Input: We should do all of those things, but the most important thing is we should not have the arrogance to have a preemptive strike against a defenseless nation without the

strike

we

a defenseless nation


Input: They have it and we supported them having it when they were fighting Iran so it's no big deal there

fighting

they

they

Iran

Iran


Input: I mean, what happens if India decides that they could have a preemptive strike against Pakistan

strike

India

Pakistan


Input: That Europe is against the war on humanitarian and moral grounds, but the U.S. is for the war because it wants to profit for the oil companies

war


Input: I think it's unwise, it's unjust, it's unwarranted, but I don't think it's about oil

it


Input: The people are against it

it


Input: What does that have to do with the war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: On the other hand, the region is pretty unstable, filled with people who already hate Americans and seek to do America harm

harm

people who already hate Americans and seek to do America harm

America


Input: And I was just curious if you feel that the attack on Iraq would actually open a Pandora's box in other Middle Eastern countries that we are known to aid and harbor terrorists, such as Syria and Iran

attack

Iraq


Input: We know that some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq are longtime veterans of warfare, probably not most, but some

fighting

the American troops now fighting in Iraq

now

Iraq


Input: We know that some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq are longtime veterans of warfare, probably not most, but some

warfare

some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq

some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq


Input: So what is it like for them to face combat far from home

combat

them

them


Input: For an idea, here is CNN's Candy Crowley with some war stories

war


Input: There's nothing very pretty about the training that you take to prepare you for combat, because it is to kill people

combat

you

you


Input: Staff Sergeant Tom Ridge opened fire

fire

Staff Sergeant Tom Ridge


Input: Duke Cunningham was a Vietnam fighter ace shooting down five enemy planes

shooting down

Duke Cunningham

Vietnam

five enemy planes


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it


Input: You are trying to kill people, because the alternative is, if you are in combat, you will be killed

combat

you

you


Input: Later, when he was wounded and trapped behind enemy lines in Korea, Staff Sergeant Charlie Rangel led 40 men, fighting their way to safety

fighting

Korea

Staff Sergeant Charlie Rangel

40 men


Input: Rangel, Cunningham, Ridge and Hagel are all proud, decorated combat veterans

combat


Input: I shot down four more MiGs

shot down

I

four more MiGs


Input: We know where they're at so we simply avoid them and if for some reason they do get off a lucky shot or they do see us, we have defensive systems on board the airplane to defeat their ammunition

defeat

we

the airplane

their

their ammunition


Input: Seemingly deserted, these battered buildings hold a deadly threat to British forces in Iraq

threat

these battered buildings

British forces in Iraq

Iraq


Input: What stops though - we know the Iraqis have fired sand missiles and fired AAA at aircraft all throughout this war

fired

the Iraqis

sand missiles

AAA

aircraft


Input: What stops though - we know the Iraqis have fired sand missiles and fired AAA at aircraft all throughout this war

fired

the Iraqis

sand missiles

AAA

aircraft


Input: What stops though - we know the Iraqis have fired sand missiles and fired AAA at aircraft all throughout this war

war


Input: They haven't hit anybody, but isn't it risky flying so low knowing they have that ammunition to fire at you

fire

they

that ammunition

you


Input: They haven't hit anybody, but isn't it risky flying so low knowing they have that ammunition to fire at you

hit

They

anybody


Input: We know where they're at so we simply avoid them and if for some reason they do get off a lucky shot or they do see us, we have defensive systems on board the airplane to defeat their ammunition

shot

they

us


Input: Eight hundred of those sorties will be strike sorties using bombs and missiles so there is no slow down in the amount of air power being used over Iraq

strike

bombs

missiles

Iraq


Input: They're expecting a total at this particular base near the Iraqi border of 300 sorties in a 24-hour period ending today according to the Air Force total from all the bases and there are more than 30 bases in 12 different countries in the Middle East according to the Pentagon

300 sorties

today


Input: Eight hundred of those sorties will be strike sorties using bombs and missiles so there is no slow down in the amount of air power being used over Iraq

those sorties


Input: Eight hundred of those sorties will be strike sorties using bombs and missiles so there is no slow down in the amount of air power being used over Iraq

strike sorties

bombs

missiles

Iraq


Input: Well, as coalition forces push north, they are encountering a unique problem of combat, getting rid of the weapons captured from the enemy

combat


Input: And today's parts in this conflict, this kind of work becomes more and more important

conflict


Input: As the soldiers approached, the man detonated explosives in the car killing all four of the soldiers

detonated

the soldiers

the man

explosives

the car

all four of the soldiers


Input: Today the Pentagon is comparing suicide bombing attacks on coalition forces in Iraq to terrorism

attacks

coalition forces in Iraq

Iraq


Input: Today the Pentagon is comparing suicide bombing attacks on coalition forces in Iraq to terrorism

terrorism


Input: He said this long before the conflict ever began

conflict


Input: This is something that Iraqi Vice President Ramadan had said would take place

This


Input: He reiterated today in a press conference in Baghdad that this would just be the beginning of this that they would plan on killing thousands of U.S. troops with suicide bombing similar to this

this


Input: He reiterated today in a press conference in Baghdad that this would just be the beginning of this that they would plan on killing thousands of U.S. troops with suicide bombing similar to this

bombing

thousands of U.S. troops


Input: Also, in southern Iraq today near Basra, two members - claimed to be members of Saddam's Thataeen (ph) group surrendered to U.S. troops saying that they had been ordered to carry out suicide bombings down there but that they didn't want to die for the regime so they were surrendering

bombings

southern Iraq

members of Saddam's Thataeen (ph) group


Input: At the Pentagon briefing today, General Stanley McChrystal said that it looked a lot like terrorism

terrorism


Input: It looks and feels like terrorism and what it requires is units to conduct forced production activities which they are prepared and do all the time but clearly when you see a tactic like this, it requires strict adherence or adjustments to your tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure that places like checkpoints are not vulnerable

terrorism


Input: Well, no major concern. The Pentagon says that they do have air dominance as they now call it over the vast majority of the country that there are certain areas and only certain areas of downtown Iraq where battle management radars linked to surface to air missiles are still in tact

battle


Input: They assure us that as soon as they do start turning on these radars that they'll take those out too and finish the job in terms of airspace over Baghdad

take those out

they

Baghdad


Input: You're looking at live pictures of Baghdad where there have been more strikes, more bombs dropped, more missiles this evening and of course as always, CNN keeping a close eye, a close watch, a close listen on what's going on in Baghdad

strikes

more bombs

more missiles

this evening

Baghdad


Input: Since marching into Iraq, coalition troops have engaged in some fierce battles with Saddam Hussein's forces

battles

Iraq

coalition troops

coalition troops

Saddam Hussein's forces

Saddam Hussein's forces


Input: The Iraqis arrested looked bemused (ph) and plead innocence but with many militia here, pretending to surrender only to open fire on their captors later, first impressions can be deceptive and lethal

open fire

many militia here

here

their captors


Input: A man in this vehicle took a pot shot at the commandos

pot shot

A man in this vehicle

the commandos


Input: It was a painful and bloody mistake

It


Input: We sent in one of our companies of about 100 men in here this morning and we took about 12 or 13 prisoners, three or four enemy were injured and they've now been flown out and we're treating them including a man who is almost dead with a gunshot wound to the chest

gunshot

one of our companies of about 100 men

a man who is almost dead with a gunshot wound to the chest


Input: Well, this is something that we've been trying to get a grip on for years, exactly what the Iraqi people feel and also that I think the best evidence that we had before the attack began was that Iraqis do, they despise

attack


Input: The story the last few days has been the surprising level of resistance but you're telling me your sense is that the coalition forces are beginning to adjust to that

resistance

the coalition forces


Input: Chances are the Iraqis are going to continue to stick with what we've seen before, irregular forces blending in with civilians trying to attack U.S. forces, some more of these suicide attacks which are going to be problematic for our troops

attack

irregular forces

U.S. forces


Input: Chances are the Iraqis are going to continue to stick with what we've seen before, irregular forces blending in with civilians trying to attack U.S. forces, some more of these suicide attacks which are going to be problematic for our troops

attacks

our troops


Input: Exactly, in that market and I think it was pretty apparent when you looked at the video of that market, if that had been a U.S. bomb or a U.S. cruise missile, that market would have been obliterated

obliterated

a U.S. bomb

a U.S. cruise missile

U.S

that market

that market


Input: Now precisely what they're hitting to the south of us is unclear but my understanding is that there are further Iraqi positions in that direction as well

hitting

they


Input: Ben Wedeman describing coalition hits in the area where he is, the town of Kalak in northern Iraq

hits

coalition

the area where he is


Input: Five huge explosions within the space of less than an hour as these planes drop these massive bombs on the Iraqi positions behind us

drop

these planes

Iraqi


Input: Judy, you're seeing us through the night scope because basically for the last hour we've been watching as this ridge behind me in Kalak which of course is the front line between Iraq and Kurdish (ph) forces, we've been watching as planes, planes we can hear but cannot see, have been bombing the ridge line behind us

bombing

planes we can hear but cannot see

the ridge line behind us


Input: Five huge explosions within the space of less than an hour as these planes drop these massive bombs on the Iraqi positions behind us

explosions

these planes

these massive bombs


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

blasts

the last 24 hours


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

bombing

the last 24 hours


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

war


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

bombing

this area

the last 24 hours


Input: It will be attack the Iraqi regime

attack

the Iraqi regime


Input: Delivery drivers were threatened

threatened

Delivery drivers


Input: One of the buses in our convoy was held up at knifepoint

held up

One of the buses in our convoy


Input: As I said, the officers did tell me that this is the largest pro-troops demonstration that has ever been in San Francisco since the Vietnam War

