CBS News - Iraq War - 2003-03-20 - 7 a.m. (E)

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[0:53] The first attack has been launched in

[0:55] the war against Iraq. This one, a

[0:57] surgical strike. Cruise missiles and

[1:00] bombs targeting Iraqi leaders and Saddam

[1:03] Hussein. On my orders, coalition forces

[1:06] have begun striking selected targets of

[1:08] military importance to undermine Saddam

[1:11] Hussein's ability to wage war.

[1:14] These are opening stages of what will be

[1:16] a broad and concerted campaign.

[1:19] >> In an Oval Office address last night,

[1:21] President Bush prepared the American

[1:23] people for a conflict that could be

[1:25] longer and more difficult than expected.

[1:28] Meanwhile, hours after the first

[1:29] assault, a defiant Saddam Hussein

[1:31] responded on Iraqi TV and vowed victory.

[1:35] We'll have the latest early this

[1:37] Thursday morning, March 20th, 2003.

[1:42] From CBS News, this is a special edition

[1:45] of the Early Show, America at War.

[1:52] Good morning and welcome to the Early

[1:53] Show. I'm Harry Smith along with Renee

[1:55] Syler and Hannah Storm. Julie Chen is in

[1:57] Kuwait where there's breaking news this

[1:59] morning. US troops have sounded an alarm

[2:02] several times and put on their gas masks

[2:05] after Iraq apparently launched one or

[2:08] more missiles across the border. Julie

[2:11] has taken cover in a US military bunker

[2:13] in the desert. We are happy to report

[2:15] she is safe. We're going to hear from

[2:17] her in just a moment, but let's get to

[2:19] the latest. As we said this morning,

[2:21] Iraq retaliated, firing missiles at US

[2:24] positions in northern Kuwait and Kuwait

[2:27] City. A US missile defense system

[2:30] reportedly shot down at least one of

[2:33] those missiles. The war began with a

[2:35] measured air strike, US cruise missiles

[2:38] and laserg guided bombs targeting Iraqi

[2:40] leaders, including Saddam Hussein. The

[2:43] US attack rattled Baghdad. Iraqi

[2:46] officials claim there are civilian

[2:47] casualties. President Bush says the

[2:50] operation is intended to defend the

[2:52] world from grave danger. On Iraqi TV,

[2:55] Saddam Hussein called the attack a

[2:57] shameful crime and promised victory.

[3:02] And as we said a few moments ago, Julie

[3:04] Chen is near the Iraqi border where US

[3:06] troops have been under fire this morning

[3:08] after Iraq apparently launched one or

[3:11] more missiles across that border. She

[3:13] filed this report just moments ago. For

[3:16] security reasons, I can't reveal where

[3:17] I'm reporting from, but I can tell you

[3:19] that I am with the Marines at a secret

[3:22] air base not very far from the Iraq

[3:25] border. We've been here since about

[3:27] 10:00 a.m. local time, which is 2:00

[3:29] a.m. Thursday morning on the East Coast.

[3:32] We were setting up to broadcast from

[3:34] here live. Um, we were here about 2 and

[3:38] 1/2 hours. Just finished an interview

[3:40] with the commanding officer of this

[3:43] secret air base. When his cell phone

[3:45] went off, he said he had to go. He said,

[3:48] "I'll be right there. Don't know who he

[3:50] was talking to." He was calm the whole

[3:52] time. as short as we were safe, smiled,

[3:54] winked at me, and said, "You're okay.

[3:56] You're in good hands. You'll be all

[3:57] right, Julie." And he walked off. Um my

[4:00] crew and I continued to set up for the

[4:02] broadcast. And about 5 minutes later,

[4:05] all of a sudden, everyone started

[4:06] screaming, "Bunker, bunker, bunker." We

[4:09] just grabbed everything and ran towards

[4:11] the bunker. Um it took us about it was

[4:14] like a 3 to 5 minute run from where we

[4:16] were setting up. Uh once we got in the

[4:18] bunker, we were told to get our chemical

[4:20] suits on, which is what I'm wearing

[4:23] right now. Everyone started putting on

[4:25] their gas masks. Um we had to basically

[4:28] cover every inch of skin that might be

[4:30] exposed. Hoods on, gas mask on, gloves

[4:33] on, boots that I still have on and will

[4:36] not take off. This is the bunker we were

[4:38] all holed up in with about a 100

[4:40] Marines. Uh we were in there for about

[4:43] 45 minutes. We were under alarm red,

[4:47] which means an air attack is imminent or

[4:51] in progress. While we were in the bunker

[4:53] for 45 minutes, we heard two explosions.

