CBS Evening News - 2004-06-08 - 1 of 2 (partial)

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[2:07] >> Tonight, the battle for Iraq. The UN

[2:10] comes together behind the US handover

[2:13] plan. But on the ground, suicide bombers

[2:16] and kidnappers strike. We'll give you a

[2:19] look at what, why, and what's ahead.

[2:22] Remembering a president. Huge crowds

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[2:54] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan

[2:57] Rather reporting from CBS News

[2:59] headquarters in New York.

[3:01] >> Good evening. More than 14 months into

[3:04] the US-led campaign in Iraq, President

[3:06] Bush now has what he once said he didn't

[3:09] need, full support from the United

[3:12] Nations Security Council. Late today,

[3:14] the Security Council voted 15 to zero

[3:17] for a resolution drafted by the US and

[3:20] Britain setting a hopeful timetable for

[3:23] Iraqi elections and withdrawal of

[3:25] coalition forces. President Bush learned

[3:28] of the vote in Georgia where he's

[3:30] hosting some world leaders at the annual

[3:32] G8 economic summit. CBS's John Roberts

[3:35] has more from Savannah.

[3:38] President Bush today hailed the

[3:40] unanimous passage of the resolution as

[3:42] an important moment throwing the weight

[3:43] of the world behind his plans to rebuild

[3:46] Iraq.

[3:46] >> The vote today in the United Nations

[3:48] Security Council, it was a great victory

[3:51] for the Iraqi people.

[3:52] The international community showed that

[3:55] uh it stands side by side with the Iraqi

[3:58] people.

[3:59] >> It was a major diplomatic victory that

[4:01] kicks off the G8 summit with a bang on

[4:04] the White House's banking will drain

[4:05] support for insurgents on the ground in

[4:07] Iraq.

[4:08] >> They are now challenging their own

[4:10] leaders. They are now fighting against

[4:12] the dreams of their own people.

[4:13] >> The resolution puts on record the

[4:15] transfer of full sovereignty to the

[4:17] interimm government and sets a timetable

[4:19] for democracy. elections for a

[4:21] transitional assembly by next January,

[4:23] the writing of a constitution, then

[4:25] elections for a fully democratic

[4:27] government by the end of the year. It

[4:29] allows Iraqis authority over their own

[4:31] forces and a say in sensitive offensive

[4:33] operations by coalition troops, but they

[4:36] will have no veto power over the US

[4:38] military. The practical effects of the

[4:41] resolution are unclear. It may stem the

[4:43] exodus of other coalition members like

[4:45] Spain, which pulled out of Iraq. But if

[4:47] the president wants anything new beyond

[4:49] moral support, say some lawmakers, he

[4:52] must convince security council members

[4:53] that words demand action. You basically

[4:56] acknowledge this is the world's

[4:57] responsibility. We need troop help. We

[5:01] need help in training Iraqi troops and

[5:03] we need help financially. If that

[5:06] doesn't happen, then nothing

[5:07] fundamentally changes on the ground. The

[5:09] best the White House is hoping for is

[5:10] international aid to train up an Iraqi

[5:13] security force. But that will take

[5:15] months, leaving a critical security gap,

[5:17] just as a fledgling government assumes

[5:19] power with violence expected to

[5:21] increase.

[5:22] >> I think we have to recognize that the

[5:23] bulk of this burden is still going to be

[5:25] carried by the United States. This will

[5:27] be a long process. The United States

[5:29] will be there militarily for a long

[5:31] period of time. We have to prepare

[5:33] ourselves from that.

[5:35] International experts expect that the US

[5:37] will get next to nothing in terms of

[5:39] practical support from this resolution.

[5:40] They say the UN Security Council wasn't

[5:42] out to share responsibility, but to

[5:45] force President Bush to compromise on

[5:47] Iraq, believing his policies have been

[5:49] wrong from the start. Dan John Roberts

[5:52] reporting live from Savannah, Georgia.

