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World Cup 2006; Israel Launches Offensive Against Militants; Zarqawi Alive Immediately After Attack
Aired June 09, 2006 - 12:00 ET
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JIM CLANCY, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Ladies and Gentlemen, start your enthusiasm. World Cup fans the world over turning to Germany as play is right now set to get under way.
HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Also, a surprising discovery in Baquba. What Iraqi forces and U.S. troops found there.
CLANCY: And attacks and counter strikes. Israel hits Gaza after a rocket launch.
GORANI: It's 6:00 p.m. in Munich, Germany, 8:00 p.m. in Baquba.
I'm Hala Gorani.
CLANCY: I'm Jim Clancy.
And this is YOUR WORLD TODAY.
GORANI: The stadium is packed, the beer is flowing. The beer is flowing -- it's Germany, after all, Jim, right? And the anticipation is high.
CLANCY: Welcome everyone in the United States and around the world. We're going to try to sell you, as Hala promised, on the World Cup 2006. Football's premier event now under way.
GORANI: The first game kicks off in Munich, Germany, any moment now. But for sports lovers, the party has been in motion for a while.
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CLANCY: Now, they waited for four years. They've gone through a couple of years of qualifiers. Now many thousands of fans from all around the globe literally have converged on Germany. World Cup organizers say they expect one million people to visit the country in person to watch these events live.
GORANI: Everything about this tournament is big. Let's take a look at some of the statistics
CLANCY: Now, we've got 32 teams in all competing, including six past champions, six past winners. There's 736 players taking part in 64 matches over the course of the next month -- Hala.
GORANI: All 3.2 million tickets for the games have been sold, of course, and the number of people who will be watching on television is also pretty impressive.
CLANCY: Yes, it is. In fact, one billion people expected to tune into the final. Almost -- that's one out of every six human beings on the planet.
GORANI: Now, some fans wrap themselves with the colors of their flag, others wear crazy hats and paint their faces.
CLANCY: You know, as they mill around in the streets, the German streets, we've been watching them.
CNN's Chris Burns caught up with some, well, I guess we could say rather excited fans there in Berlin.
GORANI: I think we can.
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CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Here, as you can see, Brandenburg Gate, Germany, has football, soccer on the brain. Some three million will be attending these games. Some one million people from outside the country. Billions will be watching around the world, and that gives Germany a chance to try to project a new, more modern, friendlier image of itself to try to put the dark history behind.
Of course, security is also a concern. Some 200,000 police will be on hand watching the games, 7,000 troops watching as well for any -- any kind of terrorist or Neo-Nazi, or any hooligan activity. But we're hoping that this turns out to be the party it's supposed to be. The government hoping that it's stays to live up to its motto, "A time to make friends."
Chris Burns, CNN, Berlin.
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GORANI: Well, I think that our reporters there are going to have to get used to the people screaming behind them and the weird hats and the drunken fans.
Host nation Germany is taking on the Ticos of Costa Rica in the first match. That game has just gotten under way. Let's take a closer look at today's fixtures and a preview of things ahead.
We go now to Mark McKay, who joins us now live from Berlin.
Germany v. Costa Rica.
MARK MCKAY, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: You got it, Hala. Hello.
Fortunately, we are one level above the ground here on the Brandenburg Gate. Right outside the cheering is on. Let me go back to a bit of the stats that you used there.
Thirty-two teams, 736 players. Every one of them want to be here in one month. That is when the World Cup final will be played in Berlin. But as you mentioned, there's a lot of football to be played, and it kicked off just a moment ago in the Bavarian capital of Munich. That is where the host nation, Germany, is meeting Costa Rica.
As the fans watched this proceedings, the early minutes of this match just under way, one of the biggest "will he" or "won't he" questions leading into this affair was answered just before the match kicked off. We're talking about the German star midfielder Michael Ballack.
He was left off the roster by his coach, Jurgen Klinsmann. Ballack, considered to be Germany's best player, has yet to fully recover from a calf injury, at least according to the team.
Now, Ballack himself, he was quoted in Friday's editions of the German publication "Bild" (ph) as saying that he was pain-free and fit. He even proclaimed, "I want to play."
Well, he's not going to do it, at least not yet. And Hala, it's probably just as well. Germany, they don't want to risk further injury to their star. In fact, we saw him on the bench just moments ago as the match down in Munich kicked off against Costa Rica -- Hala.
