CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2004-11-23

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Dan Rather and welcome to the

[0:02] CBS Evening News online edition. Just

[0:05] ahead, a new campaign in Iraq. A large

[0:08] force of US and British troops heads

[0:10] south to the so-called Triangle of

[0:12] Death. We'll have details. Also,

[0:15] preparing your family for terror. A

[0:18] government ad campaign uses children to

[0:21] get the message across. We'll give you

[0:23] the inside story. And have you ever seen

[0:26] the National Attic? You will when we

[0:28] take you to an exhibit of rare artifacts

[0:31] at the National Archives. It's all

[0:34] starting now on the CBS Evening News

[0:36] online edition. A major new offensive is

[0:39] underway tonight in Iraq. US and British

[0:42] troops are in action against guerrillas,

[0:43] terrorists, and bandits who've turned a

[0:45] region south of Baghdad into a killing

[0:48] zone. This is the third major operation

[0:51] launched in Iraq this month. And the US

[0:53] military reported today that American

[0:56] casualties have gone way up. Since

[0:58] November 1st, more than 100 US troops

[1:00] have been killed, more than 1,000

[1:03] wounded. And CBS's Kimberly Doer reports

[1:06] there is more intense combat yet to

[1:08] come. What's going on?

[1:10] >> Now that American forces have almost

[1:12] finished fighting in Fallujah, some

[1:14] 5,000 US and British troops are

[1:16] concentrating south of Baghdad in the

[1:19] so-called Triangle of Death. The new

[1:21] campaign is aimed at Sunni insurgents

[1:23] who repeatedly launched attacks like

[1:25] this one shown today on a militant

[1:27] website in which a devastating roadside

[1:30] bomb was detonated alongside US troops.

[1:33] The area is described as a major hot bed

[1:35] of anti-coalition militant activity,

[1:37] including bomb- makingaking and

[1:39] terrorist training. But the violence is

[1:41] also taking on an ethnic aspect. Some

[1:43] here are already talking about a hidden

[1:46] civil war. The highway south through the

[1:48] triangle is the most direct route to the

[1:50] Shiite holy city of Najaf. And that has

[1:52] made it a hunting ground for Sunni

[1:54] gunmen eager for what is said to be a

[1:56] $1,000 reward per Shiite worshipper

[1:59] killed. At least two prominent clerics

[2:01] have already been stopped on the road

[2:03] and executed in Shiite neighborhoods

[2:06] across Iraq. They welcome the US

[2:08] crackdown against armed Sunnis.

[2:12] >> This is not a resistance. It is

[2:13] terrorism, says this man, especially

[2:15] against the Shiites. Tough Shiite

[2:18] leaders say the Sunnis are resorting to

[2:20] violence against Shiites because they

[2:21] know they can't win a fair fight in the

[2:23] elections. Sunnis make up only 20% of

[2:26] Iraq's population to the Shiites

[2:28] estimated 60%. Election registration is

[2:32] going without a hitch in Shiite parts of

[2:34] the country after their Supreme Leader

[2:36] Grand Ayatollah Sistani said voting is

[2:38] as sacred as prayer. But in Sunni areas

[2:41] like Mosul, militants have burned

[2:43] registration forms and threatened

[2:45] election officials with death. Four such

[2:48] officials have quit and registration is

[2:50] falling far behind schedule. Insurgents

[2:53] are expected to intensify their efforts

[2:55] at stopping the vote, which they fear

[2:57] may leave them on the losing side once

[2:59] and for all. Kimberly Doer, CBS News,

[3:02] Baghdad.

[3:03] >> The US Department of Homeland Security

[3:05] has just launched a new ad campaign

[3:07] aimed at parents. The subject, what to

[3:10] tell children about terrorism. Is this

[3:13] public ad campaign a good idea or not?

[3:15] CBS's Bob shows you the ads and reports

[3:18] the pluses and minuses. There are no

[3:21] horrifying images, just young faces, no

[3:24] frightening threats, only questions.

[3:27] >> Mom, if I'm at soccer practice, what if

[3:29] something happens? Will you come get me?

[3:32] >> There's no reason not to have a plan in

[3:34] case of a terrorist attack.

[3:35] >> The ad, just one of three released by

[3:37] the Department of Homeland Security, is

[3:39] the latest attempt by the government to

[3:41] focus people's attention on the reality

[3:43] of terrorism.

[3:45] Since 9/11, the public has watched

[3:47] highway checkpoints multiply. Airport

[3:49] security lines grow and the terror color

[3:52] code bounce up and down. But in the

[3:54] barrage of in-your-face terror messages,

[3:56] officials worry people have failed to

[3:58] make simple emergency plans for their

[4:00] own families.

[4:01] >> Mom, shouldn't we pick a place for me?