[4:56] The military at this hour is not

[4:58] confirming whether or not that was a

[5:00] Scud attack or artillery. They're

[5:02] they're not saying anything yet, but the

[5:04] Marines are telling us better safe than

[5:05] sorry. We stayed in there again for 45

[5:07] minutes when all of a sudden we heard

[5:10] all clear. Everyone laughed, took off

[5:12] their gas masks, um kind of breathe a

[5:15] sigh of relief. I have to say that all

[5:16] the Marines kept us calm, kept me calm

[5:20] the entire time. This is what they do.

[5:22] This is what they're trained to do. Um

[5:25] about 10 minutes, maybe 10 minutes m of

[5:29] having this gas mask off, of standing

[5:33] down, suddenly we heard the alarms go

[5:35] again. Everyone was screaming to get

[5:38] back in the bunker, suit up again. uh

[5:40] which they call I think mop level. I I

[5:43] don't even know but it's it's it's it's

[5:45] a mop level where you have to have every

[5:47] inch of your skin covered and it was it

[5:50] was nerve-wracking. We stayed in the

[5:51] bunker again for probably another 20

[5:53] minutes. Um right now we have been told

[5:56] to stand down but we have been told we

[5:59] have to keep these chemical suits on.

[6:01] Our gas masks at our side the entire

[6:04] time we're allowed to not wear the

[6:06] gloves but we have to have them with us

[6:08] and to drink plenty of water. Uh, we

[6:12] will report as soon as we can, but I

[6:14] know that the military wants us to get

[6:17] back in the bunker um and get to a safe

[6:19] location as soon as possible. Um, we'll

[6:22] report more when we can. I'll send it

[6:23] back to you in the studio.

[6:25] >> All right, and we hope to hear more from

[6:26] Julie Chen in a bit. Meanwhile, CBS News

[6:28] correspondent Aaron Morardi is standing

[6:30] by live in Kuwait City with the latest.

[6:33] Aaron, what's going on there?

[6:36] Well, as you just heard from Julie, that

[6:38] calm that lasted for days here in Kuwait

[6:40] is officially over. We have gone through

[6:43] two alerts and I think those alerts

[6:45] really took people on the streets by

[6:46] surprise. I've been here for over a week

[6:48] and most of the people live here in

[6:50] Kuwait were not expecting anything and

[6:52] have been very calm. We also know that

[6:55] US troops along Route 80, which goes to

[6:57] the Kuwait Iraq border, were also put on

[7:01] alert and were asked to dawn their gas

[7:03] masks and their chemical suits. There

[7:04] have been times that we have done that

[7:06] as well during these two alerts. Um,

[7:08] what I can report right now, what we are

[7:10] hearing from the US military, is that at

[7:13] about 12:40 p.m., that's our time in

[7:15] Kuwait, the quarter of 5 New York time,

[7:18] an Iraqi surfaceto-surface missile was

[7:21] intercepted by a Patriot missile over

[7:23] Kuwait. This was not a Scud M missile.

[7:26] It has been described as a hybrid that

[7:29] it was modified from a surface to air to

[7:32] a surfacetosurface. Now, one US colonel

[7:35] described it as an also 2 missile. Now,

[7:37] we cannot confirm that, but if that is

[7:40] true, then it is one of the missiles

[7:42] that Iraq was ordered to destroy by the

[7:44] UN. As of March 17th, 72 of those also

[7:49] missiles have been destroyed, but 30 to

[7:51] 50 are thought to still be left.

[7:56] >> All right, CBS's Aaron Morardi in Kuwait

[7:58] City. We'll check back with you in just

[8:00] a bit with more. Here's Harry. All

[8:02] right, thanks Hannah. Now for the latest

[8:04] on the US-led military assault on Iraq,

[8:06] let's go to CBS News national security

[8:08] correspondent David Martin, who is at

[8:10] the Pentagon this morning. Good morning,

[8:11] David.

[8:12] >> Good morning, Harry. US officials now

[8:14] confirm that last night's raid on

[8:17] Baghdad was in fact an attempt to kill

[8:20] not just members of the Iraqi

[8:21] leadership, but Saddam Hussein himself.

[8:24] However, Saddam's subsequent appearance

[8:27] on television in which he made an

[8:30] apparent reference to the uh attack at

[8:33] dawn Baghdad time would seem to offer

[8:36] fairly convincing evidence that he

[8:38] survived the attack.

