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War Recap
Aired March 25, 2003 - 07:48 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.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back here live in Kuwait City, military planners would say that Mother Nature is neutral. If it's rainy and windy for one side, it's rainy and windy for the other. And certainly Mother Nature is a story, at least today anyway and possibly going into tomorrow on Wednesday.
As we look back now on the past 24 hours, in addition to the weather, Renay San Miguel now has a look at the most significant developments right now in the war in Iraq.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Recapping developments in the past few hours. 7:27 p.m. Monday, 3:27 a.m. in Iraq, CNN's Frank Buckley on board the USS Constellation reports that coalition aircraft are targeting Saddam International Airport near Baghdad.
8:52 p.m., CNN's Jamie McIntyre at the Pentagon confirms that the U.S. has destroyed the Apache helicopter that landed in Karbala, Iraq yesterday. The two American pilots were taken prisoner by Iraq.
12:05 a.m., Ben Wedeman reports a fourth night of heavy bombing in the northern Iraq city of Mosul.
12:30 a.m., Gary Striker on board the USS Roosevelt reports planes from that carrier will switch away from massive bombing to focus on hitting targets of opportunity and providing air support for ground troops.
1:04 a.m., CNN's Art Harris, traveling with the 2nd Marine Division, reports heavy fighting for a third day in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya.
1:25 a.m., CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports that the city of Basra is now considered a legitimate military target, according to British military officials. They tell her the hope is to wear down Iraqi forces in the city and facilitate getting humanitarian aid to civilians there.
3:38 a.m., Daryn Kagan reports from Kuwait that relief agencies there are shipping food to Iraq, which will be shipped in as quickly as possible.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HEMMER: Renay San Miguel again with the latest developments that we have all witnessed over the past several hours.
One more at this hour, the air raid sirens are back here in Kuwait, the second time that we've had this in the past 15 hours. An Iraqi missile was fired in the Kuwaiti airspace earlier today here in Kuwait, knocked out of the sky by yet again another Patriot missile battery. What comes of this one we're not quite certain just yet, but we'll let you know when we get that word.
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Aired March 25, 2003 - 07:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back here live in Kuwait City, military planners would say that Mother Nature is neutral. If it's rainy and windy for one side, it's rainy and windy for the other. And certainly Mother Nature is a story, at least today anyway and possibly going into tomorrow on Wednesday.
As we look back now on the past 24 hours, in addition to the weather, Renay San Miguel now has a look at the most significant developments right now in the war in Iraq.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Recapping developments in the past few hours. 7:27 p.m. Monday, 3:27 a.m. in Iraq, CNN's Frank Buckley on board the USS Constellation reports that coalition aircraft are targeting Saddam International Airport near Baghdad.
8:52 p.m., CNN's Jamie McIntyre at the Pentagon confirms that the U.S. has destroyed the Apache helicopter that landed in Karbala, Iraq yesterday. The two American pilots were taken prisoner by Iraq.
12:05 a.m., Ben Wedeman reports a fourth night of heavy bombing in the northern Iraq city of Mosul.
12:30 a.m., Gary Striker on board the USS Roosevelt reports planes from that carrier will switch away from massive bombing to focus on hitting targets of opportunity and providing air support for ground troops.
1:04 a.m., CNN's Art Harris, traveling with the 2nd Marine Division, reports heavy fighting for a third day in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya.
1:25 a.m., CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports that the city of Basra is now considered a legitimate military target, according to British military officials. They tell her the hope is to wear down Iraqi forces in the city and facilitate getting humanitarian aid to civilians there.
3:38 a.m., Daryn Kagan reports from Kuwait that relief agencies there are shipping food to Iraq, which will be shipped in as quickly as possible.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HEMMER: Renay San Miguel again with the latest developments that we have all witnessed over the past several hours.
One more at this hour, the air raid sirens are back here in Kuwait, the second time that we've had this in the past 15 hours. An Iraqi missile was fired in the Kuwaiti airspace earlier today here in Kuwait, knocked out of the sky by yet again another Patriot missile battery. What comes of this one we're not quite certain just yet, but we'll let you know when we get that word.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