[5:54] Thanks. Despite the progress on the

[5:56] diplomatic front, there was more

[5:57] bloodshed in Iraq today. Six coalition

[6:00] soldiers from Europe were killed when

[6:02] munitions they were transporting

[6:04] exploded and one American soldier was

[6:07] among at least 15 people killed and

[6:09] dozens wounded by car bombs in two Iraqi

[6:12] cities. It was also a daring hostage

[6:15] rescue today as CBS's Kimberly Doer

[6:18] reports from Baghdad.

[6:20] >> They were a symbol of a guerilla

[6:22] campaign the coalition seemed powerless

[6:24] to stop. Four Italian bodyguards working

[6:27] for an American security company were

[6:29] abducted near Fallujah. One was killed,

[6:32] executed on camera, the others held for

[6:34] almost two months. Today, those

[6:37] remaining Italian hostages are free,

[6:39] rescued by US special forces south of

[6:42] Baghdad.

[6:43] >> At this point in time, uh the hostages

[6:45] under are under coalition forces control

[6:48] and they are in good health. All of the

[6:50] hostages were at the same location and

[6:53] uh yes, we did detain some individuals

[6:55] at the site.

[6:55] >> US officials gave no details about the

[6:58] kidnappers. A Polish hostage held with

[7:00] the Italians was also freed. But even as

[7:03] the coalition trumpeted that success,

[7:06] militants paraded another group of men

[7:08] in front of the camera. These are three

[7:10] of seven Turks allegedly taken for

[7:12] working for the Americans. Among dozens

[7:16] of other foreigners kidnapped in Iraq is

[7:18] Army Private Keith Matthew Moffin. Up to

[7:21] 20 more are being held, according to

[7:23] hostage negotiator and Anglican cleric

[7:25] Andrew White. He helped locate the

[7:27] Italians. He says a dangerous trend is

[7:30] developing. Criminals are capturing

[7:32] foreigners and selling them to extremist

[7:34] groups. These hostages may be passed

[7:38] alqaeda type operatives

[7:41] which makes our job very considerably

[7:44] more difficult.

[7:45] >> The warning to foreigners remains the

[7:47] same. Keep your head down and don't make

[7:49] it easy for the kidnappers. The

[7:51] militants know the power of symbols and

[7:54] they will exploit everyone they can get

[7:56] their hands on. Kimberly Doer, CBS News,

[7:59] Baghdad. In Congress today, the subject

[8:02] was torture and whether or not a legal

[8:04] memorandum prepared for the Defense

[8:07] Department gave US troops in Iraq and

[8:09] Afghanistan the go-ahad to use torture.

[8:12] CBS's David Martin reports the Bush

[8:15] cabinet member who had his lawyers

[8:17] prepare that memo found himself back in

[8:20] the hot seat.

[8:22] Attorney General Ashcro came under

[8:24] heated questioning from the Senate

[8:25] Judiciary Committee about leaked

[8:28] internal documents which argue that

[8:29] torture can be legally justified. The

[8:32] documents, which were used by both the

[8:34] CIA and the Pentagon, argued, among

[8:37] other things, that America's right of

[8:38] self-defense could justify the use of

[8:41] torture while interrogating captured

[8:43] al-Qaeda operatives to get information

[8:45] about future terrorist attacks.

[8:47] Ashcrooft said that despite the legal

[8:49] opinions, the Bush administration does

[8:51] not condone torture.

[8:53] >> I condemn torture.

[8:55] >> I think it it

[8:57] >> so it's not justified there.

[8:58] >> It it it I don't think it's productive,

[9:00] let alone justified.

[9:02] >> But Ashcraftoft refused to turn over the

[9:04] documents.

[9:05] >> Will you provide those to the committee?

[9:07] >> Uh no, I will not.

[9:09] >> Democrats contend the documents set the

[9:11] climate that produced the abuses at Abu

[9:14] Graay. We know when we have these kinds

[9:17] of orders, what happens? We get the

[9:19] stress tests. We get the use of dogs. We

[9:23] get the force nakedness

[9:25] that we've all seen on these. And we get

[9:28] the hooding. This is what directly

[9:30] results when you have that kind of

[9:32] memoranda out there.

