CBS Evening News - 2003-03-31
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:02] Tonight's headlines, urban warfare. US
[0:05] Marines hunt down enemy building by
[0:08] building.
[0:09] A senior US commander warns of heavy US
[0:12] casualties ahead.
[0:14] The battle for Basra still tougher than
[0:17] expected with civilians dying.
[0:21] Also tonight, eye on America, a hero
[0:23] Marine's final letter home to his young
[0:26] son.
[0:28] A mysterious disease spreads and so does
[0:31] fear.
[0:32] The race to find the cause and as a new
[0:36] season begins, thoughts turn to fans a
[0:39] long way from home.
[0:47] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:50] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:52] headquarters in New York.
[0:55] Good evening. Lead elements of US ground
[0:57] forces moving around south of Baghdad
[0:59] are now less than 50 miles from the
[1:01] Iraqi capital. How soon they will
[1:03] actually close to at least Baghdad's
[1:06] outskirts is an open question.
[1:08] Here are some of the latest
[1:09] developments. More bombs and missiles
[1:11] did what is called heavy damage to
[1:14] government buildings in central Baghdad
[1:16] including Saddam Hussein's information
[1:18] ministry yet again. US and British high
[1:21] altitude bombers and close in attack
[1:22] jets pounded Republican Guard armor and
[1:25] troops defending the southern approaches
[1:27] to Baghdad. British troops advanced
[1:30] slowly against stiff Iraqi resistance in
[1:32] Basra and British officials said 8,000
[1:35] Iraqi soldiers have been captured or
[1:37] surrendered since fighting began. CBS
[1:40] News correspondents are deployed with US
[1:42] and allied forces on the front lines in
[1:44] Iraq and at other key locations around
[1:46] the world to bring you clear coverage of
[1:48] the war. Urban warfare well south of
[1:51] Baghdad is