict in the way it's been handled.
Let me tell you, though, about the counter-insurgency operations that have been continuing here in Iraq with U.S. forces pounding positions of suspected Iraqi militants.
We'll start in the town -- or near the town of Baquba (ph) to the northeast of the Iraqi capital. U.S. troops, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, destroyed what appeared to be a number of abandoned buildings said to have been used by insurgents to hide during attacks. Heavy bombs were also dropped in the area from U.S. warplanes.
Similar operations taking place in Tikrit as well, the hometown of Saddam Hussein. Dozens of suspects have been rounded up by the U.S. authorities for questioning here.
The United States clearly attempting to regain some of the momentum after suffering very heavy losses at the hands of the insurgents in a number of attacks, not just on U.S. troops, of course, but on coalition forces as well. Showing here they're not prepared just to stand by and let these attacks happen. They will strike back, even though, of course, this runs the risk, Carol, of turning more Iraqis against the coalition forces here, sort of fueling their already present resentment -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Matthew Chance reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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