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U.S. Forces in Iraq Attacked
Aired July 09, 2003 - 07:04 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. forces in Iraq came under attack today; this time in Fallujah. Meanwhile, CENTCOM is confirming that two more Iraqis from that list of 55 now in custody. And also, in addition to this, the training for the new police force continues.
In Baghdad now, and Jane Arraf is at the headquarters, where she is watching the training and the developments from there.
Jane -- good afternoon to you.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good afternoon, Bill.
Central Command confirms that there was a rocket-propelled grenade attack on U.S. military in Fallujah. That's that troubled town where this just does not stop, these attacks on U.S. forces. It's west of Baghdad.
Also reports, we're still checking, of gunfire in Fallujah, the same town, and in Ramadi, another town where there has been almost constant attacks and attempted attacks throughout ever since the end of this war.
Now, as you mentioned, two more arrests. They still haven't caught Saddam and his sons, but they are making progress on the rest of that list. And they are Mizban Khadr Al-Hadi, who is a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, Saddam's top ruling body, and a member of the Baath Party Regional Command. According to officials, he gave himself up in Baghdad yesterday.
Now, this man did not give himself up, but he was arrested, and he's a former interior minister, Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmed.
Now, people here at the police academy were overjoyed at the news. A lot of them served under him when he was in charge of the police, and there is certainly no tears shed that he is gone. Many of them were saying, is it really true? Did they capture him? Some of them were saying his family had put up fake death notices to get across the impression that he was dead and there was no use looking for him. But he has been captured.
Now, officials continue to say that the more people they capture on that wanted list, the more intelligence they get, the more these attacks will lessen. So far, we haven't seen that yet. There's still what appears to be an increase in the boldness of these attacks, not just against U.S. forces, but against police like Iraqi policemen -- Bill.
HEMMER: Jane Arraf live in Baghdad.
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Aired July 9, 2003 - 07:04 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. forces in Iraq came under attack today; this time in Fallujah. Meanwhile, CENTCOM is confirming that two more Iraqis from that list of 55 now in custody. And also, in addition to this, the training for the new police force continues.
In Baghdad now, and Jane Arraf is at the headquarters, where she is watching the training and the developments from there.
Jane -- good afternoon to you.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good afternoon, Bill.
Central Command confirms that there was a rocket-propelled grenade attack on U.S. military in Fallujah. That's that troubled town where this just does not stop, these attacks on U.S. forces. It's west of Baghdad.
Also reports, we're still checking, of gunfire in Fallujah, the same town, and in Ramadi, another town where there has been almost constant attacks and attempted attacks throughout ever since the end of this war.
Now, as you mentioned, two more arrests. They still haven't caught Saddam and his sons, but they are making progress on the rest of that list. And they are Mizban Khadr Al-Hadi, who is a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, Saddam's top ruling body, and a member of the Baath Party Regional Command. According to officials, he gave himself up in Baghdad yesterday.
Now, this man did not give himself up, but he was arrested, and he's a former interior minister, Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmed.
Now, people here at the police academy were overjoyed at the news. A lot of them served under him when he was in charge of the police, and there is certainly no tears shed that he is gone. Many of them were saying, is it really true? Did they capture him? Some of them were saying his family had put up fake death notices to get across the impression that he was dead and there was no use looking for him. But he has been captured.
Now, officials continue to say that the more people they capture on that wanted list, the more intelligence they get, the more these attacks will lessen. So far, we haven't seen that yet. There's still what appears to be an increase in the boldness of these attacks, not just against U.S. forces, but against police like Iraqi policemen -- Bill.
HEMMER: Jane Arraf live in Baghdad.
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