[8:41] You can see the explosions on the

[8:43] outskirts of Baghdad. Cruise missiles

[8:45] fired from ships in the Red Sea and the

[8:47] Persian Gulf, striking a bunker believed

[8:50] to be holding senior Iraqi leaders,

[8:52] possibly even Saddam Hussein himself.

[8:55] The cruise missiles, about three dozen

[8:57] in all, were followed by an F-17 stealth

[9:00] fighter, dropping a 2,000lb bunker

[9:03] buster bomb. The entire strike was put

[9:06] together in about 5 hours after the CIA

[9:08] picked up intelligence on the location

[9:10] of the Iraqi leaders and President Bush

[9:13] ordered the military to conduct the

[9:14] attack.

[9:16] And now Saddam apparently has ordered

[9:19] his military to retaliate. Uh there have

[9:22] been reports of three surfaceto-surface

[9:25] missiles uh fired from Iraq into Kuwait.

[9:28] One of them uh as Aaron said intercepted

[9:31] by a Patriot missile. Also, uh, a small

[9:36] Sesna aircraft tried to fly from

[9:38] southern Iraq, uh, into Kuwait, but

[9:41] crashed. There's no indication yet that

[9:44] any of these uh, attacks involve

[9:46] chemical or biological weapons, but

[9:48] small planes are known to be one of the

[9:51] methods the Iraqis uh, had developed uh,

[9:54] for dispensing chemical and uh,

[9:57] biological agents. And finally, there

[10:00] are very recent reports of explosions

[10:03] outside the air base in Qatar, which is

[10:05] serving as the headquarters uh for the

[10:09] uh generals who are commanding this

[10:12] invasion of Iraq. Uh our CBS people at

[10:16] that air base are currently in the

[10:17] bunkers and and unable to report. So now

[10:21] US commanders have to decide whether to

[10:24] stick with the uh current timetable

[10:27] which had the main assault on Iraq

[10:30] beginning later this week or uh do they

[10:33] advance the time schedule uh in response

[10:36] to these latest attacks. Right now every

[10:39] indication is that they're going to

[10:40] stick with the original time table but

[10:43] that could change if US commanders feel

[10:45] that they are losing the initiative to

[10:48] Saddam.

[10:49] David Martin at the Pentagon this

[10:50] morning. Thank you very much.

[10:52] >> That first launch toward Baghdad came on

[10:54] orders from Rear Admiral John Kelly on

[10:57] board the USS Abraham Lincoln. CBS News

[11:00] correspondent Cynthia Bowers is on the

[11:02] phone from the Lincoln right now.

[11:06] >> War began in the wee hours here in the

[11:08] Persian Gulf when at 3:40 a.m. Admiral

[11:10] John Kelly on board the USS Lincoln got

[11:13] orders to launch the attack. The attack

[11:16] began on the battle group. The first

[11:18] missiles, tomahawks, and tams were fired

[11:20] from the USS Mills. Reports say all but

[11:24] one hit their designated targets. Part

[11:26] of the plan has always been to weak

[11:28] Sodom Hussein's air defenses with

[11:30] missile attacks first, then launch

[11:32] fighters from the three carrier groups

[11:34] in the Gulf, the Kittyhawk, the

[11:36] Constellation, and the USS Lincoln. And

[11:38] flights began launching this morning

[11:40] around 8:00. That's midnight Eastern.

[11:43] They've continued throughout the day.

[11:45] The fighters, the F-18 Hornet and Super

[11:47] Hornet and the F-14 Tomcats are now

[11:50] flying fully loaded with air-to-air

[11:52] missiles and a full complement of laserg

[11:55] guided or GPSg guided bombs. Pilots

[11:58] returning from the initial mission say

[11:59] they are for the most part, even though

[12:01] they're flying as part of Operation

[12:03] Iraqi Freedom, they're still primarily

[12:05] patrolling the southern no-fly zone, as

[12:08] they've been doing for months. They do

[12:10] acknowledge that it's unusual to fly

[12:11] over the same land they know so well and

[12:14] now know that it's a war zone. They are

[12:16] equipped with the highest technology

[12:18] possible unforeseen a decade ago but

[12:21] none of them are cocky. When they get

[12:22] back in they say we made it back today.

[12:26] Cynthia Bowers CBS News on board the USS

[12:29] Lincoln in the Persian Gulf.