War

Vietnam


Input: How do you feel though seeing pictures of civilians injured in the bombings

bombings

civilians injured in the bombings


Input: We get reports that these civilians especially in the (INAUDIBLE) population have been attacked by the Iraqi regime themselves so they can't blame the American and said look what the American doing to us

attacked

these civilians

the (INAUDIBLE) population

the Iraqi regime themselves

Iraqi


Input: Mostly small arms fire, but the sand storm has enabled the Iraqis to come very close to the road, and if I sound a little nervous, it's because we're in the soft skin vehicle and everybody else is in armor

fire

small arms


Input: Of course, you're on an adrenaline high, but racing across the desert, you know that you're traveling toward the jaws of what could be a major military battle

battle


Input: Seventy-two hours of that was under constant fire coming at us from both sides of the road

fire

Seventy-two hours

us

the road


Input: Recall Winston Churchill's old quote, "There's nothing so exhilarating as being shot at and missed

shot at


Input: We have under heavy fire for the past couple of miles

fire

We


Input: The U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry has just taken three Iraqi prisoners of war

war


Input: The Army is eating much, much better than the grandfathers of these soldiers did and the great grandfathers of these soldiers in the Second World War

War


Input: Just ahead we'll have the latest on today's suicide bombing in Israel

bombing

today

Israel


Input: There had been many terrorist attacks here in Netanya, including the deadliest suicide bombing ever in Israel almost exactly a year ago, March 27, at the Park Hotel during Passover, 29 people killed in that attack

attacks

Netanya


Input: Israel has been on a heightened state of alert since the start of the U.S.-led war against Iraq

war

U.S.-l

Iraq


Input: And now many Israelis fear they could see more attacks like the one they saw here today as the military campaign against Saddam Hussein continues

the one

here

today


Input: There had been many terrorist attacks here in Netanya, including the deadliest suicide bombing ever in Israel almost exactly a year ago, March 27, at the Park Hotel during Passover, 29 people killed in that attack

killed

almost exactly a year ago, March 27

the Park Hotel

Passover


Input: The group is also claiming that Islamic Jihad militants are already inside Iraq to carry out attacks against U.S. and British forces

attacks

Islamic Jihad militants

Iraq

U.S. and British forces


Input: And now many Israelis fear they could see more attacks like the one they saw here today as the military campaign against Saddam Hussein continues

attacks


Input: The Apache troop opened its tank guns, opened its own mortars, decimated that unit, put it out of existence and probably killed some 20 Iraqis in the process

opened

The Apache troop

its tank guns

that unit


Input: The Apache troop opened its tank guns, opened its own mortars, decimated that unit, put it out of existence and probably killed some 20 Iraqis in the process

opened

The Apache troop

its own mortars

that unit


Input: Throughout the day, we have watched the 3rd Infantry Division bring in prisoners of war

war


Input: Iraqi soldiers glad the war is over for them, perhaps 100 at a time

war


Input: The toughest fight, though, may lie ahead in the heart of the Iraqi capital

fight

the heart of the Iraqi capital


Input: U.S.-led forces were able to press farther north after defeating Iraqi Republican Guard units at Karbala and Kut (ph

defeating

U.S.-led forces

Iraqi Republican Guard units

Karbala

Kut


Input: There were times when the 7th Cavalry itself got into some skirmishes as it pushed forward, again in the direction of Baghdad

skirmishes

the 7th Cavalry itself

the 7th Cavalry itself


Input: Earlier in the day, the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division took Karbala with a minimum of fight

fight

Earlier in the day

the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division

Karbala


Input: There was a bit of a firefight when the 7th Cavalry came upon three Soviet vintage 20- millimeter anti-aircraft guns, ack-ack guns

firefight

the 7th Cavalry

three Soviet vintage 20- millimeter anti-aircraft guns


Input: The Iraqi unit in possession of those guns fired mortars in the direction of the 7th Cavalry

fired

The Iraqi unit in possession of those guns

mortars

the 7th Cavalry


Input: The intensity it's very quick moving, very fluid battle

battle


Input: Overnight and early this morning, the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division backed by the Apache attack helicopters of the 11th Aviation Regiment punched through the Republican Guard defenses in and around Karbala

punched through

the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division

the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division

the 3rd Infantry Division

the Apache attack helicopters of the 11th Aviation Regiment

the 11th Aviation Regiment

Republican Guard

Karbala


Input: That's CNN's Karl Penhaul with the very latest from the battlefront

battlefront


Input: So, in regard to that, we are paying great attention to their ability to defend on the ground

defend

we

their


Input: Let's get the very latest from the Pentagon for the overall war picture as they see it

war


Input: Military officials say 39 Americans have been killed in combat, 9 more by friendly fire or an accident

fire

9 more


Input: Britain reports 6 of its troops have been killed by combat, 19 more in nonhostile action and 2 deaths have not been classified

combat


Input: Seven Americans remain prisoners of war in Iraq and 15 Americans are listed as missing in action

war


Input: At the same time, the Marines from the 1st Division have secured a key Tigris River crossing near Al Kut and reported to have essentially destroyed the combat fighting ability of that light infantry Baghdad division that was supposed to be providing defense down there

fighting


Input: Clearly, as we threaten the core of the regime, which Baghdad and Tikrit represent, we believe that the likelihood of them using those weapons goes up

using

them

those weapons


Input: In less than 24 hours, the U.S. 101st Airborne Division has driven Iraqi Fedayeen fighters from the key city of Najaf, pushed north in a several-pronged attack

attack

the U.S. 101st Airborne Division


Input: The Army's 3rd Infantry has punched through Karbala, meeting only light resistance from the Medina Republican Guard, and moving along highway nine within 25 miles of Baghdad

resistance

The Army's 3rd Infantry

Karbala

the Medina Republican Guard


Input: Jamie, these descriptions of the weakening of the Republican Guard begin to bring back memories of the first Gulf War 12 years ago

War

Gulf

12 years ago


Input: Could be urban combat

combat


Input: They also are careful to point out that even while they say that the division has been destroyed, they don't mean every single person has been killed

destroyed

the division


Input: Simply that its combat effectiveness has been eliminated - Judy

combat

its


Input: A man who has been to Baghdad many times and can tell us with great knowledge exactly what it's going to be like to fight on those avenues in that sprawling city of Baghdad - Judy

fight

those avenues in that sprawling city of Baghdad


Input: That means stocks were up today on Wall Street as they look at the progress of the war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: They rose up, didn't get American support

rose up

They


Input: But American troops and their superior technology have turned out to be a key factor in the fighting there

fighting

there


Input: These are soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry, fighting near Karbala, southwest of Baghdad

fighting

soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry, fighting near Karbala, southwest of Baghdad

Karbala


Input: And to the south, British forces continue their attack on targets around Basra

attack

British forces

Basra


Input: British troops control the outskirts of the town, and today destroyed another building they said housed Iraqi fighters

destroyed

British troops

today

another building they said housed Iraqi fighters


Input: But there may first be fighting in the capital, 250 miles to the north

fighting

the capital, 250 miles to the north


Input: It happened outside the oil-rich city of Kirkuk

It

the oil-rich city of Kirkuk


Input: This land fell into Iraqi-Kurdish hands without a shot being fired

shot


Input: Iraqi soldiers fled these positions in a hurry, under the onslaught of coalition bombing

bombing

coalition


Input: We are now between the lines, a no man's land of abandoned Iraqi bunkers and an unnerving silence, broken by the roar of warplanes and the distant surge of air strikes

strikes

warplanes


Input: And, says the Iraqi opposition, in winning this war

war


Input: I will be talking with a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joe Biden, just ahead, for his take on how the war is going

war


Input: But, as it has from the beginning, air power remains an important part of the battle

battle


Input: In two weeks after the air war began, there is no let-up and no effective response from the Iraqis

war

two weeks

the Iraqis


Input: There is a lot of fighting in this area

fighting

this area


Input: After he told us that, we asked him during his missions, and he's flown about 30 in the last two weeks, we asked him does he still have any artillery being fired at him

fired

the last two weeks

any artillery

him


Input: Yesterday I was up just south of Baghdad by 30 miles and we were fighting SA-2s and SA-6s and AAA on the ground

fighting

Yesterday

I

Baghdad

we

AAA


Input: So they're still out there. But the air power and the air package that we take to the fight, we continue to be effective

fight

we


Input: And when we put our power punch to them and then the Army and the Marines move forward it's a very effective, coordinated effort

punch

we

them

the Army

the Marines


Input: Now that armored columns of U.S.-led troops have reached the outskirts of Baghdad, eyewitnesses report fighting and shelling around Saddam Hussein International Airport

shelling

Saddam Hussein International Airport


Input: The forces encountered limited resistance along the way and are now poised for the final assault not far from the edge of the city

assault

The forces

the edge of the city


Input: These dramatic pictures show a raid on a presidential palace less than 60 miles from Baghdad

raid

a presidential palace less than 60 miles from Baghdad

Baghdad


Input: We don't think that the fighting is over yet, and so there are still options available to the regime, including the use of weapons of mass destruction

fighting


Input: The Americans say they've destroyed two divisions of the elite Republican Guard

destroyed

they

two divisions of the elite Republican Guard


Input: Others are down to 50 percent, but there's still one or two divisions around 75, 80, 90 percent of their fighting strength, and they could still put up very stiff resistance, indeed, when the American forces get en masse to Baghdad itself

fighting

their


Input: Now that armored columns of U.S.-led troops have reached the outskirts of Baghdad, eyewitnesses report fighting and shelling around Saddam Hussein International Airport

fighting

Saddam Hussein International Airport


Input: But by and large, the Republican Guard has either been destroyed or has withdrawn

destroyed

the Republican Guard


Input: We don't think that the fighting is over yet, and so there are still options available to the regime, including the use of weapons of mass destruction

use

the regime

weapons of mass destruction


Input: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Leonard, we appreciate your insights in urban combat, something that is not something that the U.S. military would prefer to engage in, but it might become inevitable

combat


Input: And then we'll probably surge fires into their both lethal and nonlethal to make his position untenable, to make him move rather than us moving through the assault zone

assault


Input: We are much more likely to use patience and finesse rather than assault tactics

assault

We


Input: And then we'll probably surge fires into their both lethal and nonlethal to make his position untenable, to make him move rather than us moving through the assault zone