GORANI: OK. Mark, here's what we want to know and what we want to tell our viewers, as well. This game is happening in Munich, but fans around the country and around the world are still geared up for it.
Why is there so much passion for this sport? Give us a sense of what's going on in Germany, as well.
MCKAY: It has been four years since the World Cup, and right when the final ended in South Korea four years ago, when Brazil won it all, everybody was gearing up for this one.
Nine years ago, Germany bid for this. They bid behind their superstar, Franz Beckenbauer. A player, he won the World Cup. As a coach he won the World Cup.
He was instrumental in bringing this tournament to this country. It's been 32 years since Germany has hosted the World Cup.
Back in 1974, then West Germany beat Holland. So the host nation did perform. There will be pressure on Germany.
But, you know, those without tickets, they have not been left out in the cold. And these pictures certainly do tell the story.
Huge video screens not only set up down in Munich, but up here in the north in Berlin, and all across the countryside, giving the fans who do not have the connections or were lucky enough to get tickets a sense of what's going on as their team currently plays Costa Rica.
GORANI: Because, Mark McKay -- just because, Mark McKay, what we're seeing here aren't just people milling around. This is just people who happen to be standing there. They're actually watching jumbo video screens. I mean, it's unbelievable the enthusiasm. MCKAY: They certainly are. We have one set up just behind us here at the Brandenburg Gate. And I actually just before kickoff...
GORANI: Oh, what happened?
MCKAY: ... I saw what happened -- it seems like we have a goal.
GORANI: Germany just scored!
MCKAY: It's out of camera range for me, but it is Germany. They've gone ahead. How about that?
GORANI: Germany, 1, Costa Rica, nil.
MCKAY: We can bring it to you. Germany has gone ahead.
GORANI: All right.
MCKAY: I don't think you need me to tell you that, though, do you, Hala?
GORANI: All right. Thanks so much.
Mark McKay coming to us live from Germany with the very first goal. I think this might qualify as one of the fastest-scoring events there in World Cup.
All right. We're going to go back to Mark a bit later, but for now -- Jim.
CLANCY: Well, you know, it's because of legal rights and things like that we can't actually show you the game. We can, though, tell you -- you can look and see the fans -- how things are going.
Earlier, we had talked to both German and Costa Rica fans about giving their predictions about this first match. Now, remember, it looks now like the Germans are out in front, but the Costa Ricans, they're predicting what's going to happen in the end is they'll get the next two goals and win it.
Listen to this.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Costa Rica is going to play an excellent match. We'll play the best match in the world ad we'll win 2-1.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): 4-0 tonight, and Germany is going to be in the final against Brazil or France. And we are going to win.
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CLANCY: Now, throughout this World Cup, we want to hear from you, you the fans. Weigh in here and let us know what you're thinking, if you're going to or if you're already there at the World Cup. Send us an e-mail of your photos, any video that you have of you and your friends enjoying the World Cup. And tell us what you're thinking.
Send your comments to worldcup@cnn.com.
GORANI: All right. Let's take a look at CNN's Internet fan zone.
CLANCY: That's right. We've been asking you, the fans, to get involved by e-mailing us, by sending us photos, videos, comments. And we're getting a strong result in this category -- songs.
GORANI: Surprisingly -- songs. All right.
Peter Inzini (ph) from South Korea sent us a song they wrote especially for South Korean fans.
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GORANI: So named because South Korean fans will need a wakeup call -- "Wakeup for the World Cup" it's called -- for many of the games which will start early in the morning South Korean time.
CLANCY: And I didn't even know that you spoke Korean. You know that?
GORANI: Of course I do. I'm fluent in Korean.
CLANCY: Well, the fans getting younger and younger.
Suzanne Bailey (ph) sent us pictures of Thomas (ph), her grandson. Where is he?
GORANI: There he is.
CLANCY: She says Thomas (ph) was born in Germany to a Swedish mother and an English father. He's going to have a confused football fan career.
GORANI: Well, I tell you, the English football team has a Swedish coach.
So anyway -- and sometimes a fan of England, she says. Things will get interesting when England and Sweden play later. There he is the same baby.
And what is that that he's drinking, Jim?
CLANCY: I have no idea.
