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Bombing in Fallujah Targets Police Station
Aired October 28, 2003 - 13:15 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: There was another bombing today, this time near a police station in Fallujah. CNN's Ben Wedeman is in Baghdad -- Ben.
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, before we get to that Fallujah bombing there was another American killed in action. The news came out today but it actually happened yesterday, Monday.
One soldier with the 1st Armored Division whiz killed, six were wounded when they were hit with a Rocket-Propelled Grenade. They were in the process, according to coalition sources, of investigating a variety of IEDs, this improvised explosive devices, homemade bombs in plain English. While they were in the process of investigating one of them, that was when they were hit.
Now, on to Fallujah, that very troublesome town about 40 miles to the west of Baghdad. There at about 1:30 in the afternoon, a pickup truck apparently packed with explosives blew up on one of the main highways of that city. At least two people killed, six wounded, four of those wounded critically.
Now, Fallujah has been persistently a problem spot for the coalition forces, essentially since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime back in April.
Now, here in Baghdad there is rising concern about the possibility that Iraqi police stations are being targeted. And in fact, in Fallujah the bomb went off not far from the Iraqi police station.
Today we saw pictures of one of those police station in Baghdad that was hit yesterday. What you see is a huge hole in the ground outside the police station, created by this bomb. At that police station alone yesterday, eight people were killed, 39 wounded.
Now, as Baghdad is trying to clean up and recover after Monday's wave of car bombings, international organizations, first and foremost the Red Cross, are reconsidering their work, their level of staffing here in Iraq.
This morning I spoke to a spokeswoman for the Red Cross who told me that they have no intention to modify or downgrade any of their activity here. But they say they may be pulling out some of their international staff -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Ben Wedeman in Baghdad. Thank you.
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Aired October 28, 2003 - 13:15 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: There was another bombing today, this time near a police station in Fallujah. CNN's Ben Wedeman is in Baghdad -- Ben.
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, before we get to that Fallujah bombing there was another American killed in action. The news came out today but it actually happened yesterday, Monday.
One soldier with the 1st Armored Division whiz killed, six were wounded when they were hit with a Rocket-Propelled Grenade. They were in the process, according to coalition sources, of investigating a variety of IEDs, this improvised explosive devices, homemade bombs in plain English. While they were in the process of investigating one of them, that was when they were hit.
Now, on to Fallujah, that very troublesome town about 40 miles to the west of Baghdad. There at about 1:30 in the afternoon, a pickup truck apparently packed with explosives blew up on one of the main highways of that city. At least two people killed, six wounded, four of those wounded critically.
Now, Fallujah has been persistently a problem spot for the coalition forces, essentially since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime back in April.
Now, here in Baghdad there is rising concern about the possibility that Iraqi police stations are being targeted. And in fact, in Fallujah the bomb went off not far from the Iraqi police station.
Today we saw pictures of one of those police station in Baghdad that was hit yesterday. What you see is a huge hole in the ground outside the police station, created by this bomb. At that police station alone yesterday, eight people were killed, 39 wounded.
Now, as Baghdad is trying to clean up and recover after Monday's wave of car bombings, international organizations, first and foremost the Red Cross, are reconsidering their work, their level of staffing here in Iraq.
This morning I spoke to a spokeswoman for the Red Cross who told me that they have no intention to modify or downgrade any of their activity here. But they say they may be pulling out some of their international staff -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Ben Wedeman in Baghdad. Thank you.
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