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CENTCOM: 1 American Soldier Killed in Northern Iraq
Aired April 27, 2003 - 10:32 ET
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KELLI ARENA, CNN ANCHOR: In the new Iraq, more American casualties. This time in northern Iraq. U.S. Central Command says one soldier was killed and another hurt. Their Bradley fighting vehicle rolled over in Tikrit. The soldiers were responding to enemy fire. Meanwhile, north of Tikrit, some Iraqis kick off their boots to make a statement. Our Jane Arraf is in Erbil with more -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Kelli, it's an indication that many parts of this area, including around here, are still relatively volatile. Now, the U.S. Army has started joint patrols with Iraqi police in the hopes that this will stabilize things and inspire confidence in the population. They've begun to do this in Mosul, which has been extremely volatile. They're going around the city and they're also starting to do things like trying to get gasoline back into the city and paying public workers and the general there says they're going to do that with Saddam's own cash, some of the $600 million that was found in cash in some of the palaces, he says.
Now, in the city of Kirkuk, which is in the heart of the northern oil fields, there were also joint patrols for appeared to be the first time on Sunday with the U.S. Army and Iraqi police who have been brought back into the force. They're patrolling those streets.
And in a lot of places across this country, with all those statues of Saddam toppled and the murals defaced, it's kind of left a big, wide-open space in a lot of public areas. In the city of Kirkuk, they have figured out what to do with one of those. Just three weeks ago, a giant statue of Saddam came toppling down after Iraqis forces withdraw to applause and cheers from the population. Now, this weekend, we've seen a new statue emerge and it's a man made of Army boots, an indication that war is over and peace, hopefully, is here to stay -- Kelli.
ARENA: Well, that was fast work. Thanks so much, Jane.
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Aired April 27, 2003 - 10:32 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KELLI ARENA, CNN ANCHOR: In the new Iraq, more American casualties. This time in northern Iraq. U.S. Central Command says one soldier was killed and another hurt. Their Bradley fighting vehicle rolled over in Tikrit. The soldiers were responding to enemy fire. Meanwhile, north of Tikrit, some Iraqis kick off their boots to make a statement. Our Jane Arraf is in Erbil with more -- Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Kelli, it's an indication that many parts of this area, including around here, are still relatively volatile. Now, the U.S. Army has started joint patrols with Iraqi police in the hopes that this will stabilize things and inspire confidence in the population. They've begun to do this in Mosul, which has been extremely volatile. They're going around the city and they're also starting to do things like trying to get gasoline back into the city and paying public workers and the general there says they're going to do that with Saddam's own cash, some of the $600 million that was found in cash in some of the palaces, he says.
Now, in the city of Kirkuk, which is in the heart of the northern oil fields, there were also joint patrols for appeared to be the first time on Sunday with the U.S. Army and Iraqi police who have been brought back into the force. They're patrolling those streets.
And in a lot of places across this country, with all those statues of Saddam toppled and the murals defaced, it's kind of left a big, wide-open space in a lot of public areas. In the city of Kirkuk, they have figured out what to do with one of those. Just three weeks ago, a giant statue of Saddam came toppling down after Iraqis forces withdraw to applause and cheers from the population. Now, this weekend, we've seen a new statue emerge and it's a man made of Army boots, an indication that war is over and peace, hopefully, is here to stay -- Kelli.
ARENA: Well, that was fast work. Thanks so much, Jane.
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