[12:32] >> The first cruise missile and bomb attack

[12:34] could be heard and seen all over

[12:36] Baghdad. Reporter David Cheder of Sky

[12:39] News was watching early this morning as

[12:41] it happened

[12:42] >> just before uh dawn was breaking. It was

[12:44] still dark and the heavy lead in the

[12:46] sky. We heard jets overhead. Uh we went

[12:49] ran to our positions on the balcony and

[12:51] we could see flashes of light trace of

[12:54] fires like sort of golden snowflakes

[12:56] appearing in the clouds above us. Um

[12:59] everybody was on the alert. Then we

[13:01] heard the air raid sirens and then a lot

[13:04] of Akak fire started going up. Tracer

[13:07] Akak fire not from all over the city but

[13:10] just towards the south. That's where we

[13:12] could hear uh some explosions. It was

[13:15] impossible to see exactly what was

[13:17] happening to the south of Baghdad

[13:18] because the the the sky was so leen and

[13:21] also set fire to some oil supplies uh

[13:24] near a refinery in the south of Baghdad.

[13:27] So everything was getting very obscure.

[13:29] But I heard strike after strike, bomb

[13:31] after bomb. I assumed they were, but I

[13:33] couldn't see them. All I knew was that

[13:35] something was happening, but not the uh

[13:37] not the huge shock and awe, not the huge

[13:39] number of cruise missiles that we

[13:40] expected to hit the command and control

[13:42] centers here in Baghdad. That was the

[13:44] first indication that this was something

[13:46] very different.

[13:48] Less than an hour after US forces

[13:50] launched the first air strike against

[13:52] Iraq, President Bush took to the

[13:54] airwaves to address the nation. CBS News

[13:56] correspondent Bill Plant is at the White

[13:58] House. Good morning, Bill.

[13:59] >> Harry, good morning. That message last

[14:01] night, which Mr. Bush delivered from the

[14:03] Oval Office, had themes which were

[14:05] intended both for the American people

[14:07] and the Iraqi people. He told Americans

[14:09] that this war could be longer and more

[14:12] difficult than people have generally

[14:14] been led to believe. And he had some

[14:16] information that he wanted the Iraqis to

[14:17] hear, too. And that is that the US will

[14:19] do everything possible to avoid civilian

[14:22] casualties. He made the point that the

[14:24] US believes Saddam Hussein is putting

[14:27] troops in civilian areas, thereby

[14:29] suggesting, of course, that he is an

[14:32] evil man. He also told the Iraqis that

[14:36] the US has no ambitions in Iraq, and you

[14:39] should read that as oil. So, the

[14:41] president is saying that contrary to

[14:43] much opinion in the world, the US is not

[14:45] after Iraq's oil. This morning we're

[14:47] told he was in the Oval Office at 6. Got

[14:50] an update on uh on what had happened

[14:52] overnight. We're expecting to hear more

[14:54] later. Harry

[14:55] >> Bill Plant at the White House this

[14:56] morning. Thanks so much. Now here's

[14:58] Renee.

[14:59] >> All right, thanks Harry. Time for a

[15:01] quick check of the nation's weather. A

[15:02] few flurries or showers are likely

[15:04] across the Colorado Rockies and some of

[15:06] that huge snowfall should start melting

[15:09] around Denver. Here now is an early look

[15:11] at what's going on in your area.

[15:14] Hi there. Good morning. I'm Pamela

[15:16] Wright. Very warm and humid starting out

[15:18] this morning. Temps already near 80°

[15:20] with a really strong south wind and a

[15:22] tornado watch in effect for the

[15:24] panhandle. So, a lot going on around the

[15:26] state. We will warm up to 88 degrees to

[15:29] high uh for our high today. A lot of

[15:31] summery sun, but also spotty showers

[15:33] popping up later. Warm and breezy

[15:35] tonight, 75 an overnight low and a

[15:38] thunderstorm chance that will linger

[15:40] into our steamy weekend. See you.

[15:44] And coming up next, what does the start

[15:46] of the war mean for security here at

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[18:45] some breaking news though out of the

[18:46] Pentagon. Let's go to national security

[18:47] correspondent David Martin. What's going

[18:49] on, David?

[18:51] >> Well, we have our first report of what

[18:53] you would call American battle damage.

