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Reaction to Saddam's Capture
Aired December 15, 2003 - 05:21 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In this country, reaction to Saddam's capture was as you might expect. For example, in Killeen, Texas, home of the Army's 4th Infantry Division, whose soldiers in Iraq are credited with flushing Saddam out of his hole in the ground, well, here's the reaction.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One more to go!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've been watching it since five this morning.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And then all his brothers, sisters and everybody else over there. And then we can bring our guys back.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It happens to be my birthday and it's the best birthday present I could ask for.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, man, everybody's going crazy. The post is in pure pandemonium right now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's a great day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any sign of goods news is always a -- especially during the holidays, a lot of people want to hear good news, and this is definitely great news.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Soldiers with the 101st Airborne got the good news
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. And as you can see, the troops on board went a little nuts.
In Portland, Oregon, the news made the Christmas cheer even cheerier.
Carl Click of CNN affiliate KGW has that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They caught Saddam today. CARL CLICK, KGW-TV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the news this audience can't hear enough. The Army National Guard's 162nd Battalion scheduled this holiday get together long before Saddam was captured, of course, but that news was certainly the topic of the day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's awesome. I'm glad they finally caught him.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just got chills. It was like the greatest news this morning.
WOMAN: I was in my living room and I just danced around for like five minutes. I was so excited. Then I made about 20 phone calls.
CLICK: This group has 450 members deployed in Iraq now. The honored guests here, family members of those serving away from home, like Shannon McGuire. She got the good news firsthand from her husband on the phone from Kuwait.
SHANNON MCGUIRE, HUSBAND IN IRAQ: They were excited and then the big joke is maybe now they can come home. But probably, probably won't. That's my first question is now are you going to come home? But...
CLICK: Indeed, it's the first thought for all of these folks. Maybe Hussein's capture speeds things up. Maybe this is the beginning of the end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Maybe he'll come home sooner.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hopefully this will take some of the wind out of their sails.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think, I think it's paying off, what we've done so far.
JACKIE WINTERS, OREGON STATE SENATE: But, also, I think it begins to say that we're right on target, that we are doing the job in order to win this war on terrorism.
CLICK: Again, the original purpose here was holiday fun. Thus, Santa was part of the plan, with gifts and good cheer. But it's one of the few times Santa is upstaged, just a bit, by good news.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: Again, that happy scene from Carl Click of CNN affiliate KGW in Portland.
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Aired December 15, 2003 - 05:21 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In this country, reaction to Saddam's capture was as you might expect. For example, in Killeen, Texas, home of the Army's 4th Infantry Division, whose soldiers in Iraq are credited with flushing Saddam out of his hole in the ground, well, here's the reaction.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One more to go!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've been watching it since five this morning.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And then all his brothers, sisters and everybody else over there. And then we can bring our guys back.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It happens to be my birthday and it's the best birthday present I could ask for.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, man, everybody's going crazy. The post is in pure pandemonium right now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So it's a great day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Any sign of goods news is always a -- especially during the holidays, a lot of people want to hear good news, and this is definitely great news.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Soldiers with the 101st Airborne got the good news
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. And as you can see, the troops on board went a little nuts.
In Portland, Oregon, the news made the Christmas cheer even cheerier.
Carl Click of CNN affiliate KGW has that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They caught Saddam today. CARL CLICK, KGW-TV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the news this audience can't hear enough. The Army National Guard's 162nd Battalion scheduled this holiday get together long before Saddam was captured, of course, but that news was certainly the topic of the day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's awesome. I'm glad they finally caught him.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just got chills. It was like the greatest news this morning.
WOMAN: I was in my living room and I just danced around for like five minutes. I was so excited. Then I made about 20 phone calls.
CLICK: This group has 450 members deployed in Iraq now. The honored guests here, family members of those serving away from home, like Shannon McGuire. She got the good news firsthand from her husband on the phone from Kuwait.
SHANNON MCGUIRE, HUSBAND IN IRAQ: They were excited and then the big joke is maybe now they can come home. But probably, probably won't. That's my first question is now are you going to come home? But...
CLICK: Indeed, it's the first thought for all of these folks. Maybe Hussein's capture speeds things up. Maybe this is the beginning of the end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Maybe he'll come home sooner.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hopefully this will take some of the wind out of their sails.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think, I think it's paying off, what we've done so far.
JACKIE WINTERS, OREGON STATE SENATE: But, also, I think it begins to say that we're right on target, that we are doing the job in order to win this war on terrorism.
CLICK: Again, the original purpose here was holiday fun. Thus, Santa was part of the plan, with gifts and good cheer. But it's one of the few times Santa is upstaged, just a bit, by good news.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: Again, that happy scene from Carl Click of CNN affiliate KGW in Portland.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
