Iraq War - CNN - 2003-03-21 - 6 to 9 p.m. (E)
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[0:00] The UN condemned the invasion as quote a
[0:02] racist imperialist attack. A second
[0:06] American has died in combat in Iraq. The
[0:09] Marine was part of the first Marine
[0:11] Expeditionary Force. He received his
[0:13] wounds during battle with Iraqi forces
[0:16] near the port of Unaser. Another US
[0:18] Marine was killed earlier in a fight at
[0:21] an oil field in southern Iraq. There is
[0:24] a wave of steel barreling toward Baghdad
[0:27] tonight. A 20 m long chain of coalition
[0:30] army tanks and vehicles is rumbling
[0:32] northward across the Iraqi desert. That
[0:35] convoy is expected to reach Baghdad
[0:37] within 2 to 4 days. The lead elements of
[0:40] the invasion force are now estimated to
[0:42] be closing in on just about the halfway
[0:44] mark between Kuwait and Baghdad.
[0:46] Coalition forces have also taken two
[0:48] airfields in the west as well as the
[0:51] southern off Peninsula, apparently
[0:53] successful in preventing a repeat of
[0:55] 1991 when Iraq caused an environmental
[0:58] disaster by pumping oil into the Persian
[1:02] Gulf. That is the very latest from CNN
[1:04] Center. I'll be back in half an hour.
[1:06] Now, complete coverage of the strike on
[1:08] Iraq continues with Lou Dos.
[1:12] [Music]
[1:18] Good evening. It's been an extraordinary
[1:20] day of military successes for the
[1:22] coalition in Iraq. Advances by coalition
[1:25] forces in the south and the north. Iraqi
[1:28] oil fields under the full control of
[1:30] coalition forces tonight. And Iraq today
[1:33] was shocked when the bombing began, just
[1:36] as the Pentagon promised.
[1:48] The shock was literally awesome. Whether
[1:50] that will be sufficient to convince the
[1:52] Iraqi leadership to surrender remains to
[1:55] be