surge

we


Input: At which time we can engage them or arrest them

engage

we

them


Input: Typically, when they'd assault a target like this, they'd do what

assault

they

a target like this


Input: Up next, a report on the president's trip to Camp Lejeune, and a look at how the Camp Lejeune community is coping with the challenges of war

war


Input: New explosions rock Baghdad after dark

explosions

Baghdad

after dark


Input: Witnesses say they heard blasts around a presidential complex in the center of the city

blasts

a presidential complex in the center of the city


Input: Now, the latest on the fight for control of Baghdad's International Airport

fight


Input: These pictures were taken on the runway just moments after the coalition attack

attack

coalition


Input: Some Republican Guard troops fought fiercely on the northern side of the airport complex

fought

Some Republican Guard troops

the northern side of the airport complex


Input: Outside the airport, the fighting was fierce, but the battle unequal

battle

the airport


Input: But the final push into the city could yet prove to be the toughest fighting of all

fighting


Input: Have they done so much damage now to Iraqi command and control centers that they can no longer put up a proper fight, or are the best troops simply withdrawing into the city, to fight there street by street

fight


Input: Have they done so much damage now to Iraqi command and control centers that they can no longer put up a proper fight, or are the best troops simply withdrawing into the city, to fight there street by street

fight

the best troops

there


Input: It was either shelled or bombed

shelled

It


Input: The first American embedded journalist to have gotten killed in covering this war

war


Input: Less than 20 minutes later, with Iraqi defenses pounded by the bombing, they no longer held the bridge over the Khoser River

bombing

Iraqi defenses


Input: Attacking on the ground and calling in air strikes, Kurdish fighters and U.S. troops have dislodged stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq

Attacking

Kurdish fighters

U.S. troops

stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq

a key bridge in northern Iraq


Input: Attacking on the ground and calling in air strikes, Kurdish fighters and U.S. troops have dislodged stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq

strikes

Kurdish fighters

U.S. troops

stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq

a key bridge in northern Iraq


Input: It was either shelled or bombed

bombed

It


Input: Now, it's a small part of this battle for the bridge just behind us

battle

the bridge just behind us


Input: After a day of fighting, the Iraqis were driven back five kilometers, about three miles down the main road west towards Mosul from the Kurdish city of Erbil

fighting

a day

the Iraqis

the Iraqis


Input: As U.S. warplanes dropped bombs near the town, Kurdish fighters moved forward

dropped

U.S

bombs


Input: There's a slow-and-steady battle going on here for control of the key bridge

battle

here


Input: The Iraqis are firing artillery like that in response to the Americans are calling in air strikes

firing

The Iraqis

artillery


Input: That blast turned out to be a rocket-propelled grenade, but there's plenty of artillery and mortar fire to come

fire

artillery

mortar


Input: Well, at least three U.S. service members were killed today in an apparent suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint near the Haditah Dam northwest of Baghdad

attack

at least three U.S. service members

today

bomb

a checkpoint near the Haditah Dam northwest of Baghdad


Input: At last report, though, 41 Americans had been killed by hostile forces, 13 others by friendly fire or in accidents

fire


Input: Of the 27 British troops, in all who have been killed, at least 19 of them were said to be victims of friendly fire or accidents

fire

at least 19 of them


Input: The Iraqis promise an unconventional attack on U.S. troops tonight

attack

The Iraqis

U.S. troops

tonight


Input: Do they mean guerilla warfare, as in Vietnam

warfare

Vietnam


Input: They're well within striking distance of the mortars and rockets of the Fedayeen militia, but they're prepared to take that risk to try and persuade the people of Basra that they won't desert them, that they'll stick with this however messy it gets

striking

They

the mortars and rockets of the Fedayeen militia

the mortars and rockets of the Fedayeen militia

the Fedayeen militia

Basra


Input: We watched a nighttime raid on the homes of Ba'ath Party officials and Fedayeen militia

raid

nighttime

the homes of Ba'ath Party officials and Fedayeen militia

Ba'ath Party officials

Fedayeen militia


Input: There was no shots fired

fired


Input: But first, more scenes from today's fighting in Baghdad

fighting

today

Baghdad


Input: CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr reports coalition troops entering Baghdad were met with fierce fighting, and there were casualties on both sides

fighting

coalition troops entering Baghdad

coalition troops entering Baghdad

Baghdad

both sides

both sides


Input: Iraq's information minister reads a message he says is from Saddam Hussein urging Iraqis to step up attacks against coalition forces

attacks

Iraqis

coalition forces


Input: CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports according to an eyewitness, a bomb has hit central Baghdad only a few hundred meters from the Palestine Hotel

hit

a bomb

central Baghdad


Input: Walter Rodgers reports according to Army sources, Iraqi officials are fleeing Baghdad in droves, using civilian convoys top avoid being targeted by coalition air strikes

air strikes

Iraqi

Baghdad

Baghdad

coalition


Input: The coalition air force will begin providing urban combat air support over the city

combat

the city


Input: I'm joined by J. Kelly McCann, our security analyst, a man who's spent a lot of time learning about urban combat

combat


Input: As you make every entry, Miles, there are two dead spots, one, of course, in this direction right here, which you can't see from the doorway, the other in this direction right here, and that's always the problem, because as you come in here, you've got to be able to get in there quickly and make sure that this person here doesn't get shot in the back

shot

this person here


Input: You'll see another person come right up here, and he'll hold on this door, because that's not been cleared space yet, again, straight trigger finger, but ready to shoot if he needs to

shoot

he


Input: You see them having their sectors of fire

fire

their


Input: Well, U.S. forces entering Baghdad do face the prospect of urban combat, a type of battle they have trained for, but, of course, they would prefer to avoid

battle


Input: It's not clear how long the bodies had lain here, but they were clearly not from this war

war


Input: You come to expect everything in war fighting

war


Input: You come to expect everything in war fighting

fighting


Input: Definitely put up a fight

fight


Input: These could take out a Jeep or a Humvee in a heartbeat

take out

These

a Jeep

a Humvee


Input: And we have the capability to send pictures or actual video, and then they can make (UNINTELLIGIBLE) if they want to maybe avoid that area or go ahead and go out and engage those folks

engage

they

those folks


Input: Dodging missiles and triple-A fire is something new to this squadron

fire

triple-A


Input: making sure they don't get ambushed

ambushed

they


Input: When you're on the ground fighting, every piece of information you've got about what you're coming up against is golden

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Input: An apparent friendly fire incident in northern Iraq is taking more of a toll on Kurdish leaders than we knew at first

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northern Iraq

Kurdish leaders


Input: It is another friendly fire disaster

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Input: This morning, an American bomb destroyed a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front

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This morning

an American bomb

a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front


Input: This morning, an American bomb destroyed a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front

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the Americans


Input: The idea was to open the way with heavy sustained American bombing of Iraqi positions

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American

Iraqi


Input: Even as we filmed the wreckage, U.S. jets were still dropping their bombs nearby

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U.S. jets

their bombs


Input: Giant explosions erupted down the road

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Input: Then, as the Kurds advanced again, the Iraqis opened up

opened up

the Iraqis


Input: Now we're hearing the boom of Iraqi guns as they fire towards our positions

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Input: All morning, the Kurds have been trying to advance, and that was the shell going off

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Input: Here in the north, Iraqi tanks and guns are still firing, and the American effort is looking a little ragged

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Iraqi tanks and guns

Iraqi tanks and guns


Input: Even as we filmed the wreckage, U.S. jets were still dropping their bombs nearby

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Input: They primarily talked about the war in Iraq, the aftermath of Iraq

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Iraq


Input: What was to follow was a horrific education in terror and torture: in the smoking basement of the bombed building, a warren of cells

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the bombed building


Input: They primarily talked about the war in Iraq, the aftermath of Iraq

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Iraq


Input: how neutral are reporters in a war supposed to be

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Input: A Kurdish journalist died in a U.S. friendly-fire accident in the north

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A Kurdish journalist

U.S

the north


Input: Famed World War II reporter Ernie Pyle was killed by a sniper on an island in the Pacific

World War II


Input: Still ahead: How is the world reacting to the war in Iraq

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Iraq


Input: They also serve as a reminder that many of our colleagues covering this war are putting their lives on the line every day

war


Input: Central Command said, no, its forces were trading fire from a hotel where the network was housed

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its forces


Input: At a nearby hotel, two other journalists, a photographer from Reuters and another from Tele 5 Spain died, another case, CENTCOM says, of coalition forces returning fire

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a nearby hotel

coalition forces


Input: And an American writer/editor, "Washington Post" editorial columnist Michael Kelly, was killed when his Humvee plunged into a canal while evading Iraqi fire

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Washington Post" editorial columnist Michael Kelly

Iraqi


Input: It is an elementary fact of life during wartime: A press pass provides no protection

wartime


Input: The 600 journalists embedded with American troops in Iraq will be threatened by the same fire as the troops they are covering

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The 600 journalists embedded with American troops in Iraq

the troops they are covering


Input: Famed combat photographer Robert Capa, who took a classic photo of a fighter's death during the Spanish Civil War, himself died from a land mine in Indochina

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Input: ABC News producer David Kaplan was killed by sniper fire in the Balkans in 1992

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ABC News producer David Kaplan

sniper

the Balkans


Input: Neutrality in a firefight

firefight


Input: Are they supposed to be neutral on the outcome of the war

war


Input: Reporters who ignore or distort facts are betraying their craft no matter what and no matter how much that may anger the people running a war

war


Input: Al-Jazeera correspondent Omar Al Issawi will talk to Larry about the death of his colleague and the continuing plight of journalists in a war zone

war


Input: Just now, we want to show you scenes from Andrews Air Force Base just moments ago, President Bush returning to the United States from his summit in Northern Ireland in Belfast with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the president back on American soil after a quick two-day trip, less than two-day trip to Belfast, he and the prime minister discussing, of course, the war in Iraq, what happens after, as well as the peace process in the Middle East, and restarting the peace process in Northern Ireland

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Iraq


Input: When the war starts, your heart will be in our souls

war


Input: It started as a story on port security, how U.S. Navy and Coast Guard reserves are keeping ships safe from attack in Kuwait and Iraq