[9:33] >> The issue of whether the US has

[9:35] permitted the torture of captured

[9:36] terrorists is more than just a legal

[9:38] debate over whether any laws or treaties

[9:41] have been violated. There's a reason why

[9:43] we signed these treaties. To protect my

[9:47] son in the military. That's why we have

[9:50] these treaties.

[9:52] So when Americans are captured, they are

[9:57] not tortured. That's the reason.

[10:00] >> Since the prisoner abuse scandal broke,

[10:02] one captured American, the civilian Nick

[10:04] Berg, has been beheaded. And another,

[10:06] Private Keith Mopin, has disappeared.

[10:08] David Martin, CBS News. The Pentagon. An

[10:11] American security expert in Saudi Arabia

[10:13] was shot and killed today by suspected

[10:16] al-Qaeda gunman. The victim hired to

[10:18] train Saudi National Guard troops was

[10:20] ambushed outside his home in the Saudi

[10:22] capital of Riad. The killers escaped.

[10:26] In this country, the body of President

[10:28] Reagan will be flown to Washington

[10:30] tomorrow for the official start of his

[10:32] state funeral. Today, the military went

[10:35] through a dress rehearsal, carrying a

[10:37] casket to the US capital on a horsedrawn

[10:39] queson, then carrying it up the many

[10:42] steps to the capital rotunda, where

[10:44] President Reagan will lie in state. The

[10:47] president's casket is on view the rest

[10:49] of this evening at the Reagan Library in

[10:52] California. CBS's Jerry Bowen is there.

[10:56] It's been a remarkable display of

[10:57] affection and sorrow. Thousands of

[11:00] people coming around the clock to say

[11:01] farewell to Mr. Reagan. So many they've

[11:04] doubled the buses and extended the

[11:06] viewing hours.

[11:07] >> Doing something that you feel like if

[11:08] you didn't do it, you'd be regretting it

[11:10] the rest of your life.

[11:11] >> 4:00 this morning and there are the

[11:13] scouts from Seami Valley Troop 626

[11:16] saluting the man they learned about at

[11:17] their history books. About that same

[11:19] time, Maryanne Deona scooped up her

[11:21] three kids and a friend to make the long

[11:23] drive here. 7 hours later, there they

[11:26] were, bottom of the screen, passing the

[11:28] casket of the man she believes made

[11:30] America safer for her and her kids.

[11:33] >> They don't remember growing up with the

[11:35] missiles pointed at their heads or the

[11:36] nuclear bomb scares.

[11:38] >> And what is truly remarkable is that in

[11:40] a place known for people showing up late

[11:42] and leaving early, they're waiting hours

[11:44] at a nearby college parking lot to catch

[11:46] shuttle buses to the library. Pushing

[11:48] two hours,

[11:49] >> three hours, three and a half hours.

[11:51] >> Waiting as George Mayor did for a moment

[11:53] of tribute that lasts barely one minute,

[11:55] but well worth it. Mayor said Mr. Reagan

[11:58] made him proud to be in the military

[12:00] again.

[12:00] >> President Reagan came along and dug into

[12:03] the pocketbook and told the American

[12:04] people, "We're going to spend a couple

[12:05] of dollars and we're going to build up

[12:06] our military and make them proud of this

[12:08] nation again." Also paying tribute,

[12:10] Democratic presidential candidate John

[12:12] Kerry, who came because he'll miss the

[12:14] state funeral in Washington because of

[12:16] his daughter's graduation here in

[12:17] California. Tomorrow, Mr. Reagan's

[12:19] casket will be flown to Washington for

[12:21] viewing in the capital rotunda before

[12:22] Friday's state funeral and then return

[12:24] here for a sunset burial at the

[12:26] presidential library. A place for now of

[12:30] long lines and brief moments of

[12:32] farewell. Jerry Bowen, CBS News, Seami

[12:35] Valley. Coming up next on the CBS

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