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Troops in Kuwait Come Under Fire Again

Aired October 14, 2002 - 09:03   ET

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. troops training in Kuwait came under fire again today, the second time in a week now, the latest in a series of confrontations threatening American forces overseas.
The first came on Tuesday of last week. Two gunmen with suspected ties to al Qaeda fired on a group of Marines, killing one of them, wounding another. The latest on today's incident, Martin Savidge by way of video phone in Kuwait City, tracking that story for us. Marty, what do we know?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning again, Bill. Well, nobody was hurt. Nobody's been arrested, and there was no return fire from the U.S. military forces that were involved in the incident today. Let me tell you what happened. It was about 10 minutes of 8:00 this morning local time, and U.S. military units were up in a specially set aside training area of northern Kuwait.

Reportedly, two SUVs, civilian SUVs, pulled up in the area, and someone inside began firing at the U.S. forces. But, again, no U.S. military units were hit. We understand that nobody was wounded or hurt in any of this. But apparently, the gun persons or gun person got away, and that is all we know at this time.

There is an investigation that is underway by Kuwaiti security forces as well as U.S. military forces, and as you point out, it's the second shooting incident. The U.S. here would say it's the third. There was, of course, that terrible incident on Failaka Island on Tuesday in which one Marine was killed, another wounded. There was another one the day after, in which, apparently, some suspects approached a U.S. Humvee. One shot fired by the soldiers there. It is a nervous time here for forces in Kuwait -- Bill.

HEMMER: Martin, thank you. Martin Savidge in Kuwait City.

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Aired October 14, 2002 - 09:03   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. troops training in Kuwait came under fire again today, the second time in a week now, the latest in a series of confrontations threatening American forces overseas.
The first came on Tuesday of last week. Two gunmen with suspected ties to al Qaeda fired on a group of Marines, killing one of them, wounding another. The latest on today's incident, Martin Savidge by way of video phone in Kuwait City, tracking that story for us. Marty, what do we know?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning again, Bill. Well, nobody was hurt. Nobody's been arrested, and there was no return fire from the U.S. military forces that were involved in the incident today. Let me tell you what happened. It was about 10 minutes of 8:00 this morning local time, and U.S. military units were up in a specially set aside training area of northern Kuwait.

Reportedly, two SUVs, civilian SUVs, pulled up in the area, and someone inside began firing at the U.S. forces. But, again, no U.S. military units were hit. We understand that nobody was wounded or hurt in any of this. But apparently, the gun persons or gun person got away, and that is all we know at this time.

There is an investigation that is underway by Kuwaiti security forces as well as U.S. military forces, and as you point out, it's the second shooting incident. The U.S. here would say it's the third. There was, of course, that terrible incident on Failaka Island on Tuesday in which one Marine was killed, another wounded. There was another one the day after, in which, apparently, some suspects approached a U.S. Humvee. One shot fired by the soldiers there. It is a nervous time here for forces in Kuwait -- Bill.

HEMMER: Martin, thank you. Martin Savidge in Kuwait City.

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