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Kuwait

Iraq


Input: Yesterday, there were scenes of jubilation in Baghdad, today, a suicide bombing and firefighters, grim reminders that, as U.S. Central Command put it, Baghdad is still an ugly place

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Baghdad

today


Input: When a car fails to stop, it's the cue for a violent gun battle

battle

gun


Input: These thieves are trying to flee the German Embassy, having been shot at by a guard

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a guard


Input: Up next: a live report on that ceremony and the latest efforts to pass a spending bill to pay for the war

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Input: CNN medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has been traveling with the Devil Docs throughout the war and now they are close to Baghdad

war


Input: Even while statutes were coming down and there was dancing in the streets, the consequences of continuing firefights are seen here

firefights


Input: Over 45 minutes as we watched, 32 patients were delivered here, evaluated and nine operations started; 29 of those delivered, Marines involved in a firefight in the center of Baghdad

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Marines involved in a firefight in the center of Baghdad

the center of Baghdad


Input: On this one sidewalk in Baghdad, they were all doing the most natural thing during war, trying to reach their loved ones

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Baghdad


Input: Now that the war is winding down, is his support among Democrats looking up

war


Input: Two Americans who gave their lives to Operation Iraqi Freedom were buried at Arlington National Cemetery today

Operation Iraqi Freedom


Input: He was 21 years old and the first Tennessean to die in the war

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Input: Marine Lance Corporal Patrick Nixon was one of 17 killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah on March 23

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17 killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah on March 23

March 23


Input: He died of injuries from a grenade attack by a fellow soldier

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grenade

a fellow soldier


Input: a preemptive strike, is that something that is out there

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Input: It was to remove that regime, and it's part of a global war on terrorism that is not over

terrorism


Input: It was to remove that regime, and it's part of a global war on terrorism that is not over

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Input: Well, you know, they've used it in the past, and I think the point that Senator Lugar just made -- certainly having the intellectual capacity to do this was proven already by the fact they've used them in the past

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the past


Input: It's important in the war against terrorism that we rout out whatever is there and, likewise, the people involved, because they might help supply al Qaeda or other terrorists along the trail

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we

the people involved

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al Qaeda

other terrorists


Input: If he is alive, obviously, he doesn't pose the kind of threat that an Osama bin Laden does with his cellular network around the world to reactivate al Qaeda and international terrorism

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al Qaeda


Input: It's important in the war against terrorism that we rout out whatever is there and, likewise, the people involved, because they might help supply al Qaeda or other terrorists along the trail

terrorism


Input: And secondarily, what about countries like France, Germany, and Russia, which opposed the Bush administration's war plans, do you want them shut out

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the Bush administration


Input: We're talking about possibilities of full scale war with former Congressman Tom Andrews, Democrat of Maine

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Input: Bob, one of the reasons I think so many Americans are worried about this war and so many people around the world don't want to go is there have been a lot of problems with credibility from this administration

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Input: Paul, look, the problem is I would stipulate all four of us hates war

war


Input: Any rational person hates war

war


Input: Let me tell you, what trips to Walter Reed taught me was, that whoever thought up the term, the law of unintended consequences it pertains to war

war


Input: He will blow a city off the earth in a minute if he can get the hold of the means to do it

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a city


Input: Tom Andrews, I think we all realize that a government doesn't go to war a nation goes to war

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Input: Tom Andrews, I think we all realize that a government doesn't go to war a nation goes to war

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a nation


Input: Take a look at it. Favor 59%, opposed 37%, that's a vastly larger support than President Bush Senior had in getting the U.S. troops out of Kuwait before that war started

war


Input: Ask them about going and not just a war

war


Input: Bob, but an invasion and occupying for up to 10 years a sovereign Arab nation in the midst of one of the most distable and volatile regions in the world

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a sovereign Arab nation in the midst of one of the most distable and volatile regions in the world


Input: They're not coming forward and telling us what the risks are, what the costs are, how many years we might be in, the possibility of us getting bogged down, because what Americans know that, they're opposed to this war

war

we


Input: The more they learn about this invasion, the more they learn about this occupation, the less they support it

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Input: That's going to have to be last war, unfair and unfortunate as that is

war


Input: And we felt that Franklin Roosevelt was the first person who ever really acknowledged that the South had peculiar problems. And from that time on, that's the reason we had 22 Democratic senators from 11 confederate states, is because of the Civil War and because of what we thought was a heavy hand of the federal government all the time

Civil War


Input: We go to war in Iraq, it would be the worst thing we can do

war

We

Iraq


Input: What I can't stand is a president who is going to screw up our war against terrorism when I thought that was his job

terrorism


Input: No, I don't demonstrate against anybody during a war

war


Input: No, it's so important -- you know this -- and I know it's fun and we love doing partisan Punch & Judy, but is there ever a time when we stand up even if we respectfully disagree with the commander in chief and those who would wage war

war

those who would wage war


Input: But here in Washington, President Bush says it's all a hoax, and many believe he has already made up his mind to go to war

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Input: Congressman Sanders, you're opposed to this war

war


Input: I'm not crazy about it myself

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Input: When the guns begin to fire, when the American men and women are in harm's way and may be dying, is that now the time for you and your allies to shut up and support the troops

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the guns


Input: Furthermore, the United States supported him in the war against Iran

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him

Iran


Input: What we're talking about is the unpredictable nature of war and what could happen in this war

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Input: What we're talking about is the unpredictable nature of war and what could happen in this war

war


Input: For example -- wait a second -- in Iran, the reason that you had Ayatollah Khomeini in power is he overthrew the Shah

overthrew

Iran

Ayatollah Khomeini

the Shah


Input: But the problem with Khomeini was that the guy who he overthrew was put in power by the United States

overthrew

the guy who he overthrew

he


Input: We overthrew (UNINTELLIGIBLE) and put the Shah of Iran in power

overthrew

We


Input: You don't know what happens when the most powerful nation on Earth invades and occupies a Muslim nation and kills tens of thousands of people

invades

the most powerful nation on Earth

a Muslim nation

a Muslim nation


Input: The question of whether we go to war or not is strictly a national question

war

we


Input: The essence of the American case for war against Saddam Hussein

war

American

Saddam Hussein


Input: Saddam wouldn't be destroying missiles unless he thought he was going to be destroyed if he didn't

destroyed

Saddam


Input: In a moment, we'll ask two members of Congress if they're convinced that war is the only way to make Saddam Hussein disarm

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Saddam Hussein


Input: Later, the pope practices religion and a little anti-war politics on the side

anti-war


Input: We're talking with potential war in Iraq with Congressman Charlie Rangel, a New York Democrat and his fellow New Yorker Republican Congressman Peter King

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Iraq


Input: You treat it with the gravity and the seriousness that it deserves

it


Input: Congressman Rangel, a couple of months ago Senator Daschle on CBS said -- made the charge that we are, quote, "we haven't made any real progress in the war against al Qaeda

war

we

al Qaeda


Input: Because he helped plan the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

attack

the World Trade Center

the Pentagon


Input: We should do all of those things, but the most important thing is we should not have the arrogance to have a preemptive strike against a defenseless nation without the

strike

we

a defenseless nation


Input: They have it and we supported them having it when they were fighting Iran so it's no big deal there

fighting

they

Iran


Input: I mean, what happens if India decides that they could have a preemptive strike against Pakistan

strike

they

Pakistan


Input: One of the most admired men in the world is doing everything he can to avert the horror of war

war


Input: Now, the reason that France, Russia and Germany are against war is because they have democracies

war


Input: And I was just curious if you feel that the attack on Iraq would actually open a Pandora's box in other Middle Eastern countries that we are known to aid and harbor terrorists, such as Syria and Iran

And I was just curious if you feel that the attack on Iraq would actually open a Pandora's box in other Middle Eastern countries that we are known to aid and harbor terrorists, such as Syria and Iran

Iraq


Input: On the other hand, the region is pretty unstable, filled with people who already hate Americans and seek to do America harm

On the other hand, the region is pretty unstable, filled with people who already hate Americans and seek to do America harm

people


Input: We know that some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq are longtime veterans of warfare, probably not most, but some

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some of the American troops now fighting in Iraq

now


Input: Their military service goes back to the Vietnam era

Vietnam


Input: So what is it like for them to face combat far from home

combat


Input: For an idea, here is CNN's Candy Crowley with some war stories

war


Input: There's nothing very pretty about the training that you take to prepare you for combat, because it is to kill people

combat


Input: Staff Sergeant Tom Ridge opened fire

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Staff Sergeant Tom Ridge


Input: Duke Cunningham was a Vietnam fighter ace shooting down five enemy planes

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Duke Cunningham

Vietnam

five enemy planes


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Input: You are trying to kill people, because the alternative is, if you are in combat, you will be killed

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Input: Later, when he was wounded and trapped behind enemy lines in Korea, Staff Sergeant Charlie Rangel led 40 men, fighting their way to safety

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Input: I shot down four more MiGs

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four more MiGs


Input: Judy Woodruff in Washington with our continuing coverage of the war

war


Input: On the home front, some Americans are showing their support for servicemen and women in the war zone

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Input: We've been getting reports of new explosions in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul within the past hour as well as new blasts in Baghdad as well

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the northern Iraqi city of Mosul


Input: We've been getting reports of new explosions in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul within the past hour as well as new blasts in Baghdad as well

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Baghdad


Input: Reuters reporting now 30 explosions heard late tonight

explosions

late tonight


Input: Four American soldiers were killed in the attack at a military checkpoint

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a military checkpoint


Input: U.S. military officials say a suicide car bombing near Najaf today looks and feels like terrorism

terrorism


Input: Iraqi's Vice President, Taha Yaseen Ramadan (ph), says this is only the beginning of suicide attacks on coalition forces

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coalition forces


Input: The Pentagon says more than 50 Iraqi troops were grabbed at a surprise attack on a commando headquarters in Iraq

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a commando headquarters in Iraq


