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War Recap

Aired March 28, 2003 - 07:54   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. Yet again, we mention the intense bombing on Baghdad last night right around 9:30-10:00 local time in the evening, one of the highlights, the many highlights throughout this developing war that Renay San Miguel now takes us through now.
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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): 9:34 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, 5:34 a.m. Friday in Iraq, CNN's Jamie McIntyre reports from the Pentagon that at least one of the bunker-buster bombs dropped on Baghdad Thursday was a 45,000 pound GBU-37 dropped from a B-2 Stealth bomber.

12:55 a.m. Eastern, CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from northern Iraq that coalition airstrikes this morning hit the city of Mosul and Iraqi positions close to Kurdish-controlled areas.

1:33 a.m., CNN's Martin Savidge, embedded with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, says the Marines are going after Iraqi paramilitary fighters who have been attacking coalition supply lines.

2:00 a.m., the British relief ship, Sir Galahad, begins moving toward the port of Umm Qasr, carrying nearly 200 tons of humanitarian aid. The shipment had been delayed because of concerns about mines in the waterway.

2:39 a.m., reporter Richard Gaisford with British forces near Basra says troops are handing out radios to civilians in the area. The radios will receive a coalition station that will carry information on aid distribution and safety.

3:03 a.m., CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports thousands of civilians trying to leave Basra were forced back when they fired on by militia forces backing Saddam Hussein.

4:07 a.m., the Iraqi information minister says coalition bombing overnight killed 26 civilians in the city of Najaf and 7 in Baghdad. He says more than 100 people have died in Basra since the war began.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: Renay, thank you.

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Aired March 28, 2003 - 07:54   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. Yet again, we mention the intense bombing on Baghdad last night right around 9:30-10:00 local time in the evening, one of the highlights, the many highlights throughout this developing war that Renay San Miguel now takes us through now.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): 9:34 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, 5:34 a.m. Friday in Iraq, CNN's Jamie McIntyre reports from the Pentagon that at least one of the bunker-buster bombs dropped on Baghdad Thursday was a 45,000 pound GBU-37 dropped from a B-2 Stealth bomber.

12:55 a.m. Eastern, CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from northern Iraq that coalition airstrikes this morning hit the city of Mosul and Iraqi positions close to Kurdish-controlled areas.

1:33 a.m., CNN's Martin Savidge, embedded with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, says the Marines are going after Iraqi paramilitary fighters who have been attacking coalition supply lines.

2:00 a.m., the British relief ship, Sir Galahad, begins moving toward the port of Umm Qasr, carrying nearly 200 tons of humanitarian aid. The shipment had been delayed because of concerns about mines in the waterway.

2:39 a.m., reporter Richard Gaisford with British forces near Basra says troops are handing out radios to civilians in the area. The radios will receive a coalition station that will carry information on aid distribution and safety.

3:03 a.m., CNN's Christiane Amanpour reports thousands of civilians trying to leave Basra were forced back when they fired on by militia forces backing Saddam Hussein.

4:07 a.m., the Iraqi information minister says coalition bombing overnight killed 26 civilians in the city of Najaf and 7 in Baghdad. He says more than 100 people have died in Basra since the war began.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: Renay, thank you.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.