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American Morning

Camp Rhino Becoming Logistical Nightmare

Aired December 26, 2001 - 08:01   ET

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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Also with us, Bill Hemmer. He's with the troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where evening is just coming upon him -- hello, Bill.

BILL HEMMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Miles -- hello again. I just saw a beautiful sunset off to the west here -- really beautiful. We've seen that time and time again here in the desert of southern Afghanistan.

We continue to see more signs and more progress of the U.S. Marines at Camp Rhino, the initial forward compound for the Marines set up about a month ago. It will be shut down sometime soon, possibly within days. They say logistically, it's just become a nightmare. But ultimately though and critically though, what it shows us is the continued progress on the ground here at the airport here in Kandahar. Again, day to day, hour by hour, they continue to improve conditions here. We'll talk a lot more about that coming up here.

Also, Miles, a tense situation still under way at a hospital in downtown Kandahar. We'll have details for you on that and more momentarily when we come back here -- back to you, Miles.

O'BRIEN: All right, Bill, we'll check in with you shortly -- thank you very much.

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