CBS Evening News - 2006-05-29 (Western)
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[0:00] CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer.
[0:04] >> Good evening. Americans remember those
[0:06] who died in defense of this country
[0:08] today. The president participated in
[0:10] ceremonies at Arlington National
[0:12] Cemetery and there were parades and
[0:14] speeches and remembrances from one coast
[0:17] to the other.
[0:18] In Iraq, there was no holiday from war.
[0:21] A wave of bombings left scores dead and
[0:23] wounded. It was one of those blasts that
[0:25] left a CBS News camera crew dead and one
[0:29] of our correspondents was critically
[0:30] wounded. We'll begin our coverage with
[0:32] national security correspondent David
[0:35] Martin.
[0:38] >> Firefighters extinguish the flames of a
[0:40] demolished Humvee, but the deadly damage
[0:42] has already been done.
[0:44] Four people killed by a car bomb.
[0:46] CBS News cameraman Paul Douglas, sound
[0:49] man James Brolan, a still unidentified
[0:51] American soldier, and an Iraqi
[0:54] translator.
[0:55] Three more severely wounded, including
[0:57] correspondent Kimberly Dozier.
[1:00] It happened in a neighborhood of Baghdad
[1:01] near the city center, which had been the
[1:03] scene of two other deadly explosions
[1:05] just the day before.
[1:07] Dozier and her camera crew set out with
[1:09] soldiers from the Fourth Infantry
[1:11] Division to do a story showing that
[1:13] Memorial Day was just like any other day
[1:15] in the war.
[1:17] They were riding in an armored Humvee
[1:19] and according to Baghdad bureau producer
[1:21] Agnes Reau, they were wearing protective
[1:23] gear.
[1:24] >> Every time we go out with the US
[1:26] military here, we are required to wear a
[1:28] flat jacket, helmets, and um
[1:32] eye protection glasses.
[1:33] >> Shortly after they set out, the soldiers
[1:35] and t