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Post-War Probes?
Aired June 24, 2003 - 15:06 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: Now to Iraq, where British troops were today the target of the kind of attacks that have been claiming American lives almost daily. Six British troops were killed in al Amarah north of Basra.
A military spokesman says the incident involved enemy fire, but would give no other details. It is the first major assault on British forces since Baghdad fell. And the deadliest single incident for coalition forces since major combat ended nearly two months ago.
Here in Washington today, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd cited the growing death toll in Iraq to press his case for a congressional probe of President Bush's prewar claims about the Iraqi threat.
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SENATOR. ROBERT BYRD (D), VIRGINIA: The President told the American people that we were compelled to go to war to secure our country from a grave threat. Are we any safer today than we were on March 18, 2003? Our nation has been committed to rebuilding a country ravaged by war and tyranny, and the cost of that task is being paid for in blood and in treasure (ph) every day.
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WOODRUFF: Senator Byrd said it is in America's interest to know if intelligence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was faulty. While Mr. Bush responds to such questions with complaints about revisionist history, Byrd charges it is the President who appears intent on revising history.
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Aired June 24, 2003 - 15:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Now to Iraq, where British troops were today the target of the kind of attacks that have been claiming American lives almost daily. Six British troops were killed in al Amarah north of Basra.
A military spokesman says the incident involved enemy fire, but would give no other details. It is the first major assault on British forces since Baghdad fell. And the deadliest single incident for coalition forces since major combat ended nearly two months ago.
Here in Washington today, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd cited the growing death toll in Iraq to press his case for a congressional probe of President Bush's prewar claims about the Iraqi threat.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SENATOR. ROBERT BYRD (D), VIRGINIA: The President told the American people that we were compelled to go to war to secure our country from a grave threat. Are we any safer today than we were on March 18, 2003? Our nation has been committed to rebuilding a country ravaged by war and tyranny, and the cost of that task is being paid for in blood and in treasure (ph) every day.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
WOODRUFF: Senator Byrd said it is in America's interest to know if intelligence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was faulty. While Mr. Bush responds to such questions with complaints about revisionist history, Byrd charges it is the President who appears intent on revising history.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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