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Coalition Releases War, Attack, Accidental, Suicide Tallies from Iraq
Aired August 13, 2003 - 13:12 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. makes gains and suffers more losses in Iraq. The gains include the capture of two key members of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard. But the latest successes come at the cost of yet another American soldier's life. CNN's Rym Brahimi joins us now live from Baghdad -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello there, Kyra. Indeed, one U.S. soldier dead, another one wounded. Again this happened in the southeast of the city of Tikrit, which is the hometown of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Now, the convoy, the armored personnel carrier convoy of those two U.S. soldiers hit an improvised explosive device. This is one technique that seems to have been used many times. The two soldiers were initially taken to a hospital and that's where one of them died and the other one appears to be in stable condition.
Now, this follows the death yesterday four U.S. soldiers, two of them in very similar incidents. And we've just been given figures, Kyra, by the coalition authority, of the number of dead soldiers since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations on May the 1st, and that's 67 soldiers, 7 of these were British, were killed-- sorry -- 67 soldiers in all were killed, 7 of them British.
Seventy-nine of them killed in non-combat operation. And that includes suicides, as well as traffic accidents, most of the traffic accidents. And there were 475 soldiers that wounded in such incidents.
And as you mentioned, while there are daily raids there are also daily attacks against U.S. soldiers. And there's also a daily challenge of facing the Iraqi population and trying to improve their lives -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Rym Brahimi, live from Baghdad.
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Tallies from Iraq>
Aired August 13, 2003 - 13:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. makes gains and suffers more losses in Iraq. The gains include the capture of two key members of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard. But the latest successes come at the cost of yet another American soldier's life. CNN's Rym Brahimi joins us now live from Baghdad -- Rym.
RYM BRAHIMI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello there, Kyra. Indeed, one U.S. soldier dead, another one wounded. Again this happened in the southeast of the city of Tikrit, which is the hometown of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Now, the convoy, the armored personnel carrier convoy of those two U.S. soldiers hit an improvised explosive device. This is one technique that seems to have been used many times. The two soldiers were initially taken to a hospital and that's where one of them died and the other one appears to be in stable condition.
Now, this follows the death yesterday four U.S. soldiers, two of them in very similar incidents. And we've just been given figures, Kyra, by the coalition authority, of the number of dead soldiers since President Bush declared the end of major combat operations on May the 1st, and that's 67 soldiers, 7 of these were British, were killed-- sorry -- 67 soldiers in all were killed, 7 of them British.
Seventy-nine of them killed in non-combat operation. And that includes suicides, as well as traffic accidents, most of the traffic accidents. And there were 475 soldiers that wounded in such incidents.
And as you mentioned, while there are daily raids there are also daily attacks against U.S. soldiers. And there's also a daily challenge of facing the Iraqi population and trying to improve their lives -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Rym Brahimi, live from Baghdad.
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