Marcus (ph) from Germany, though, sent us this. It's a picture of his sister having a good time with a mascot. OK.
GORANI: We didn't get to see that one.
CLANCY: No, we didn't.
GORANI: All right. Let's move on.
Do we have other pictures before we move on?
CLANCY: Keep sending in the pictures.
GORANI: Keep sending them in. All right.
Well...
CLANCY: OK. Where are we going?
GORANI: Where are we going?
CLANCY: Yes, let's check the inbox. Let's do that, and go ahead and ask people what they have.
We've been asking today, "What lengths would you go to to watch a World Cup game? Would you even call in sick to work?"
Hala would.
GORANI: E-mail us your comments to YWT@CNN.com. Now, be honest. You can even e-mail us anonymously.
CLANCY: We won't tell anybody, although we've been telling people all day.
GORANI: All right.
Now, we're going to take a short break here on YOUR WORLD TODAY. When we come back, definitely a more serious story.
CLANCY: Right. We're concerned about the violence that has been escalating in Gaza. We're going to bring you a live report. Fatalities reported in a renewed Israeli military offensive about Palestinian militants firing missiles into Israel.
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GORANI: All right. Welcome back to YOUR WORLD TODAY.
A wave of violence escalating in northern Gaza. Israeli gun boats and warplanes have attacked several targets. Fatalities are reported. This is part of an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Fionnuala Sweeney joins us live in Jerusalem with the latest.
We have car explosions, we have targeted cars, we have shellings on a beach. Tell us the latest -- Fionnuala.
FIONNUALA SWEENEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, as you say, Hala, there have been ongoing Israeli military activity in and around the northern Gaza, southern Israel border for some time. Kassam rockets have been launched by Palestinian militants into the southern Israeli region, and over the past few weeks those have increased in intensity. And Israel has stepped up its military response to that.
However, it would appear that within the last few hours, the Israeli response has been such that there are a number of fatalities, including perhaps the most serious incident. Twelve people, we understand, who were picnicking on a beach in northern Gaza, hit when Israeli navy gunship artillery shells fired into the area.
Let's have a look at some of the pictures that have been coming to us over the past couple of hours.
This girl, one of the family members who beside her saw her father die, we are told, in this artillery shelling. As a result, within the last few minutes, the Israeli military has said it is suspending all firing in the area until the end of the investigation into this incident on the beach.
This incident is an area in northern Gaza, Hala, which has been called no man's land over the past few weeks. And it is from this area that rockets have been launched into southern Israel.
These rockets have become something of an embarrassment for the Israeli government because they were quite amateurishly fired in recent months. But lately they have increased in intensity. And this incident just one of several incidents happening on Friday.
I should add that also this afternoon three militants have been dead in an airstrike on a car when an Israeli airplane hit it with a missile. Also, elsewhere in northern Gaza, two Hamas militants dead in another airstrike on their car -- Hala.
GORANI: Fionnuala, we have time for a quick question. And those attempts at dialogue and national reconciliation, if we can call it that, between Hamas and Fatah, Abu Mazen's party, where do those stand and will a referendum take place?
SWEENEY: Well, I think President Mahmoud Abbas has been in meetings over the last 10 days, and particularly today, in the run-up of what was expected to be an announcement tomorrow that he was going to hold a referendum on what is known as the so-called prisoner's document. That's a document drawn out by Palestinian militants of all factions who are prisoners in Israeli jails agreeing on a number of conditions.
First of all, that Hamas recognize Israel. And secondly, that it recognize the 1967 (INAUDIBLE) of any future Palestinian state. But I have to say, Hala, the incidents of this afternoon in which I should say that President Abbas has condemned as a bloody massacre within the last few minutes, indeed calling for international intervention, may have put all these negotiations on the sidelines.
It going to be very hard for Abu Mazen to negotiate with Hamas. He is caught between a rock and a hard place, so to speak, with Israel saying it wants to talk with him. But these incidents are going to make it very difficult for him to carry any kind of credibility and any discussions with Israel and, of course, with Hamas really breathing down his neck.
He, a member of Fatah. Hamas, of course, the government, going to be in a very difficult position concerning its more than a year- long truce now, unofficial truce it's been holding with Israel not to fire attacks -- Hala.
GORANI: All right. Fionnuala Sweeney live in Jerusalem -- Jim..
