Iraq War - MSNBC - 2003-03-21 (late night) - 1 of 2

Name: Iraq War - MSNBC - 2003-03-21 (late night) - 1 of 2
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[0:00] engagement.

[0:00] >> We're following right now and looking at

[0:02] is the potential attack on Basra. We

[0:04] have the British Royal Marines and the

[0:07] US Marines poised to move into that

[0:09] city. Uh may in fact have already

[0:11] started to do that now down here uh near

[0:15] the Persian Gulf. Uh we've also gotten

[0:17] the reports of the surrender of the 51st

[0:19] Mechanized Division, although there may

[0:21] still be some defenders in Bosra. That's

[0:23] that's being worked out right now. Uh

[0:25] the third infantry division has left

[0:27] Kuwait and as we know are well on their

[0:29] way towards uh Baghdad uh working their

[0:32] way up the Euphrates River Valley and uh

[0:34] towards the outskirts of Baghdad there.

[0:36] Uh continue to be bombing uh missions uh

[0:40] going into Baghdad and also some other

[0:42] selected targets around the region. Uh

[0:44] as you know we took those uh airfields

[0:46] over on the western desert and uh

[0:49] continue to watch situation develop up

[0:50] north uh near Mosul and Kirkook to Krit

[0:54] in that area.

[0:55] >> All right uh Jack thanks very much for

[0:57] that update and let's talk now about the

[0:59] view from the White House. It was there

[1:01] that the chain of events put into motion

[1:04] the order sign that launched this war

[1:06] and today President Bush like many

[1:08] Americans glued to the television set

[1:10] watching the shock and awe campaign as

[1:12] it played out over Baghdad. Campbell

[1:14] Brown filed this report from the White

[1:16] House.

[1:18] >> Good evening. The president is at Camp

[1:20] David tonight. He will be spending the

[1:22] weekend there. We saw him only briefly

[1:24] today after a meeting with congressional

[1:26] leaders. This was