CBS News Special Report - 2003-03-19 - Iraq War begins
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[0:00] Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face
[0:03] invasion has passed. Saddam made it
[0:05] clear he would not leave, but there is
[0:07] no word yet that a US invasion has
[0:10] begun. When it does begin, whether
[0:12] tonight or in the days ahead, we will
[0:14] let you know immediately. So, stay with
[0:16] CBS News and this CBS station. When news
[0:19] breaks out, CBS will break in.
[0:22] Tonight, it's come down to one night and
[0:24] one performance.
[0:27] locked off position that you can accrue
[0:30] offered to us before you
[0:32] took to your beds for the night. We can
[0:34] see some trace of fire. We're not sure
[0:37] if it's trace of fire, but certainly
[0:38] some lights in the sky here
[0:40] from our position in the studio in
[0:42] London. We know that the White House has
[0:44] told Americans to prepare for war that
[0:46] will cost lives and last for an unknown
[0:49] time, but we also heard from Ari
[0:51] Fleischer that the president has said
[0:54] that he feels
[0:55] listening to is a conversation
[0:58] that through London. This is a live
[1:01] report. Air raid sirens have sounded
[1:03] over Baghdad. Some what is believed to
[1:05] be anti-aircraft fire has gone off.
[1:07] The indication is that an air raid is
[1:10] either in progress or about to be in
[1:13] progress over Baghdad. There's expected
[1:15] to be a White House briefing at any
[1:17] moment with Ari Fleischer, the official
[1:19] White House spokesman and press
[1:21] secretary,
[1:22] who perhaps can shed some light on this.
[1:24] Here's what we know. Sirens went off in
[1:27] Baghdad just a few minutes ago.
[1:29] Flashes of light over the city.
[1:31] David Chater,
[1:33] the CBS affiliated Sky News reporter, is
[1:35] there and let's pick up now what he's
[1:37] saying whi