Input: For another update on the air war, let's check in with CNN's Gary Tuchman

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air


Input: They use those flares in case a missile's shot at the plane

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a missile

the plane


Input: What stops though - we know the Iraqis have fired sand missiles and fired AAA at aircraft all throughout this war

fired

the Iraqis

sand missiles

AAA

aircraft


Input: They haven't hit anybody, but isn't it risky flying so low knowing they have that ammunition to fire at you

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anybody


Input: They haven't hit anybody, but isn't it risky flying so low knowing they have that ammunition to fire at you

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that ammunition

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Input: We know where they're at so we simply avoid them and if for some reason they do get off a lucky shot or they do see us, we have defensive systems on board the airplane to defeat their ammunition

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us


Input: We know where they're at so we simply avoid them and if for some reason they do get off a lucky shot or they do see us, we have defensive systems on board the airplane to defeat their ammunition

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the airplane

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their ammunition


Input: Eight hundred of those sorties will be strike sorties using bombs and missiles so there is no slow down in the amount of air power being used over Iraq

strike sorties

bombs

missiles

Iraq


Input: Seemingly deserted, these battered buildings hold a deadly threat to British forces in Iraq

deadly threat

these battered buildings

British forces in Iraq

Iraq


Input: Eight hundred of those sorties will be strike sorties using bombs and missiles so there is no slow down in the amount of air power being used over Iraq

strike

bombs

missiles

Iraq


Input: Today the Pentagon is comparing suicide bombing attacks on coalition forces in Iraq to terrorism

attacks

coalition forces in Iraq

Iraq


Input: As the soldiers approached, the man detonated explosives in the car killing all four of the soldiers

detonated

the soldiers

the man

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the car

all four of the soldiers


Input: He said this long before the conflict ever began

conflict


Input: He reiterated today in a press conference in Baghdad that this would just be the beginning of this that they would plan on killing thousands of U.S. troops with suicide bombing similar to this

bombing

thousands of U.S. troops


Input: Also, in southern Iraq today near Basra, two members - claimed to be members of Saddam's Thataeen (ph) group surrendered to U.S. troops saying that they had been ordered to carry out suicide bombings down there but that they didn't want to die for the regime so they were surrendering

bombings

southern Iraq

members of Saddam's Thataeen (ph) group


Input: You're looking at live pictures of Baghdad where there have been more strikes, more bombs dropped, more missiles this evening and of course as always, CNN keeping a close eye, a close watch, a close listen on what's going on in Baghdad

strikes

Baghdad where there have been more strikes, more bombs dropped, more missiles this evening

more bombs

more missiles


Input: Since marching into Iraq, coalition troops have engaged in some fierce battles with Saddam Hussein's forces

battles

Iraq

coalition troops

Saddam Hussein's forces


Input: The Iraqis arrested looked bemused (ph) and plead innocence but with many militia here, pretending to surrender only to open fire on their captors later, first impressions can be deceptive and lethal

open fire

many militia here, pretending to surrender only to open fire on their captors later

here

their captors


Input: A man in this vehicle took a pot shot at the commandos

a pot shot

A man in this vehicle

the commandos


Input: The story the last few days has been the surprising level of resistance but you're telling me your sense is that the coalition forces are beginning to adjust to that

resistance

the coalition forces


Input: Chances are the Iraqis are going to continue to stick with what we've seen before, irregular forces blending in with civilians trying to attack U.S. forces, some more of these suicide attacks which are going to be problematic for our troops

attack

irregular forces

U.S. forces


Input: Chances are the Iraqis are going to continue to stick with what we've seen before, irregular forces blending in with civilians trying to attack U.S. forces, some more of these suicide attacks which are going to be problematic for our troops

attacks

our troops


Input: ll right. Well, this is something that we've been trying to get a grip on for years, exactly what the Iraqi people feel and also that I think the best evidence that we had before the attack began was that Iraqis do, they despise

attack


Input: Exactly, in that market and I think it was pretty apparent when you looked at the video of that market, if that had been a U.S. bomb or a U.S. cruise missile, that market would have been obliterated

obliterated

that market

a U.S. bomb

U.S

a U.S. cruise missile

that market


Input: Judy, you're seeing us through the night scope because basically for the last hour we've been watching as this ridge behind me in Kalak which of course is the front line between Iraq and Kurdish (ph) forces, we've been watching as planes, planes we can hear but cannot see, have been bombing the ridge line behind us

bombing

the last hour

this ridge behind me in Kalak which of course is the front line between Iraq and Kurdish (ph) forces

planes we can hear but cannot see

the ridge line


Input: Five huge explosions within the space of less than an hour as these planes drop these massive bombs on the Iraqi positions behind us

explosions

an hour

these planes

Iraqi


Input: Five huge explosions within the space of less than an hour as these planes drop these massive bombs on the Iraqi positions behind us

drop

these planes

Iraqi


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

blasts

the last 24 hours


Input: We've also seen some massive blasts to the south as well so it appears that this bombing in this area continues and we have really seen the most intense bombing of the war in this area in the last 24 hours

bombing

the last 24 hours


Input: Well, basically on the ridge itself it is the most forward Iraqi army positions and we've been watching them very closely for the last month prior to the war to the outbreak of the war and basically these are the positions that control this entire valley

war


Input: Now precisely what they're hitting to the south of us is unclear but my understanding is that there are further Iraqi positions in that direction as well

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they


Input: Ben Wedeman describing coalition hits in the area where he is, the town of Kalak in northern Iraq

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the town of Kalak in northern Iraq


Input: Let's get a few more details on the specific incident

incident


Input: The tactic in response to U.S. military tactics is perhaps terrorism and is that something that the U.S. military is properly trained to deal with

terrorism


Input: That's right and somewhere around a third maybe of our infantry strength and armor strength right now is engaged in Basra and Nasiriya and Najaf and other places but you know as we saw with the strike on the Baath party headquarters, we're using our superiority to take the kinds of actions that will make a difference there I believe

engaged

a third maybe of our infantry strength and armor strength

a third maybe of our infantry strength and armor strength

right now

Basra

Nasiriya

Najaf

other places


Input: That's right and somewhere around a third maybe of our infantry strength and armor strength right now is engaged in Basra and Nasiriya and Najaf and other places but you know as we saw with the strike on the Baath party headquarters, we're using our superiority to take the kinds of actions that will make a difference there I believe

strike

the Baath party headquarters


Input: The driver beckoned them a little bit closer and as the soldiers approached (INAUDIBLE) vehicles, the driver detonated a bomb killing himself and the four soldiers

detonated

The driver

a bomb

himself

the four soldiers


Input: What they're going to do is maintain continuous pressure against the Iraqis and the idea here is to use air power, to use the Apache raids like we saw last night from the 101st and to use special operations forces and continue to use reconnaissance elements and probe and push and continue to grind away at the defense

raids


Input: At the same time we're working the rear areas and building up the strength, what we call setting the force with fuel and ammunition and food and water so we can kick the big offensive off into Baghdad but there's no pause in the sense of not doing things. It's just a difference in the nature of the activities

offensive

Baghdad


Input: Hopefully it will be a short war

it


Input: We hate any state in war here

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any state in war here

here


Input: One of the buses in our convoy was held up at knifepoint

held up

One of the buses in our convoy


Input: How do you feel though seeing pictures of civilians injured in the bombings

bombings


Input: We get reports that these civilians especially in the (INAUDIBLE) population have been attacked by the Iraqi regime themselves so they can't blame the American and said look what the American doing to us

attacked

these civilians

the Iraqi regime themselves


Input: Hopefully it will be a short war

war


Input: Of course this is the home of the anti- war demonstrations stemming back to the Vietnam War but there are close to between 500 and 1,000 people

the Vietnam War


Input: It will be attack the Iraqi regime

attack

the Iraqi regime


Input: It was in northern Iraq today that an eight artillery round hit the site occupied by Kurdish fighters near Chamchamal

hit

northern Iraq

today

an eight artillery round

artillery

the site occupied by Kurdish fighters near Chamchamal

Kurdish fighters

Chamchamal


Input: That's because coalition fighter jets pummeled this Iraqi position on the hills above Chamchamal and Iraqi troops made a hasty retreat

pummeled

coalition

coalition fighter jets

this Iraqi position

the hills above Chamchamal

Chamchamal


Input: Although the Iraqis retreated from this area, at dusk they fired what observers say were seven artillery rounds back at their former stronghold creating new fear and potentially new casualties

fired

the Iraqis

at dusk

seven artillery rounds

artillery

their former stronghold

their former stronghold


Input: When we came across the bridge, the enemy launched some 155 artillery rounds at us

launched

the enemy

some 155 artillery rounds

artillery

us


Input: They are fanning out to villages and towns in the region to search for paramilitary groups that might attack the vital coalition supply lines

attack

the region

paramilitary groups

the vital coalition supply lines


Input: Instead of just patrolling the highways, they are heading into the villages and towns in this region, trying to find out if there are any hideouts or headquarters for the paramilitary units that have been striking at supply lines and striking at U.S. military forces

striking

this region

the paramilitary units

supply lines

U.S. military forces


Input: Mines newly planted and others left over from Iraq's two wars in the last quarter century

wars

Iraq

last quarter century


Input: Seventy-two hours of that was under constant fire coming at us from both sides of the road

fire

Seventy-two hours

us

the road


Input: Recall Winston Churchill's old quote, "There's nothing so exhilarating as being shot at and missed

shot at


Input: We have under heavy fire for the past couple of miles

fire

We


Input: Mostly small arms fire, but the sand storm has enabled the Iraqis to come very close to the road, and if I sound a little nervous, it's because we're in the soft skin vehicle and everybody else is in armor

fire

small arms


Input: Of course, you're on an adrenaline high, but racing across the desert, you know that you're traveling toward the jaws of what could be a major military battle

battle


Input: The Army is eating much, much better than the grandfathers of these soldiers did and the great grandfathers of these soldiers in the Second World War

the Second World War


Input: Just ahead we'll have the latest on today's suicide bombing in Israel

bombing

today

Israel


Input: Israel has been on a heightened state of alert since the start of the U.S.-led war against Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: And now many Israelis fear they could see more attacks like the one they saw here today as the military campaign against Saddam Hussein continues

