CBC News - Iraq War - 2003-03-20 - 1 of 2
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[0:01] Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from
[0:04] the USS Donald Cook in the Red
[0:07] Sea stealth bombers were also involved
[0:10] in the first attack What followed was a
[0:13] dramatic but brief statement from
[0:15] Washington the opening stages of the
[0:17] disarmament of the Iraqi regime have
[0:19] begun then the US president went on TV
[0:22] around the world my fellow citizens at
[0:25] this hour American and Coalition forces
[0:28] are in the early stages of military
[0:30] operations to disarm Iraq to free its
[0:33] people and to defend the world from
[0:35] grave Danger on my orders Coalition
[0:39] forces have beg striking selected
[0:41] targets of military importance to
[0:43] undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to
[0:45] wage
[0:47] war reports suggest the target was
[0:50] Saddam Hussein himself and four other
[0:53] senior members of the Iraqi government
[0:55] in an interview later British defense
[0:57] secretary Jeff Hoon said there's more
[1:00] these are preliminary operations only
[1:02] but certainly they are part of a wider
[1:05] campaign that will be underway in time
[1:08] to reassure the Iraqi public the
[1:10] state-owned TV station immediately
[1:13] showed patriotic images of Saddam then
[1:16] aired his speech use your Source it's
[1:19] unclear if it was pre-recorded or if
[1:22] Saddam was really injured in the attack
[1:25] the declaration of war was watched back
[1:27] in the United States we need to take
[1:30] care of Saddam we need to take care of
[1:32] AMA Bin Laden we need to get those
[1:34] people out of our lives I'm a little
[1:36] concerned about what's going on right
[1:38] now and I think a lot of people are
[1:40] about to die tonight and I'm really
[1:42] concerned about
[1:43] that meanwhile tens of thous