CBS News - Iraq War - 2003-03-20 - 11:42 a.m. (E)
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[0:00] haven't determined whether they were
[0:01] scuds or alamode missiles uh one of them
[0:05] landed near some US Marines but uh did
[0:08] no damage what does this tell you in the
[0:10] here they going and what should be
[0:12] looking for now well the first
[0:13] interesting thing you remember that uh
[0:16] the high command in Baghdad Saddam
[0:17] ordered control of the country broken up
[0:19] between four of his most trusted people
[0:22] but he kept control of the surface to
[0:23] surface missile units so if missiles are
[0:26] being fired in the South it's Saddam or
[0:28] some immediate successor to him has
[0:30] given that order because those units
[0:32] were directly under his command excuse
[0:34] me but the other day we were told that
[0:36] Saddam Hussein preparing for the US
[0:38] invasion had divided the country into
[0:40] four different military areas given the
[0:43] military commanders if you will sort of
[0:45] uh a blank check and did he or did he
[0:48] not send what is generally reputed to be
[0:50] one of his really bad guys to the
[0:52] southern part of the country yeah
[0:53] absolutely Ali Hassan al- maid his
[0:56] cousin who would used chemical weapons
[0:58] against the Kurds in the North in the
[1:00] late 1980s uh they call him chemical Ali
[1:03] but Saddam kept control of the surfac to
[1:05] surface missile units in the Air Force
[1:07] throughout the country so these units
[1:09] while they may be in Ali Hassan's area
[1:12] of responsibility the actual control for
[1:14] those forces sticks with Saddam Stephen
[1:16] black we come back to you in a moment
[1:18] right now let's go to Scott Pelle who is
[1:20] reporting live been doing some terrific
[1:22] reporting uh this morning from an area
[1:24] a