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Iraqi Information Ministry, Ba'ath Party Headquarters Targeted in Today's Bombings
Aired April 08, 2003 - 14:15 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.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Well we've been listening to the report of that attack yesterday in Baghdad. There were more attacks from the air today on the Iraqi regime's crumbling leadership structure. Let's get more of that now from CNN's Walter Rodgers. He's on the western side of the city with an Army cavalry unit.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WALTER RODGERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Late afternoon Baghdad time there were explosions of more bombs falling on the Iraqi capital. One of the targets was said to be the Iraqi Information Ministry, the other target said to be the Ba'ath Party headquarters. We cannot tell you now at this point if either of those targets was hit or the extent of casualties.
Army officers told CNN earlier in the day that the Special Republican Guard headquarters and the Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad had also been hit by U.S. bombs. Still, one senior Army officer said that there is no longer any organized resistance in Baghdad to the American military thrusts into the city.
That does not mean, however, there are not fierce pockets of irregular resistance. In fact, one soldier told us that it seems as if every Iraqi has a license, a calling card, and that is a Rocket Propelled Grenade, a very effective small shoulder-fired projectile.
Earlier in the day CNN met with many Iraqi citizens who were trying to make contact with the Army because many of them wanted to go back into Baghdad now, believing the danger had passed. Each of them seeking the solutions to individual problems with the U.S. Army. Several of them, more than a few of them, were going back into the fighting area to try to retrieve the bodies of dead family members.
Walter Rodgers, CNN, with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the southern suburbs of Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Well we've been listening to the report of that attack yesterday in Baghdad. There were more attacks from the air today on the Iraqi regime's crumbling leadership structure. Let's get more of that now from CNN's Walter Rodgers. He's on the western side of the city with an Army cavalry unit.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WALTER RODGERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Late afternoon Baghdad time there were explosions of more bombs falling on the Iraqi capital. One of the targets was said to be the Iraqi Information Ministry, the other target said to be the Ba'ath Party headquarters. We cannot tell you now at this point if either of those targets was hit or the extent of casualties.
Army officers told CNN earlier in the day that the Special Republican Guard headquarters and the Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad had also been hit by U.S. bombs. Still, one senior Army officer said that there is no longer any organized resistance in Baghdad to the American military thrusts into the city.
That does not mean, however, there are not fierce pockets of irregular resistance. In fact, one soldier told us that it seems as if every Iraqi has a license, a calling card, and that is a Rocket Propelled Grenade, a very effective small shoulder-fired projectile.
Earlier in the day CNN met with many Iraqi citizens who were trying to make contact with the Army because many of them wanted to go back into Baghdad now, believing the danger had passed. Each of them seeking the solutions to individual problems with the U.S. Army. Several of them, more than a few of them, were going back into the fighting area to try to retrieve the bodies of dead family members.
Walter Rodgers, CNN, with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the southern suburbs of Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired April 8, 2003 - 14:15 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Well we've been listening to the report of that attack yesterday in Baghdad. There were more attacks from the air today on the Iraqi regime's crumbling leadership structure. Let's get more of that now from CNN's Walter Rodgers. He's on the western side of the city with an Army cavalry unit.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WALTER RODGERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Late afternoon Baghdad time there were explosions of more bombs falling on the Iraqi capital. One of the targets was said to be the Iraqi Information Ministry, the other target said to be the Ba'ath Party headquarters. We cannot tell you now at this point if either of those targets was hit or the extent of casualties.
Army officers told CNN earlier in the day that the Special Republican Guard headquarters and the Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad had also been hit by U.S. bombs. Still, one senior Army officer said that there is no longer any organized resistance in Baghdad to the American military thrusts into the city.
That does not mean, however, there are not fierce pockets of irregular resistance. In fact, one soldier told us that it seems as if every Iraqi has a license, a calling card, and that is a Rocket Propelled Grenade, a very effective small shoulder-fired projectile.
Earlier in the day CNN met with many Iraqi citizens who were trying to make contact with the Army because many of them wanted to go back into Baghdad now, believing the danger had passed. Each of them seeking the solutions to individual problems with the U.S. Army. Several of them, more than a few of them, were going back into the fighting area to try to retrieve the bodies of dead family members.
Walter Rodgers, CNN, with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the southern suburbs of Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Well we've been listening to the report of that attack yesterday in Baghdad. There were more attacks from the air today on the Iraqi regime's crumbling leadership structure. Let's get more of that now from CNN's Walter Rodgers. He's on the western side of the city with an Army cavalry unit.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WALTER RODGERS, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Late afternoon Baghdad time there were explosions of more bombs falling on the Iraqi capital. One of the targets was said to be the Iraqi Information Ministry, the other target said to be the Ba'ath Party headquarters. We cannot tell you now at this point if either of those targets was hit or the extent of casualties.
Army officers told CNN earlier in the day that the Special Republican Guard headquarters and the Republican Guard headquarters in Baghdad had also been hit by U.S. bombs. Still, one senior Army officer said that there is no longer any organized resistance in Baghdad to the American military thrusts into the city.
That does not mean, however, there are not fierce pockets of irregular resistance. In fact, one soldier told us that it seems as if every Iraqi has a license, a calling card, and that is a Rocket Propelled Grenade, a very effective small shoulder-fired projectile.
Earlier in the day CNN met with many Iraqi citizens who were trying to make contact with the Army because many of them wanted to go back into Baghdad now, believing the danger had passed. Each of them seeking the solutions to individual problems with the U.S. Army. Several of them, more than a few of them, were going back into the fighting area to try to retrieve the bodies of dead family members.
Walter Rodgers, CNN, with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the southern suburbs of Baghdad.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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