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War Recap

Aired April 08, 2003 - 11:47   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.


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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: 2:24 a.m.: The Al-Jazeera network reports its reporter, Tariq Ayoub, has died after being injured this morning when a U.S. airstrike hit a building housing Arab media.

3:58 a.m.: Explosions reported around the Palestine Hotel, where many international journalists are staying. Central Command later confirms a U.S. tank shelled the hotel in response to sniper fire. The blast kills two camera man, one from Spanish TV, another from Reuters. Three Reuters journalists were injured.

5:33 a.m.: CNN's Martin Savidge, embedded with the 1st Battalion 7th Marines, says the Marines have found chemical protection suits and antidotes for chemical weapons in a field beside an industrial inside in southeast Baghdad. Nearby they found abandoned weapons and artillery pieces, which they demolished.

7:00 a.m.: U.S. Central Command says the coalition may never know if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein survived a U.S. airstrike yesterday. A B-1 bomber dropped four 2,000-pound bombs on a building in a residential area in Baghdad, after getting intelligence reports senior officials were meeting there, possibly including Saddam Hussein and his sons. Brigadier General Vince Brooks also confirmed that a U.S. A-10 Warthog aircraft was shot down by an Iraqi missile today. The pilot ejected and was rescued.

9:12 a.m.: CNN's Walter Rodgers, traveling with the 3rd Squadron 7th Cavalry, says a senior officer tells him pockets of resistance remain in Baghdad, but there is -- quote -- no longer any organized military resistance in the city.

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Aired April 8, 2003 - 11:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: 2:24 a.m.: The Al-Jazeera network reports its reporter, Tariq Ayoub, has died after being injured this morning when a U.S. airstrike hit a building housing Arab media.

3:58 a.m.: Explosions reported around the Palestine Hotel, where many international journalists are staying. Central Command later confirms a U.S. tank shelled the hotel in response to sniper fire. The blast kills two camera man, one from Spanish TV, another from Reuters. Three Reuters journalists were injured.

5:33 a.m.: CNN's Martin Savidge, embedded with the 1st Battalion 7th Marines, says the Marines have found chemical protection suits and antidotes for chemical weapons in a field beside an industrial inside in southeast Baghdad. Nearby they found abandoned weapons and artillery pieces, which they demolished.

7:00 a.m.: U.S. Central Command says the coalition may never know if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein survived a U.S. airstrike yesterday. A B-1 bomber dropped four 2,000-pound bombs on a building in a residential area in Baghdad, after getting intelligence reports senior officials were meeting there, possibly including Saddam Hussein and his sons. Brigadier General Vince Brooks also confirmed that a U.S. A-10 Warthog aircraft was shot down by an Iraqi missile today. The pilot ejected and was rescued.

9:12 a.m.: CNN's Walter Rodgers, traveling with the 3rd Squadron 7th Cavalry, says a senior officer tells him pockets of resistance remain in Baghdad, but there is -- quote -- no longer any organized military resistance in the city.

(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