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Grenade Attack in Iraqi City of Fallujah

Aired May 01, 2003 - 08:33   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More on that grenade attack in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
Karl Penhaul is there, and he brings us up-to-date.

Hello again, Karl.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Carol.

Yes, behind me, the base, the U.S. compound where last night's grenade attack took place. I talked to the commander in charge of that base, Colonel Kobe (ph) Green, and he told me two men dressed in civilian clothes made their way around to the rear of the compound last night after dark, started with small arms fire, and then tossed a couple of grenades into the rear of the compound. The colonel says seven U.S. soldiers were injured in that attack. None of them seriously, but they have been evacuated for further treatment.

Nevertheless, during the course of the day, U.S. soldiers did resume control around parts of the town. We're talking to some of the civilians to find out, a, who was responsible for last night's grenade attack, but also to find out a little bit about the sources of tension that we've seen in the town over the last few days.

As you know, there have been protests here since Monday, and in those protests, those protests have ended in chaos with U.S. troops opening fire on the crowds, and so far this week, 17 Iraqi civilians have died, and more than 65 others have been wounded in those shootings. This morning, there were much smaller protests outside the gates of the compound, anti-American slogans and some banners calling for the troops to go home, but no repeat of the violence -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All, Karl Penhaul, thanks for the update, live from Fallujah, Iraq this morning.

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Aired May 1, 2003 - 08:33   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: More on that grenade attack in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.
Karl Penhaul is there, and he brings us up-to-date.

Hello again, Karl.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Carol.

Yes, behind me, the base, the U.S. compound where last night's grenade attack took place. I talked to the commander in charge of that base, Colonel Kobe (ph) Green, and he told me two men dressed in civilian clothes made their way around to the rear of the compound last night after dark, started with small arms fire, and then tossed a couple of grenades into the rear of the compound. The colonel says seven U.S. soldiers were injured in that attack. None of them seriously, but they have been evacuated for further treatment.

Nevertheless, during the course of the day, U.S. soldiers did resume control around parts of the town. We're talking to some of the civilians to find out, a, who was responsible for last night's grenade attack, but also to find out a little bit about the sources of tension that we've seen in the town over the last few days.

As you know, there have been protests here since Monday, and in those protests, those protests have ended in chaos with U.S. troops opening fire on the crowds, and so far this week, 17 Iraqi civilians have died, and more than 65 others have been wounded in those shootings. This morning, there were much smaller protests outside the gates of the compound, anti-American slogans and some banners calling for the troops to go home, but no repeat of the violence -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All, Karl Penhaul, thanks for the update, live from Fallujah, Iraq this morning.

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