CBS News - Iraq War updates - 2003-03-22 and 03-23
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[0:06] This is a CBS News Update, America at
[0:09] War. I'm Melissa McDermott. A US naval
[0:11] officer is among the seven killed when
[0:13] two British Sea King helicopters
[0:15] collided over the Persian Gulf this
[0:17] morning. Iraq's entire 51st Infantry
[0:20] Division has surrendered to coalition
[0:22] forces. The 8,000 soldiers were the main
[0:25] line of defense around the city of
[0:26] Basra. Other Iraqi troops stood and
[0:29] fought. US forces captured the city of
[0:31] An Nasiriyah after a heavy battle.
[0:34] Turkey says US jets and missiles could
[0:36] fly over its airspace then defied the
[0:39] White House by sending more troops into
[0:41] northern Iraq.
[0:44] There There are
[0:45] And shock and awe was unleashed on
[0:47] Baghdad. Hundreds of cruise missiles and
[0:49] precision-guided bombs rocked military
[0:52] and government targets in the capital.
[0:55] This has been a CBS News Update, America
[0:57] at War.
[1:15] This footage
[1:26] Here are the latest headlines from CBS
[1:28] News. It is day three of the US-led war
[1:31] against Iraq. Two British Royal Navy
[1:33] helicopters collided today over the
[1:35] Persian Gulf killing seven crew members
[1:37] including one US Navy officer. The sun
[1:41] is shining on a battered Baghdad this
[1:43] Saturday after hundreds of cruise
[1:45] missiles and bombs hit key targets in
[1:47] the city. Defense Secretary Donald
[1:49] Rumsfeld says the shock and awe strategy
[1:52] is succeeding.
[1:54] The confusion of Iraqi officials is
[1:57] growing.
[1:58] They're beginning to realize I suspect
[2:00] that the regime is history.
[2:02] On the ground, US tanks and trucks
[2:04] rolled through the desert and special
[2:06] forces troops seized two key airfields
[2:08] on the road to Baghdad.
[2:10] And protes