CLANCY: All right. We're learning some new details this day about the death of Iraq's most wanted terrorist.
It turns out that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was not killed immediately when two 500-pound bombs leveled his hideout near Baquba.
Barbara Starr brings us the latest now from the Pentagon.
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BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: The top U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad now offering stunning new details that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi survived that airstrike, at least for a few minutes, before he died on a stretcher. Major General Bill Caldwell telling reporters here in the Pentagon via a video press conference that Iraqi police, who were the first to arrive on the scene, put Zarqawi, alive, on a stretcher, and when U.S. force arrived within minutes, they could confirm that Zarqawi was still alive, although he died very quickly.
Listen to a bit of the news briefing.
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STARR: Can you give us the definitive word now? Do you have any information that Zarqawi initially survived the airstrike, that he was alive at any point in the hands of either Iraqi or U.S. forces?
MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM CALDWELL, U.S. ARMY: I'm reading the report. I did not talk specifically to any uniformed person, but according to the report, we did in fact see him alive. There was some kind of movement he had on the stretcher, and he died shortly thereafter.
STARR: Did anyone render medical assistance to him?
CALDWELL: As I was reading the report, they went into the process to provide medical care to him.
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STARR: General Caldwell confirming that Zarqawi mumbled, and apparently in the last moments of his life attempted to turn away from troops nearby, turned away on that stretcher just before he died.
There has been some autopsy type work done on the body. General Caldwell saying at this point thehere is no indication that Zarqawi was shot in those final minutes, that he apparently did die of his mortal injuries from that airstrike. General Caldwell also going on to say that the man they now believe is taking over for Zarqawi in the Al Qaeda in Iraq organization, an Egyptian named al-Masri, has in fact had communications with Osama bin Laden's number two man, Ayman al- Zawahiri.
Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.
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GORANI: Iraqi authorities are promising to capitalize on al- Zarqawi's death, saying they hope it will be a tipping point in the war against the insurgency.
As John Vause reports, their immediate challenge is trying to ward off any possible reprisals.
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JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The deserted city streets of Baghdad. For four hours at the time of noon prayers, all traffic was banned from the capital and northern city of Baquba. The logic was simple, no cars mean no suicide car bombings.
"It's a healthy security move," said this Baghdad resident. And he was right. While the streets were quiet, so, too, the insurgents.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his fighters often targeted Shiite mosques with car bombs, especially at Friday prayers, the most important and most crowded day of worship. The Iraqi government still fears there will be bloody retaliation for the death of the man known as "The Prince of al Qaeda." And while many Iraqis have celebrated his demise, many others fear it will have little impact on the daily violence.
"I believe nothing will change," says this man. "It's not because of Zarqawi. If they want to improve the security, they should control the militias in the country."
And some have questioned whether al-Zarqawi was as big to the insurgency a as the U.S. claimed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): From the first moment of the American occupation of Iraq, the Americans had deliberately exaggerated Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's role as an excuse for the continued American presence in Iraq and to link Iraqi resistance to global terror.
VAUSE: Zarqawi's foreign fighters have been only a small part of the overall violence in Iraq. And his brutal tactic, kidnappings, beheadings, and targeting civilians, according to some U.S. assessments, cost him support not only among Iraqis, but within al Qaeda as well.
(on camera): The U.S. military expects Zarqawi to be quickly replaced, but his death might just ease some of the tensions between Sunnis an Shiites which have pushed this country to the brink of civil war.
John Vause, CNN, Baghdad.
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CLANCY: Well, meantime, in a message that was obviously made before the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's second in command describes Zarqawi as the lion of jihad in Islam. Friday, the Arabic language network Al-Jazeera aired a portion of the videotape by Ayman al-Zawahiri.
In it, he criticizes the economic blockade against the Palestinians and urges them to reject the referendum that would de facto create recognition of the state of Israel and a compromise agreement with the Israelis for a Palestinian state. Al Qaeda coming down against that. He called on Muslims worldwide to support the Palestinians, though.
GORANI: Let's bring you up to date on the score of the opening game of the World Cup in Munich, Germany.
Well, you saw there at the top of the hour that Germany scored very quickly, but look at it now. Germany, 2, Costa Rica 1.