one

today


Input: There had been many terrorist attacks here in Netanya, including the deadliest suicide bombing ever in Israel almost exactly a year ago, March 27, at the Park Hotel during Passover, 29 people killed in that attack

attacks

Netanya


Input: There had been many terrorist attacks here in Netanya, including the deadliest suicide bombing ever in Israel almost exactly a year ago, March 27, at the Park Hotel during Passover, 29 people killed in that attack

attack

Netanya

a year ago, March 27

the Park Hotel

Passover

29 people


Input: The group is also claiming that Islamic Jihad militants are already inside Iraq to carry out attacks against U.S. and British forces

attacks

Islamic Jihad militants

Iraq

U.S. and British forces


Input: And now many Israelis fear they could see more attacks like the one they saw here today as the military campaign against Saddam Hussein continues

attacks

many Israelis


Input: The toughest fight, though, may lie ahead in the heart of the Iraqi capital

fight

the heart of the Iraqi capital


Input: U.S.-led forces were able to press farther north after defeating Iraqi Republican Guard units at Karbala and Kut

defeating

U.S.-led forces

Iraqi Republican Guard units

Karbala

Kut


Input: Earlier in the day, the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division took Karbala with a minimum of fight

fight

Earlier in the day

the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division

Karbala


Input: Throughout the day, we have watched the 3rd Infantry Division bring in prisoners of war

war


Input: Iraqi soldiers glad the war is over for them, perhaps 100 at a time

war


Input: There were times when the 7th Cavalry itself got into some skirmishes as it pushed forward, again in the direction of Baghdad

skirmishes

the 7th Cavalry itself

the 7th Cavalry itself


Input: There was a bit of a firefight when the 7th Cavalry came upon three Soviet vintage 20- millimeter anti-aircraft guns, ack-ack guns

firefight


Input: The Iraqi unit in possession of those guns fired mortars in the direction of the 7th Cavalry

fired

The Iraqi unit in possession of those guns

mortars

the 7th Cavalry


Input: The Apache troop opened its tank guns, opened its own mortars, decimated that unit, put it out of existence and probably killed some 20 Iraqis in the process

opened

The Apache troop

its tank guns

that unit


Input: The Apache troop opened its tank guns, opened its own mortars, decimated that unit, put it out of existence and probably killed some 20 Iraqis in the process

opened

The Apache troop

its own mortars

that unit


Input: The intensity it's very quick moving, very fluid battle

battle


Input: Overnight and early this morning, the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division backed by the Apache attack helicopters of the 11th Aviation Regiment punched through the Republican Guard defenses in and around Karbala

punched through

Overnight

early this morning

the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division

the tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles of the 3rd Infantry Division

the 3rd Infantry Division

the Apache attack helicopters of the 11th Aviation Regiment

the 11th Aviation Regiment

Republican Guard

Karbala


Input: That's CNN's Karl Penhaul with the very latest from the battlefront

battlefront


Input: Britain reports 6 of its troops have been killed by combat, 19 more in nonhostile action and 2 deaths have not been classified

combat

6 of its troops

19 more


Input: Let's get the very latest from the Pentagon for the overall war picture as they see it

war


Input: They met lighter than expected resistance

resistance

They

They


Input: So, in regard to that, we are paying great attention to their ability to defend on the ground

defend

we

their


Input: In less than 24 hours, the U.S. 101st Airborne Division has driven Iraqi Fedayeen fighters from the key city of Najaf, pushed north in a several-pronged attack

attack

the U.S. 101st Airborne Division


Input: The Army's 3rd Infantry has punched through Karbala, meeting only light resistance from the Medina Republican Guard, and moving along highway nine within 25 miles of Baghdad

resistance

The Army's 3rd Infantry

The Army's 3rd Infantry

Karbala

the Medina Republican Guard

the Medina Republican Guard


Input: At the same time, the Marines from the 1st Division have secured a key Tigris River crossing near Al Kut and reported to have essentially destroyed the combat fighting ability of that light infantry Baghdad division that was supposed to be providing defense down there

destroyed

the Marines from the 1st Division

a key Tigris River crossing near Al Kut

that light infantry Baghdad division that was supposed to be providing defense down there


Input: Jamie, these descriptions of the weakening of the Republican Guard begin to bring back memories of the first Gulf War 12 years ago

War

Gulf

12 years ago


Input: Could be urban combat

combat


Input: They also are careful to point out that even while they say that the division has been destroyed, they don't mean every single person has been killed

destroyed

the division


Input: Simply that its combat effectiveness has been eliminated - Judy

combat

its


Input: We notice they said they did not want to use the word destroyed, in fact, they said let others do that

destroyed


Input: Lynch was rescued in a daring raid by U.S. forces on the Saddam hospital in Nasiriya

raid

U.S. forces

the Saddam hospital in Nasiriya

Nasiriya


Input: She and more than a dozen other members of her Army maintenance unit were ambushed near Nasiriya more than a week ago

ambushed

She

more than a dozen other members of her Army maintenance unit

Nasiriya

more than a week ago


Input: We preview the potential battles ahead and the strategies in play when we check in with our military analyst

battles


Input: A man who has been to Baghdad many times and can tell us with great knowledge exactly what it's going to be like to fight on those avenues in that sprawling city of Baghdad

fight

those avenues

that sprawling city of Baghdad


Input: That means stocks were up today on Wall Street as they look at the progress of the war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: But American troops and their superior technology have turned out to be a key factor in the fighting there

fighting

American troops

there


Input: And to the south, British forces continue their attack on targets around Basra

attack

their

Basra


Input: These are soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry, fighting near Karbala, southwest of Baghdad

fighting

soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry

Karbala


Input: But for all the resistance, coalition aircraft rule the skies and coalition technology is overwhelmingly superior

resistance


Input: British troops control the outskirts of the town, and today destroyed another building they said housed Iraqi fighters

destroyed

British troops

the outskirts of the town

today

another building they said housed Iraqi fighters

Iraqi fighters


Input: But there may first be fighting in the capital, 250 miles to the north

fighting

the capital, 250 miles to the north


Input: It happened outside the oil-rich city of Kirkuk

It

the oil-rich city of Kirkuk


Input: This land fell into Iraqi-Kurdish hands without a shot being fired

shot

This land


Input: We are now between the lines, a no man's land of abandoned Iraqi bunkers and an unnerving silence, broken by the roar of warplanes and the distant surge of air strikes

strikes

a no man's land of abandoned Iraqi bunkers

warplanes


Input: And, says the Iraqi opposition, in winning this war

war


Input: With U.S. forces rolling closer and closer to Baghdad, the military seems to be zeroing in on the ground war

war

Baghdad


Input: In two weeks after the air war began, there is no let-up and no effective response from the Iraqis

war

two weeks


Input: I will be talking with a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joe Biden, just ahead, for his take on how the war is going

war


Input: Now that armored columns of U.S.-led troops have reached the outskirts of Baghdad, eyewitnesses report fighting and shelling around Saddam Hussein International Airport

fighting

Saddam Hussein International Airport


Input: Now that armored columns of U.S.-led troops have reached the outskirts of Baghdad, eyewitnesses report fighting and shelling around Saddam Hussein International Airport

shelling

Saddam Hussein International Airport


Input: The forces encountered limited resistance along the way and are now poised for the final assault not far from the edge of the city

assault

The forces


Input: But by and large, the Republican Guard has either been destroyed or has withdrawn

destroyed

the Republican Guard


Input: These dramatic pictures show a raid on a presidential palace less than 60 miles from Baghdad

raid

a presidential palace less than 60 miles from Baghdad


Input: We don't think that the fighting is over yet, and so there are still options available to the regime, including the use of weapons of mass destruction

fighting


Input: We don't think that the fighting is over yet, and so there are still options available to the regime, including the use of weapons of mass destruction

use

the regime

weapons of mass destruction


Input: The Americans say they've destroyed two divisions of the elite Republican Guard

destroyed

they

two divisions of the elite Republican Guard


Input: Others are down to 50 percent, but there's still one or two divisions around 75, 80, 90 percent of their fighting strength, and they could still put up very stiff resistance, indeed, when the American forces get en masse to Baghdad itself

fighting


Input: Others are down to 50 percent, but there's still one or two divisions around 75, 80, 90 percent of their fighting strength, and they could still put up very stiff resistance, indeed, when the American forces get en masse to Baghdad itself

resistance

they


Input: Also, we have heard and seen reports that she had multiple gunshot wounds, and knife stabbing

stabbing

she

knife


Input: Well, U.S. officials are investigating two possible friendly fire incidents in which coalition forces may have mistakenly shot at allied aircraft

mistakenly shot at

coalition forces

allied aircraft


Input: Seven Americans we know remain prisoners of war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: Well, when they do finally enter Baghdad, U.S. and coalition troops could face urban combat with the Republican Guard, some of whom may have withdrawn into the city

combat

Baghdad

U.S. and coalition troops

the Republican Guard


Input: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Leonard, we appreciate your insights in urban combat, something that is not something that the U.S. military would prefer to engage in, but it might become inevitable

something


Input: That said, the armored fighting vehicles that you see there they look to me as if they're moving a little bit faster as than we probably will

fighting


Input: That's a lot of mobile protective gunfire

gunfire


Input: We are much more likely to use patience and finesse rather than assault tactics

assault


Input: And then we'll probably surge fires into their both lethal and nonlethal to make his position untenable, to make him move rather than us moving through the assault zone