[4:04] >> The new spots are aimed at jumpstarting

[4:06] home preparations. There are some things

[4:08] that you can do that may save your life

[4:11] or it will certainly put you and your

[4:12] family in a better position should

[4:14] something happen.

[4:15] >> The ads direct people to the Homeland

[4:16] Security website where there's an

[4:18] emergency planning kit.

[4:20] >> The phone doesn't work.

[4:21] >> While there are critics who warn the new

[4:23] ads could traumatize children and make

[4:24] them more afraid than necessary. The

[4:27] spots are aimed at adults, not children.

[4:29] >> And child psychiatrist Dr. Paramjit

[4:31] Zooshi who studied the effects of

[4:33] terrorism on children says the ads are a

[4:35] wonderful idea.

[4:36] >> I think it helps parents to face the

[4:39] issues that we are facing and uh these

[4:41] are questions children are going to ask

[4:43] anyway.

[4:44] >> Officials concede past attempts to get

[4:46] the public's attention have not been

[4:48] well executed. Most of us remember duct

[4:50] tape but research suggests the new ads

[4:53] will connect and the kids questions

[4:55] might be hard to ignore. Bob or CBS News

[4:59] Washington. A few words now about the

[5:01] CBS Evening News and your reporter.

[5:03] After nearly a quarter of a century as

[5:05] the anchor of this broadcast, I've

[5:07] decided it's time to move on. I'll be

[5:09] leaving the Evening News next March. I

[5:11] will not be leaving CBS News. However, I

[5:14] will continue to report to you, working

[5:16] full-time on both editions of 60 Minutes

[5:19] and on other assignments for CBS News.

[5:21] It has been and remains an honor to be

[5:24] welcomed into your home each evening,

[5:26] and I thank you for the trust you've

[5:27] given me. In the meantime, there's news

[5:30] to report and we'll have more of it in a

[5:32] moment.

[5:37] Did you know it's possible to go back in

[5:40] time, back through more than two

[5:42] centuries of American history? You don't

[5:44] need a time machine to do it. No. As

[5:46] CBS's Jim Stewart reports, all it takes

[5:49] is a trip to the National Archives.

[5:52] >> If America has an attic, this is it. The

[5:54] place where we keep all those old

[5:56] records from the mundane to the

[5:58] memorable

[5:59] >> source. We have everything from US

[6:01] District Court in investigation of the

[6:03] Titanic to Watergate. This tells you

[6:06] about the danger of icebergs. Somebody

[6:08] should have read that.

[6:09] >> That's correct.

[6:10] >> There was a cancer growing on the sea.

[6:12] >> If it was worth saving, this is where

[6:14] it's at now. And a new National Archives

[6:17] exhibit just opened called the Public

[6:19] Vaults. You can still see the

[6:21] Constitution of course, but this is

[6:23] where they keep the really good stuff.

[6:25] Here's the actual telegram announcing

[6:27] the surrender of Fort Sumpter, the

[6:29] immigration papers of Albert Einstein

[6:32] and Alfred Hitchcock. That's Lee Harvey

[6:34] Oswald's original mug shot. Here's the

[6:37] classic White House photo of Richard

[6:39] Nixon with Elvis.

[6:42] >> Yes, this is a Zruder camera from the

[6:45] Warren Commission investig. Who can

[6:48] forget the scene it captured that long

[6:50] ago day in Dallas? Want to hear the

[6:52] voice of Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt?

[6:54] They've got it on a wax recording.

[6:57] >> We stand for the rights of the people.

[7:00] >> There's presidential boyhood film

[7:02] ranging from a shy Lyndon Johnson to

[7:05] lifeguard Ronald Reagan. Plus, there's

[7:07] presidential humor

[7:08] >> and I'm president of the United States

[7:10] and I'm not going to eat anymore.

[7:13] >> And presidential arrogance. Nixon on

[7:15] Watergate. This involves these Cubans

[7:18] and a lot of handy painting that we have

[7:21] got to do with ourselves.

[7:23] >> A big hit are old recruiting films.

[7:29] >> But most of all, it's that sense of

[7:31] shared history, old times and our times,

[7:34] carefully preserved and now laid out to

[7:36] be marveled at all over again. Jim

[7:39] Stewart, CBS News, Washington. More

[7:42] stories are just a click away, but be

[7:44] sure to join me on television for the on

[7:46] air edition of the CBS Evening News. On

[7:48] Wednesday's broadcast, one state passed

[7:51] a law permitting doctor assisted

[7:53] suicide. Now the federal government

[7:55] wants to strike down that law. Another

[7:58] issue that divides us in CBS's Eye on

[8:01] America special series. For CBSN.com,

[8:04] I'm Dan Rather.