Just a few minutes ago, Costa Rica equalized, 1-all. And then Germany put one in the net again. Germany 2, Costa Rica 1, 20 minutes into the 90 minute game.
We'll keep you updated, of course, with the latest on that opening match. And here are some more photos sent to our fan zone.
Marcus (ph) from Germany sent us this.
What is that fluffy thing in the middle? It's a picture of his sisters having a good time with the mascot for the World Cup called Galio (ph).
And finally, Marchester (ph) from Ghana is not going to be able to go to Germany, but he says he and his family will be watching from home and the office. And there seems to be a group photo of everybody who's interested in the World Cup this year in that family.
You can send us your comments and photos, too, by e-mail, worldcup@CNN.com. And we'll try to include them in our newscast.
For our viewers in the United States, a look at the headlines coming up.
CLANCY: And for the rest of us, kicking up the profits, the vast story of businesses that hope to cash in on this year's World Cup.
We're going to keep you up to date. Stay with us.
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen at the CNN Center right here in Atlanta. More of YOUR WORLD TODAY in just a few minutes. But first, a check on some stories making headlines in the U.S.
President Bush meets with an ally in the Iraq war, and the elimination of Iraq's top terrorists was part of that discussion. Mr. Bush held a news conference with the Danish prime minister just a short time ago.
CNN's Kathleen Koch joins us live from the White House with the latest on what developed out of that.
Hi there, Kathleen.
KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Betty.
The two men described each other as close friend, as allies. They said that their meeting so far has been very productive.
Denmark has more than 500 troops in Iraq, nearly 400 in Afghanistan. And it recently committed to keeping its troops in Iraq for another year. Both men spoke of the importance of the mission there.
And President Bush was asked about his more cautious tone in reacting to the death Wednesday of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm thrilled that Zarqawi was brought to justice. And I am so proud of our troops and intelligence officers who brought him to justice.
This man had a lot of blood on his hands. He killed a lot of people. And it's a big deal to have brought him to justice.
Having said that, I don't want the American people to think that a war is won with the death of one person. That we have still more work to do.
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KOCH: Prime Minister Rasmussen asked President Bush some tough questions about incidents of alleged crimes and human rights abuses by U.S. forces in Iraq at Abu Ghraib prison, in the cities of Hamdaniya and Haditha. And President Bush said he assured the prime minister that such incidents are "contrary to what we believe," and that if crimes were committed that those responsible would be brought to justice -- Betty.
NGUYEN: Kathleen Koch, thank you.
Well, the race card enters a bribery scandal involving Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson. He is vowing not to step down amid pressures from some Democrats to give up his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. And now the Black Caucus is weighing in. Its chairman says African-Americans might wonder why a black member of Congress would be stripped of his committee post with neither rule nor precedent to justify. The FBI says it has proof Jefferson accepted $100,000 in bribes. Jefferson denies it.
Bowing to legal and ethical problems, a former House majority leader leaves Capitol Hill today. He is going out swinging, though.
His fiery farewell speech yesterday prompted some two dozen Democrats to walk out. Tom DeLay says he's exiting stage right, but won't say he's leaving the political arena for good. He says at least for now he is going to help other Republicans get elected.
An extremely dramatic and unusual rescue in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look at this.
This is what happened. OK, a twin-engine plane experienced engine trouble during a flight from California to Hilo, Hawaii. The pilot radioed the Coast Guard, which then sent a plane to help.
Now, the crew dropped flares into the ocean, creating a makeshift runway. That allowed the troubled plane to crash-land in the water, and that's what you see there. The two people on board -- this is what's so amazing -- picked up by a nearby ship. Nobody was hurt.
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NGUYEN: Coming up at the top of the hour on "LIVE FROM," fighting the war on terror. How the Internet is quickly becoming the new terrorist training camp. Meanwhile, YOUR WORLD TODAY continues right after a quick break. I'm Betty Nguyen.
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GORANI: Welcome back to YOUR WORLD TODAY. I'm Hala Gorani.
CLANCY: I'm Jim Clancy, and these are the stories making headlines right now around the world.
It's an action-packed game in Muenchen -- Munich, Germany. , of course, scoring the first goal of the World Cup of 2006. Why not? It's the home nation. Shortly after, though, the Ticos of Costa Rica replied, then Germany hit them with another score. Two to one right now. The game in Munich getting underway after a lavish opening ceremony that featured great players from the past. All 3.2 million World Cup tickets have been sold out for a full month of matches.
