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In Baghdad, Top Military Commander Says War Not Over
Aired July 11, 2003 - 08:06 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: In Baghdad, the top U.S. military commander has declared that the war is not over. Today, there was a report of another attack on U.S. forces. But there's a sign that one tense situation may be easing.
Our Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf, all over that story, live in the Iraqi capital with more -- Jane, good afternoon there.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon. Bill.
Well, it's the town of Fallujah, west of here, and you'll remember that that is the scene of demonstrations and almost constant attacks on U.S. forces. Now, the U.S. military says some of those forces are withdrawing from an Iraqi police station in that town. They had 30 forces in the police station. They're withdrawing, drawing down to six of them.
Now, the U.S. military says it's a positive move, that it means that the Iraqis can police themselves. But it does come in the wake of protests, Bill, by some of those policemen, saying that U.S. troops should withdraw from that town entirely.
Now, it should help to defuse a tense situation, but the rest of that city remains somewhat troubled and it's not often that the U.S. military announces civilian deaths. But -- sorry, civilian casualties. But they are saying that two Iraqi civilians were wounded in the crossfire last night after a U.S. Army patrol, a U.S. military patrol came under attack on the road to the airport. They say they were responding to rocket propelled grenade attack. They opened fire, wounding one Iraqi in the abdomen, the other one in the neck -- Bill.
HEMMER: Jane Arraf live in Baghdad.
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Aired July 11, 2003 - 08:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: In Baghdad, the top U.S. military commander has declared that the war is not over. Today, there was a report of another attack on U.S. forces. But there's a sign that one tense situation may be easing.
Our Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf, all over that story, live in the Iraqi capital with more -- Jane, good afternoon there.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good afternoon. Bill.
Well, it's the town of Fallujah, west of here, and you'll remember that that is the scene of demonstrations and almost constant attacks on U.S. forces. Now, the U.S. military says some of those forces are withdrawing from an Iraqi police station in that town. They had 30 forces in the police station. They're withdrawing, drawing down to six of them.
Now, the U.S. military says it's a positive move, that it means that the Iraqis can police themselves. But it does come in the wake of protests, Bill, by some of those policemen, saying that U.S. troops should withdraw from that town entirely.
Now, it should help to defuse a tense situation, but the rest of that city remains somewhat troubled and it's not often that the U.S. military announces civilian deaths. But -- sorry, civilian casualties. But they are saying that two Iraqi civilians were wounded in the crossfire last night after a U.S. Army patrol, a U.S. military patrol came under attack on the road to the airport. They say they were responding to rocket propelled grenade attack. They opened fire, wounding one Iraqi in the abdomen, the other one in the neck -- Bill.
HEMMER: Jane Arraf live in Baghdad.
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