[18:55] an American uh special forces helicopter

[18:58] had to make a hard landing uh on a

[19:00] mission inside Iraq and was so badly

[19:04] damaged that it could not be uh brought

[19:06] back out of Iraq and therefore had to be

[19:08] destroyed. So it would not uh fall into

[19:12] Iraqi hands. Uh this is among other

[19:15] things confirmation that uh American

[19:17] special operations forces are operating

[19:20] behind the enemy lines inside Iraq. Uh

[19:23] they've been in there now uh ever since

[19:26] at least the expiration of the ultimatum

[19:28] last night. Uh among other things

[19:30] looking for the Scud missiles and other

[19:33] surfaceto-surface missiles that Saddam

[19:36] might launch against the American troops

[19:39] uh massing in Kuwait. We know of no

[19:41] injuries. Simply the helicopter was so

[19:44] badly damaged that it had to be

[19:46] destroyed.

[19:46] >> All right, David Martin at the Pentagon.

[19:48] Thank you. Let's go to Hannah now. All

[19:50] right, Renee, the beginning of a war

[19:52] with Iraq certainly has people worrying

[19:54] about possible terrorist reprisals here

[19:56] in the United States, and no one taking

[19:58] that potential threat more seriously

[20:00] than New York City's police

[20:02] commissioner, Ray Kelly. Commissioner

[20:03] Kelly, good morning to you.

[20:04] >> Good morning, Hannah.

[20:05] >> Now that the war has begun, is there a

[20:07] greater chance of terrorist attack in

[20:09] your estimation?

[20:10] >> Well, we certainly have to be concerned

[20:12] about some sort of uh reprisal. So,

[20:14] obviously, we've taken measures. You'll

[20:16] see increased uniform presence on the

[20:18] street and we also have officers that uh

[20:21] are deployed that you won't see. You'll

[20:24] see additional checkpoints uh throughout

[20:26] the city where we're deploying our

[20:28] radiation detectors. Uh we're using our

[20:32] our teams that are trained for chemical,

[20:34] biological, and nuclear response. So,

[20:36] we're doing a lot of things.

[20:37] >> How's the airspace over New York being

[20:39] protected?

[20:40] >> Well, there is air cover uh being

[20:43] provided over New York and Washington.

[20:45] Uh it started uh this morning. There has

[20:48] been a uh redirection of routes over New

[20:51] York City as well.

[20:52] >> Is there a large US military presence

[20:54] helping you?

[20:55] >> No, no, we're we're using essentially

[20:58] state and uh city personnel to do this.

[21:00] >> What about National Guard? I understand

[21:02] uh many more will be deployed today.

[21:04] >> Well, National Guard has been helping us

[21:06] for several months. We're using them

[21:08] primarily in the transit system. They're

[21:10] also on our uh bridges and and tunnels

[21:12] helping us as well. So specifically,

[21:14] what are you doing to secure the bridges

[21:15] and tunnels? Let's go through the

[21:16] different areas of the city, which is so

[21:18] tough to secure.

[21:19] >> Well, we're doing uh checkpoints. Uh

[21:21] motorists will will see more

[21:23] checkpoints. Hopefully, uh they're not

[21:25] going to be too inconvenience, but

[21:26] clearly there'll be a greater presence

[21:28] at all of our our bridges and and

[21:30] tunnels.

[21:31] >> What about people visiting New York? Uh

[21:33] tourist landmarks, things like that.

[21:35] Time Square.

[21:36] >> We encourage them to come. Again, New

[21:38] York City is the safest big city in

[21:40] America. Our crime is down an additional

[21:42] 10% this year over record lows last

[21:45] year. So, uh it's a safe city. We want

[21:48] tourists to come. Our major landmarks

[21:51] will have uh additional security

[21:53] personnel at place.

[21:55] >> Yesterday, uh Mayor Bloomberg met with

[21:57] President Bush requesting uh 900 million

[22:00] uh additional funds to help secure the

[22:01] city. I know this is costing you what, a

[22:03] little over a million dollars a day. Are

[22:05] you getting everything that you need at

[22:06] this point? How stretched are you?

[22:08] >> Not at this point. Uh we we hope that

[22:11] the federal government will provide

[22:12] additional resources. Uh we haven't

[22:15] received it as yet. Uh the mayor, as you

[22:17] said, met with the the president

[22:19] yesterday. We're hopeful in a

[22:21] supplemental budget process that we'll

[22:22] get uh what we need.

[22:24] >> All right, Commissioner Kelly, thank you

[22:26] so much for joining us this morning. I

[22:27] know you're very busy. Uh still ahead,

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