GORANI: Israeli war planes and gun boats have fired on targets in northern Gaza. A naval ship fired artillery shells into a coastal area. At least 20 people were wounded and reports of at least seven killed on the that beach. The Israeli army is investigating the incident. Israel also targeted a car, killing three people. Israel says the men inside were about to launch a Kassam rocket into Israel.
CLANCY: The U.S. military reports Abu Musab al-Zarqawi did not die immediately in the bomb blast. He survived a short time after the air strike that killed him at his hide-out north of Baghdad. The military reporting Iraqi police were the first on the scene. They put him on a stretcher, then U.S. troops arrived. He shifted -- he recognized them or seemed to, mumbled a few words, and then, they say, he expired from his wounds. Al-Zarqawi was the most wanted terrorist in Iraq. GORANI: Well, al-Zarqawi was born in Jordan, but his death drew few tears there. He'd alienated even some of his own sympathizers when his network carried out fatal bombings last year in some hotels in Amman.
Kevin Flower has more.
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KEVIN FLOWER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): While much of the world knows Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the terrorist scourge behind beheadings and car bombings in Iraq, Jordanians will forever remember him as the mastermind behind this: nearly simultaneous suicide bombings targeting tourists and others in the country's capital last November.
Some 60 people were killed, with bombs exploding at three popular hotels. Thirty-eight died here as they were celebrating a wedding. It was the first large-scale terrorist attack in the small kingdom and served as a wakeup call that Jordanians were not immune to the violence raging in their next door neighbor, Iraq.
The Jordanian government was well-acquainted with Zarqawi. A full decade before becoming public enemy number one in Iraq, Jordanian intelligence was tracking its native son.
GEN. ALI SHURKI, ADVISER TO KING HUSSEIN: He started to plan attacks against tourists coming into Jordan..
FLOWER: He was imprisoned in 1992 for conspiring to overthrow the monarchy, but later freed under an amnesty granted by the king. Then sentenced to death in absentia for his role in planning the 2002 assassination of an American diplomat in Amman. But it was his grisly handiwork in last year's hotel bombing that brought thousands of Jordanians to the streets in vocal opposition to his tactics.
In his hometown, news of Zarqawi's death has been met with more ambivalence. "We do know if he was fighting for Islam or his beliefs," this resident says. "If he was fighting for Islam, may God let his soul rest in peace. If he was not, God Will judge him."
And for some of his family members, pride and admiration for Zarqawi's legacy. "He is the martyr of Islam," his brother-in-law says. "And he is the imam of all Muslims. I'm happy about his martyrdom. This is not a death. It is martyrdom."
(on camera): For its part, the Jordanian government expressed satisfaction that Zarqawi's reign of terror is now over, and cited the important role its intelligence agencies played in his death. But as long as the war in Iraq continues, the kingdom will stay on guard.
Kevin Flower, CNN, Amman.
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CLANCY: All right, we're going to turn our attention now to the volatile situation in Somalia, on the Horn of Africa. The Islamist militia that now controls the capital city Mogadishu is advancing -- has been -- toward the last area still held by the secular warlords. After three months of fighting, the Islamist militias forced those warlords out of Mogadishu for the first time since they ousted the military ruler back in 1991. Hundreds of people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the fighting. The warlords were believed to have been covertly funded by the United States.
Let's find out -- get some perspective now on what has been happening in Somalia, why it is such a concern for the region. Mohamed Affey joins us now from Nairobi, Kenya. He's Kenya's ambassador to Somalia. Sir, I want to thank you for joining us.
And hoping -- I'm going to simplify it here a little bit for our audience. There's basically three factions. The secular warlords -- and there are, of course -- is the Islamist courts movement that have now taken control. They have their own gunmen. They've taken control of Mogadishu. But there's another element here, and that's a secular -- a fledgling government that can't even operate in the capital because of security reasons. And yet your country, Kenya, is supporting that secular government. Why?
MOHAMED AFFEY, KENYAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA: Well, we are supporting, Jim, this government, because this is a result of an EGAD initiative. Kenya is a member of EGAD and we had a peace process hosted by this country, but under the auspices of EGAD countries for three years, which left the establishment of this transitional third- world government. So it's a collective EGAD position (ph). This government is also recognized by the U.N., and the Arab League and the United Nations.
