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Iraqi Children Conduct Safety Drills

Aired March 09, 2003 - 17:42   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.


ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: No doubt, if you are of a certain age, you will remember doing duck-and-cover drills in school during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Well, kids in Baghdad are doing the drill now. CNN's Nic Robertson is there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): If a bomb fell on our school, the teacher tells her class, remember, we have lots of windows. No ordinary lessons now. These teenaged girls being prepared for war. In the schoolyard, training how to survive bombing. Teachers in this Baghdad school hoping these lessons will save lives.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Of course, we taught them the first aid, how to treat injured people.

ROBERTSON: At the weekly Iraqi briefing on weapons inspections, confirmation the country readying for war.

GEN. HOUSSAM AMIN, NATL. MONITORING DIRECTORATE.: We are preparing ourself for a war, at the same time we are working to resolve the outstanding issues with the Unmovic and the IAEA.

ROBERTSON: issues including the destruction of Al Samoud two missiles, another six destroyed this day.

AMIN: We are directing the destruction of Al Samoud 2 to give the opportunity to our friends in the Security Council to defend our case.

ROBERTSON: Amin indicating Iraq will do enough to head off a U.S.- and British-backed U.N. resolution demanding disarmament by March 17th.

AMIN: We think that these attempts will be refused by the other states.

ROBERTSON: In schoolyards across Iraq, preparations for war continue as officials realize even U.N. support may not head off war.

(on camera): While counting on divisions at the U.N. to slow moves to war, Iraqi officials say they are considering one more initiative -- inviting Mohammed ElBaradei and Hans Blix, the two U.N. weapons chiefs to Baghdad for talks on March 17, the day the deadline expires.

Nic Robertson, CNN, Baghdad.

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Aired March 9, 2003 - 17:42   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: No doubt, if you are of a certain age, you will remember doing duck-and-cover drills in school during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Well, kids in Baghdad are doing the drill now. CNN's Nic Robertson is there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): If a bomb fell on our school, the teacher tells her class, remember, we have lots of windows. No ordinary lessons now. These teenaged girls being prepared for war. In the schoolyard, training how to survive bombing. Teachers in this Baghdad school hoping these lessons will save lives.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Of course, we taught them the first aid, how to treat injured people.

ROBERTSON: At the weekly Iraqi briefing on weapons inspections, confirmation the country readying for war.

GEN. HOUSSAM AMIN, NATL. MONITORING DIRECTORATE.: We are preparing ourself for a war, at the same time we are working to resolve the outstanding issues with the Unmovic and the IAEA.

ROBERTSON: issues including the destruction of Al Samoud two missiles, another six destroyed this day.

AMIN: We are directing the destruction of Al Samoud 2 to give the opportunity to our friends in the Security Council to defend our case.

ROBERTSON: Amin indicating Iraq will do enough to head off a U.S.- and British-backed U.N. resolution demanding disarmament by March 17th.

AMIN: We think that these attempts will be refused by the other states.

ROBERTSON: In schoolyards across Iraq, preparations for war continue as officials realize even U.N. support may not head off war.

(on camera): While counting on divisions at the U.N. to slow moves to war, Iraqi officials say they are considering one more initiative -- inviting Mohammed ElBaradei and Hans Blix, the two U.N. weapons chiefs to Baghdad for talks on March 17, the day the deadline expires.

Nic Robertson, CNN, Baghdad.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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