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Interview with Photographer Bob Nickelsberg

Aired April 08, 2003 - 15:52   ET

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WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's go to the outskirts of Baghdad right now. Bob Nickelsberg of "TIME" magazine, a photographer, is joining us now. He's embedded with the 1st Marines. Bob, tell us, if you can, where you are, what you are seeing right now and what's going on.
BOB NICKELSBERG, PHOTOGRAPHER, "TIME": Well, we're about six to eight miles south of Baghdad, and took over a large military complex today. Some resistance, but primarily abandoned. It was more of an academy. I know there's a scud training school on the grounds, and strangely enough, we came across four or five Russian torpedoes in a big abandoned workshop, as well as what looks like a British centurion tank.

So Iraqis have obviously been involved with some kind of training in international purchases of arms. But most of the people have fled, including the officers whose houses are on the property.

BLITZER: And very briefly, any evidence of any real scuds at that training facility?

NICKELSBERG: No. We haven't actually gone into the berms where there very well could be vehicles, as well as scuds. But no, it's a little bit tricky. There's a tank moving by right now, so you may get drowned out. But I can hear you.

BLITZER: All right. We can hear that tank. Yes, thanks Bob.

We're going to have to leave it unfortunately right there. Bob Nickelsberg of "TIME" magazine, our sister news organization, with the 1st Marines just outside Baghdad.

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Aired April 8, 2003 - 15:52   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Let's go to the outskirts of Baghdad right now. Bob Nickelsberg of "TIME" magazine, a photographer, is joining us now. He's embedded with the 1st Marines. Bob, tell us, if you can, where you are, what you are seeing right now and what's going on.
BOB NICKELSBERG, PHOTOGRAPHER, "TIME": Well, we're about six to eight miles south of Baghdad, and took over a large military complex today. Some resistance, but primarily abandoned. It was more of an academy. I know there's a scud training school on the grounds, and strangely enough, we came across four or five Russian torpedoes in a big abandoned workshop, as well as what looks like a British centurion tank.

So Iraqis have obviously been involved with some kind of training in international purchases of arms. But most of the people have fled, including the officers whose houses are on the property.

BLITZER: And very briefly, any evidence of any real scuds at that training facility?

NICKELSBERG: No. We haven't actually gone into the berms where there very well could be vehicles, as well as scuds. But no, it's a little bit tricky. There's a tank moving by right now, so you may get drowned out. But I can hear you.

BLITZER: All right. We can hear that tank. Yes, thanks Bob.

We're going to have to leave it unfortunately right there. Bob Nickelsberg of "TIME" magazine, our sister news organization, with the 1st Marines just outside Baghdad.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com