CLANCY: All right, as we look at this and examine it, a lot of questions about where this Islamic militia, the Islamic movement, got its guns, got its money. What do we know about that?
AFFEY: Well, one thing what we know you must understand is that Somalia had no sense of government for the last 15 years. So anarchy prevailed. It is a long civil war. Guns went into the hands of civilians. And therefore this is an effort by the EGAD countries to be able to establish order in Somalia, and we have this challenge which requires collective support of the international community.
CLANCY: All right, but you have to be concerned, Kenya suffered more casualties than any other state in Africa at the hands of al Qaeda terrorists that bombed the U.S. embassy there. Yes, the target was the U.S. embassy, but it was Kenyan civilians that really paid a heavy price there. How concerned are you that the government now, well, the movement now in control of Mogadishu is said to be sheltering some of the people that planned, plotted, carried out that attack. AFFEY: We are very concerned as a government -- it's true that we have been victims, and that is why we invested in this peace process, which led to an all-inclusive government. And we believe that the only way to fight terrorists are any other criminal activity in Somalia is through the transitional federal government. It can only be through a strong central authority in Somalia that will be able to assist us. And that is why we are clear in our support to the TRG (ph), and we appeal for supporting from the international community, because the only way we can fight any form of criminal activity, be it terrorism, be it piracy, be it money laundering, and all sorts of criminal acts, can only be done through a strong government in Somalia.
CLANCY: But let's be realistic here, you can have a strong government, you can talk about that, but the secular warlords have their battle wagons, they have tribal and clan loyalties. The Muslim militia, the Islamic movement that now controls Mogadishu, they also have some of those clan loyalties, they have the backing of business, they have money coming in, we're told, from the Gulf, from states like Saudi Arabia and they've got gunmen. This fledgling government has no real force of its own. It's going to find it very difficult to stand on its own two feet for a long, long time to come. So how can the world push that forward?
AFFEY: The only thing the world can do is to strengthen the government, which is to make a commitment to the government and support it politically and financially. That's the only way the world can be able to resist the temptation by al Qaeda or any other sort of criminal activities to find safe have in Somalia. So the way to go out of this mess is to find a credible, inclusive government, which we have founded through a regional initiative, and we need the support of the international community to support that government.
Besides if we consider this situation as it is in now Mogadishu, the problem has been the warlords who have kept hostage the country for the last 15 to 16 years. And what we have in the capital now is a popular revolt. Again, if the warlords start resistance, the population is up in arms, and therefore there is an opportunity now to make the peace process work. There is an opportunity now to have this government get the support of the people.
CLANCY: Mohammed Affey, Kenya's ambassador to Somalia. Sir, I want to thank you very much for joining us. A call there for some support for the fledgling government, the secular government, that's trying to establish a beachhead, if you will, in the chaos and anarchy that is Somalia today. Well, thanks to the ambassador.
Well, from civil war in Somalia to exploitation in the coffee industry.
GORANI: Black gold is a film that will give you something think about while you sip your next cup of latte.
Up next, what's showing at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. We have a live report.
Stay with us.
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CLANCY: Hello. Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world.
I want to give you a quick update on that major match going on right now. In fact, we're at halftime, 45 minutes into the game, Germany remains ahead of Costa Rica 2-1. That's a pretty high scoring game really for this opening match. No nerves there, both teams playing their hearts out. We'll have more, keep you updated.
GORANI: Extreme exploitation and heroic stories from around the world. Serious subject matter that's being explored at a film festival, organized by Human Rights Watch. One film look at a coffee trade and why Ethiopia suffer famine while the West drinks its coffee.
Richard Roth is at the festival, and he joins us live from Lincoln Center Plaza in New York.
What does this festival, Richard, trying to achieve?
RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's the struggle for human rights in countries and situations around the world. Heroic stories, but a lot of misery that does not get covered as much by mainstream media and by governments. One of the films we're going to look at right now, well, the cliff notes, you might say, the press notes say, after you see this film, coffee may taste a different way after consuming your favorite beverage.
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ROTH (voice-over): You might think the film "Black Gold" is about oil, but it's really about a different source of fuel we also can't seem to live without -- coffee, two billion people have a sip everyday.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's one coffee that is probably the best coffee I ever tried.