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we


Input: And then we'll probably surge fires into their both lethal and nonlethal to make his position untenable, to make him move rather than us moving through the assault zone

assault


Input: At which time we can engage them or arrest them

engage

we

them


Input: Typically, when they'd assault a target like this, they'd do what

assault

they

a target like this


Input: Up next, a report on the president's trip to Camp Lejeune, and a look at how the Camp Lejeune community is coping with the challenges of war

war


Input: New explosions rock Baghdad after dark

explosions

New

Baghdad

after dark


Input: Witnesses say they heard blasts around a presidential complex in the center of the city

blasts

a presidential complex in the center of the city


Input: Now, the latest on the fight for control of Baghdad's International Airport

fight


Input: These pictures were taken on the runway just moments after the coalition attack

attack

coalition


Input: Some Republican Guard troops fought fiercely on the northern side of the airport complex

fought

Some Republican Guard troops

the northern side of the airport complex


Input: Outside the airport, the fighting was fierce, but the battle unequal

fighting

the airport


Input: Outside the airport, the fighting was fierce, but the battle unequal

battle

the airport


Input: But the final push into the city could yet prove to be the toughest fighting of all

fighting


Input: Have they done so much damage now to Iraqi command and control centers that they can no longer put up a proper fight, or are the best troops simply withdrawing into the city, to fight there street by street

done

they

Iraqi command and control centers


Input: Have they done so much damage now to Iraqi command and control centers that they can no longer put up a proper fight, or are the best troops simply withdrawing into the city, to fight there street by street

fight


Input: Have they done so much damage now to Iraqi command and control centers that they can no longer put up a proper fight, or are the best troops simply withdrawing into the city, to fight there street by street

fight

the best troops

there


Input: Attacking on the ground and calling in air strikes, Kurdish fighters and U.S. troops have dislodged stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq

Attacking

the ground

Kurdish fighters

U.S. troops

stubborn Iraqi soldiers at a key bridge in northern Iraq


Input: The Iraqis are firing artillery like that in response to the Americans are calling in air strikes

strikes

the Americans


Input: After a day of fighting, the Iraqis were driven back five kilometers, about three miles down the main road west towards Mosul from the Kurdish city of Erbil

fighting

a day

the Iraqis

the Iraqis


Input: As U.S. warplanes dropped bombs near the town, Kurdish fighters moved forward

dropped

bombs


Input: There's a slow-and-steady battle going on here for control of the key bridge

battle

here


Input: The Iraqis are firing artillery like that in response to the Americans are calling in air strikes

firing

The Iraqis

artillery


Input: That blast turned out to be a rocket-propelled grenade, but there's plenty of artillery and mortar fire to come

fire

artillery

mortar


Input: Less than 20 minutes later, with Iraqi defenses pounded by the bombing, they no longer held the bridge over the Khoser River

bombing

Iraqi defenses


Input: It was either shelled or bombed

shelled

It


Input: It was either shelled or bombed

bombed

It


Input: Kurdish fighters planted their flag and left it waving in the smoke of the bombed-out Iraqi truck

bombed-out

the bombed-out Iraqi truck


Input: The first American embedded journalist to have gotten killed in covering this war

war


Input: Well, at least three U.S. service members were killed today in an apparent suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint near the Haditah Dam northwest of Baghdad

attack

at least three U.S. service members

today

bomb

a checkpoint near the Haditah Dam northwest of Baghdad


Input: The Iraqis promise an unconventional attack on U.S. troops tonight

attack

U.S. troops

tonight


Input: Do they mean guerilla warfare, as in Vietnam

Vietnam


Input: Do they mean guerilla warfare, as in Vietnam

warfare


Input: Our Jeff Greenfield will explore a catchphrase in war coverage

war


Input: Coalition forces have opened a new phase of their assault on Saddam Hussein's regime

assault

their

Saddam Hussein's regime


Input: Indeed, only within the past few minutes, Reuters is reporting heavy artillery fire has been heard in the direction of southwest Baghdad

fire

artillery

southwest Baghdad


Input: Heavy artillery, according to Reuters, shaking southwest Baghdad right now in the direction of the international airport

shaking

Heavy artillery

southwest Baghdad

right now


Input: It's the fight they've been waiting for, the tanks of the American 2nd Brigade taking the war right to the heart of Saddam's much-vaunted defenders, to the Republican Guards, holed up in their barracks in the southwestern suburbs of the Iraqi capital

war


Input: Iraqi TV showed video of people dancing on top of what they said were U.S. armored vehicles destroyed in battle

battle


Input: In northern Iraq, CNN's Brent Sadler reported enormous explosions as U.S. forces dropped bombs on Iraqi fighters

dropped

northern Iraq

U.S. forces

bombs

Iraqi fighters


Input: At one site, 28 bombs weighing 7,500 pounds each reportedly were dropped in a single hour

dropped

one site

28 bombs weighing 7,500 pounds each

a single hour


Input: Harry Smith of ITN has more on the battle for Baghdad

battle


Input: It's the fight they've been waiting for, the tanks of the American 2nd Brigade taking the war right to the heart of Saddam's much-vaunted defenders, to the Republican Guards, holed up in their barracks in the southwestern suburbs of the Iraqi capital

fight


Input: Today's assault followed another night of heavy bombardment in and around Baghdad as shells rained down on units of the Republican Guard and other military targets

assault

Today


Input: Today's assault followed another night of heavy bombardment in and around Baghdad as shells rained down on units of the Republican Guard and other military targets

bombardment

Baghdad

shells

units of the Republican Guard


Input: American military planners continue to warn that there could still be tough fighting ahead, but tonight they're closer than many believed they would be to the center of Saddam's regime

fighting


Input: Well, from what we hear from sources in Baghdad this evening, it had been mostly quiet in terms of bombing throughout the day in Baghdad

bombing

day

Baghdad


Input: Then there was a large explosion not far from the hotel journalists are staying in in the center of Baghdad

explosion

the hotel journalists are staying in in the center of Baghdad

the center of Baghdad


Input: The information minister also read a statement from President Saddam Hussein today, the Iraqi leader calling on people to be resolute, to be strong, and saying that if they put up a good fight, then the coalition would eventually back down

fight

people

the coalition


Input: But to harm the enemy more and more, go against the enemy and destroy the enemy and follow the plans that you got in writing

destroy

the enemy

you


Input: ITN reporter Juliet Bremner is embedded with British forces in Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, where the fight for control goes on

fight

British forces

Iraq's second-largest city


Input: Soldiers are here to tear down the regime and all it stands for

tear down

Soldiers

the regime


Input: They're well within striking distance of the mortars and rockets of the Fedayeen militia, but they're prepared to take that risk to try and persuade the people of Basra that they won't desert them, that they'll stick with this however messy it gets

striking

They

the mortars

rockets of the Fedayeen militia

the Fedayeen militia

Basra


Input: There was no shots fired

shots


Input: We watched a nighttime raid on the homes of Ba'ath Party officials and Fedayeen militia

raid

nighttime

the homes of Ba'ath Party officials and Fedayeen militia

Ba'ath Party officials

Fedayeen militia


Input: But first, more scenes from today's fighting in Baghdad

fighting

today

Baghdad


Input: We're going to kind of play it and stop it, and Kelly's going to walk us through, I guess, Urban Combat 101

Combat


Input: Well, U.S. forces entering Baghdad do face the prospect of urban combat, a type of battle they have trained for, but, of course, they would prefer to avoid

battle


Input: You'll see another person come right up here, and he'll hold on this door, because that's not been cleared space yet, again, straight trigger finger, but ready to shoot if he needs to

shoot

he


Input: You see them having their sectors of fire

fire


Input: You come to expect everything in war fighting

war


Input: Definitely put up a fight

fight


Input: These could take out a Jeep or a Humvee in a heartbeat

take out

These

a Jeep

a Humvee


Input: Don't know if they're going to be booby trapped

booby trapped

they


Input: And we have the capability to send pictures or actual video, and then they can make (UNINTELLIGIBLE) if they want to maybe avoid that area or go ahead and go out and engage those folks

engage

they

that area

those folks


Input: Dodging missiles and triple-A fire is something new to this squadron

Dodging

missiles

triple-A fire

this squadron


Input: making sure they don't get ambushed

ambushed

they


Input: When you're on the ground fighting, every piece of information you've got about what you're coming up against is golden

fighting

you


Input: This morning, an American bomb destroyed a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front

destroyed

This morning

an American bomb

a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front


Input: This morning, an American bomb destroyed a convoy carrying high officials of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which have been fighting alongside the Americans on the northern front

fighting

which

the Americans


Input: The idea was to open the way with heavy sustained American bombing of Iraqi positions

bombing

American

Iraqi


Input: Giant explosions erupted down the road

explosions


Input: Even as we filmed the wreckage, U.S. jets were still dropping their bombs nearby

dropping

U.S

their bombs


Input: Now we're hearing the boom of Iraqi guns as they fire towards our positions

fire

Now

Iraqi

Iraqi guns

our


Input: Here in the north, Iraqi tanks and guns are still firing, and the American effort is looking a little ragged

firing

Here in the north

Iraqi

Iraqi tanks and guns

Iraqi tanks and guns


Input: We did receive heavy fire and many of our aircraft took significant hits, including mine

hits

many of our aircraft


Input: War, soldiers say, is long hours of boredom, followed by a few moments of madness

War


Input: Tiffany O'Neal, a military cook, vents her frustration about the rigors of desert warfare to a friend

warfare

desert


Input: In his previous letter home, Apache pilot Joe Bruhl didn't tell his family the full details about his first combat mission

combat


Input: Attack pilot John Davis is feeling sad he's missing seeing his children grow up

Attack


Input: We did receive heavy fire and many of our aircraft took significant hits, including mine

fire

We


Input: 3:58 a.m., explosions reported around the Palestine Hotel where many international journalists are staying

explosions

the Palestine Hotel


Input: The blast kills two cameramen, one from Spanish TV another from Reuters

blast


Input: Central Command later confirms a U.S. tank shelled the hotel in response to sniper fire

fire

sniper


Input: A B-1 bomber dropped four 2,000-pound bombs on a building in a residential area of Baghdad, after getting intelligence reports senior officials were meeting there, possibly including Saddam Hussein and his sons

dropped

A B-1 bomber

four 2,000-pound bombs

a building in a residential area of Baghdad


Input: Brigadier General Vince Brooks also confirmed that a U.S. A-10 Warthog aircraft was shot down by an Iraqi missile today

shot down

a U.S. A-10 Warthog aircraft

an Iraqi missile

today


Input: The 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade battled with Fedayeen Saddaam fighters

battled

The 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade

Fedayeen Saddaam fighters


Input: Three U.S. soldiers were injured when an Iraqi paramilitary threw a grenade at them

threw

an Iraqi paramilitary

a grenade

them


Input: You will remember, of course, Captain Speicher was shot down on the first night of Operation Desert Storm 12 years ago

shot down

Captain Speicher

the first night of Operation Desert Storm

12 years ago


Input: They primarily talked about the war in Iraq, the aftermath of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq


Input: What was to follow was a horrific education in terror and torture: in the smoking basement of the bombed building, a warren of cells

bombed

the bombed building


Input: They primarily talked about the war in Iraq, the aftermath of Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: how neutral are reporters in a war supposed to be

war


Input: They also serve as a reminder that many of our colleagues covering this war are putting their lives on the line every day

war


Input: When an Al- Jazeera reporter was killed today, the network charged it had been targeted by U.S. force

force

the network

U.S


Input: At a nearby hotel, two other journalists, a photographer from Reuters and another from Tele 5 Spain died, another case, CENTCOM says, of coalition forces returning fire

fire

coalition forces


Input: A Kurdish journalist died in a U.S. friendly-fire accident in the north

friendly-fire

A Kurdish journalist

U.S

the north


Input: And an American writer/editor, "Washington Post" editorial columnist Michael Kelly, was killed when his Humvee plunged into a canal while evading Iraqi fire

fire

Iraqi


Input: Famed World War II reporter Ernie Pyle was killed by a sniper on an island in the Pacific

World War II


Input: Famed combat photographer Robert Capa, who took a classic photo of a fighter's death during the Spanish Civil War, himself died from a land mine in Indochina

combat


Input: ABC News producer David Kaplan was killed by sniper fire in the Balkans in 1992

fire

ABC News producer David Kaplan

the Balkans


Input: The 600 journalists embedded with American troops in Iraq will be threatened by the same fire as the troops they are covering

fire

The 600 journalists embedded with American troops in Iraq

the troops they are covering


Input: Neutrality in a firefight

firefight


Input: Are they supposed to be neutral on the outcome of the war

war


Input: Reporters who ignore or distort facts are betraying their craft no matter what and no matter how much that may anger the people running a war

war


Input: And tonight on "LARRY KING LIVE," Al-Jazeera correspondent Omar Al Issawi will talk to Larry about the death of his colleague and the continuing plight of journalists in a war zone

war


Input: Just now, we want to show you scenes from Andrews Air Force Base just moments ago, President Bush returning to the United States from his summit in Northern Ireland in Belfast with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the president back on American soil after a quick two-day trip, less than two-day trip to Belfast, he and the prime minister discussing, of course, the war in Iraq, what happens after, as well as the peace process in the Middle East, and restarting the peace process in Northern Ireland

war

Iraq


Input: Still ahead: How is the world reacting to the war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: And Mr. Rumsfeld went on to say, Secretary Rumsfeld went on to say, there is still a war going on, still quite a dangerous situation -- Judy

war


Input: So, again, behind the scenes, a sense of vindication, but also a cautious attitude because of the fighting still to come

fighting


Input: Bottom line, with less than half of the ground forces and two-thirds of the air assets used 12 years ago in Desert Storm, Secretary Rumsfeld and General Franks have achieved a far more difficult objective

Desert Storm

12 years ago


Input: Still to come: warfare amid the celebrations in Baghdad

warfare

Baghdad


Input: As Iraqis poured into the streets to mark their apparent new freedom, American troops come under fire from a different area

fire

American troops


Input: When the war starts, your heart will be in our souls

war


Input: It started as a story on port security, how U.S. Navy and Coast Guard reserves are keeping ships safe from attack in Kuwait and Iraq. (o

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U.S. Navy and Coast Guard reserves

ships

Kuwait

Iraq


Input: Yesterday, there were scenes of jubilation in Baghdad, today, a suicide bombing and firefighters, grim reminders that, as U.S. Central Command put it, Baghdad is still an ugly place

bombing

Baghdad

today


Input: When a car fails to stop, it's the cue for a violent gun battle

battle

gun


Input: In Baghdad, Marines ran from tree to tree as a gun battle erupted near the Palestine Hotel

battle

Baghdad

Marines

Marines

gun

the Palestine Hotel


Input: The Marines fired back at the gunmen, killing one of them; the other one fled

fired back

The Marines

the gunmen


Input: At the same time today, we do know that the Marines here today had to fight back when two gunmen shot at a U.S. checkpoint here in Baghdad

shot at

At the same time today

two gunmen

a U.S. checkpoint

Baghdad


Input: And this, of course, was an indication that some people have been trying to carry out more suicide bombings

bombings

some people


Input: What I mean by that is that suicide bombers traditionally wear these sort of vests, that they would traditionally pack with high explosives and then carry out their deadly attacks

attacks

high explosives

their


Input: At this particular school, they found what they said was a fabricating plant where they made the vests that would be used for the attacks

attacks


Input: But he never got comfortable in the media glare before and especially during the war

war


Input: Over 45 minutes as we watched, 32 patients were delivered here, evaluated and nine operations started; 29 of those delivered, Marines involved in a firefight in the center of Baghdad

Over 45 minutes as we watched, 32 patients were delivered here, evaluated and nine operations started; 29 of those delivered, Marines involved in a firefight in the center of Baghdad

Marines

the center of Baghdad


Input: CNN medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has been traveling with the Devil Docs throughout the war and now they are close to Baghdad

CNN medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has been traveling with the Devil Docs throughout the war and now they are close to Baghdad


Input: Now that the war is winding down, is his support among Democrats looking up

war


Input: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom


Input: Marine Lance Corporal Patrick Nixon was one of 17 killed in an ambush near Nasiriyah on March 23

ambush

Nasiriyah

March 23


Input: Certainly, our war plan was not modeled off of 1991

war


Input: a preemptive strike, is that something that is out there

strike


Input: It was to remove that regime, and it's part of a global war on terrorism that is not over

war


Input: It was to remove that regime, and it's part of a global war on terrorism that is not over

terrorism


Input: Well, you know, they've used it in the past, and I think the point that Senator Lugar just made -- certainly having the intellectual capacity to do this was proven already by the fact they've used them in the past

used

they

them

the past


Input: It's important in the war against terrorism that we rout out whatever is there and, likewise, the people involved, because they might help supply al Qaeda or other terrorists along the trail

terrorism


Input: If he is alive, obviously, he doesn't pose the kind of threat that an Osama bin Laden does with his cellular network around the world to reactivate al Qaeda and international terrorism

terrorism


Input: And secondarily, what about countries like France, Germany, and Russia, which opposed the Bush administration's war plans, do you want them shut out

war


Input: It could swell to as much as $500 billion if we go to war in Iraq

war

we

Iraq


Input: We're talking about possibilities of full scale war with former Congressman Tom Andrews, Democrat of Maine

war


Input: Tom Andrews, I think we all realize that a government doesn't go to war a nation goes to war

war


Input: He will blow a city off the earth in a minute if he can get the hold of the means to do it

blow

He

a city

a minute


Input: Favor 59%, opposed 37%, that's a vastly larger support than President Bush Senior had in getting the U.S. troops out of Kuwait before that war started

war


Input: Ask them about going and not just a war, Bob, but an invasion and occupying for up to 10 years a sovereign Arab nation in the midst of one of the most distable and volatile regions in the world

war


Input: The more they learn about this invasion, the more they learn about this occupation, the less they support it

invasion


Input: And from that time on, that's the reason we had 22 Democratic senators from 11 confederate states, is because of the Civil War and because of what we thought was a heavy hand of the federal government all the time

Civil War


Input: A million and a half veterans came out of War World II on the GI bill and got that kind of an education

War World II


Input: Bush should torture the al Qaeda chief operations officer

torture

Bush

the al Qaeda chief operations officer


Input: Bush has been torturing Americans for two years

torturing

Bush

Americans

two years


Input: We go to war in Iraq, it would be the worst thing we can do

war

Iraq


Input: What I can't stand is a president who is going to screw up our war against terrorism when I thought that was his job

war


Input: Congressman Sanders, you're opposed to this war

war


Input: No, I don't demonstrate against anybody during a war

war


Input: Furthermore, the United States supported him in the war against Iran

war

the United States

him

Iran

Iran


Input: What we're talking about is the unpredictable nature of war and what could happen in this war

war


Input: What we're talking about is the unpredictable nature of war and what could happen in this war

war


Input: You don't know what happens when the most powerful nation on Earth invades and occupies a Muslim nation and kills tens of thousands of people

invades

the most powerful nation on Earth

a Muslim nation

a Muslim nation


Input: Why do we want to sever that relationship with this idiotic war in Iraq

war

Iraq


Input: The question of whether we go to war or not is strictly a national question

war

we


Input: They're not pointing out that inspections are working only because there's the credible threat of war

war


Input: President Bush wants the Security Council to explicitly authorize force against Iraq, and his press secretary today remained optimistic that in the end, that's just what he'll get

force

Iraq


Input: It doesn't mean we have to go to war

war

we


Input: Yes, I'm not saying take the threat of force

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Input: I'm saying we don't need to use force right now

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Input: The essence of the American case for war against Saddam Hussein

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Input: A memo from inside NBC, reported on the Web site allyourtv.com, and today in "The Washington Post," shows NBC big wigs feared that the liberal Mr. Donahue represented in the words of the NBC memo -- quote -- "a difficult public face for NBC at a time of war, while our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity because he seems to delight in presenting guests who are anti-war, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administration's motives

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Input: In a moment, we'll ask two members of Congress if they're convinced that war is the only way to make Saddam Hussein disarm

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Input: Later, the pope practices religion and a little anti-war politics on the side

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Input: We're talking with potential war in Iraq with Congressman Charlie Rangel, a New York Democrat and his fellow New Yorker Republican Congressman Peter King

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Input: One of the most admired men in the world is doing everything he can to avert the horror of war

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Input: Congressman Rangel, a couple of months ago Senator Daschle on CBS said -- made the charge that we are, quote, "we haven't made any real progress in the war against al Qaeda

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