ROTH: That taster's choice is from Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, but "Black Gold" reveals the farmers in Ethiopia do not see the major benefits.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think the film does in a very strong way asks us as audiences and as kind of global citizens, maybe we need to put things in a little more perspective here, and what's really important. But it is saying, allowing many different worlds to exist at once.
ROTH: "Black Gold" traces one man's mission to obtain a fair price for thousands in Ethiopia's coffee industry.
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ROTH: With me now is Nick Francis, co-director, producer of "Black Gold." What's wrong with coffee? What did your film reveal?
NICK FRANCIS, CO-DIRECTOR, "BLACK GOLD": "Black Gold" tries to show who's winning and who's losing in the global coffee trade, and the massive disparity between the corporations who dominate the industry and the millions of coffee farmers who are bankrupting themselves by virtue of not being able to get a fair price for their coffee.
ROTH: There are some amazing juxtapositions in this film, from women who are picking coffee beans an international barista contest thousands of miles away. Let's look.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The workers here are getting four birr and 50 cents, which is less than half a dollar a day. They work eight hours, full eight hours, and they are getting half a dollar a day. But they are very busy. They are working by their two hands, picking poor quality coffee.
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ROTH: The film is "Black Gold." Did you try to get interviews with the major coffee companies?
FRANCIS: We tried to get interviews with all of the major coffee companies. We spent six months relentlessly trying to get Starbucks to participate in the film, and they declined, as did many other companies that we asked to participate.
ROTH: What do you think your movie, though, says? That the western world is loving their cafes every morning and they don't realize that somebody is making 10 cents an hour for it?
FRANCIS: I think there's an indifference between what we enjoy in the West and what producers get for as a living, a basic living. I mean, these are nearly kind of slave wages we're talking about.
And what we're kind of -- what we're finding when people come and see the film in the few screenings, is they just say what can we do as consumers to change the situation? And, you know, what we found is at blackgoldmovie.com, where our Web site is, being flooded with people asking that question. What can we do? What can we do?
ROTH: Well, striking scenes in this movie. You might want to actually redub this maybe "Movie Sleepless in Addis Ababa."
GORANI: All right, Richard Roth reports.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But just the lives we're touching -- you know, we're in the people business serving coffee, so it's more about the connections that we have with our people and just what the brand stands for, so ...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nice to meet you, and thanks. See you tomorrow.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.
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ROTH: Another clip from "Black Gold." In that scene, that's the first Starbucks. Everybody is so happy there. I mean, will Ethiopia and the coffee industry there ever get the fair benefits you say are entitled to it? What will it take?
FRANCIS: Absolutely. You know, the film highlights one Ethiopian coffee union manager, Telese Meskala (ph), who is already trying to bypass some of the companies who refuse to pay a decent price, selling his coffee directly all around the world and returning more money back to the coffee growers.
But if consumers ask corporations to pay people a living wage and give them a share of the benefits, then we can start to see a change. But there needs to be a massive shift in their thinking for something to really change.
ROTH: Nick Francis, co-director, co-producer, "Black Gold," here at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival here on the Lincoln Center Plaza.
Hala, back to you.
GORANI: Richard Roth, live in New York, thanks very much.
CLANCY: All right. Well, Germany is ahead right now in the World Cup. It's 2-1 and it's still halftime.
GORANI: We're going to get some of your thoughts on the World Cup when we come back. Perhaps more than thoughts when we come back. Stay with us.
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GORANI: We're going to quickly open our "Inbox."
CLANCY: Our question: To what lengths would you go to watch a World Cup game? Would you even call in sick to work?
GORANI: Jimmy in Nicaragua says, "I'm supposed to be preparing for this evenings dinner guests in my restaurant who are expecting escargot and veal. But I'm watching the Cup!"
CLANCY: Patricia in Argentina says, "My daughter just called from school asking to come home because there are so few students today. They miss school for even the opening ceremonies."
GORANI: And finally Franklin says, "I can go so far as keeping my wife waiting in bed to watch a World Cup match." I said keep it clean. We want to hear more from you.
CLANCY: That marriage isn't going to last long. E-mail your thoughts to YWT@CNN.com.
GORANI: I'm Hala Gorani.
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