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SLUG: 2-301414 Blair/Iraq Executions (S)
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DATE=3/27/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=BLAIR IRAQ EXECUTIONS (S-O) NUMBER=2-301414 BYLINE= PAULA WOLFSON DATELINE= WHITE HOUSE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: British Prime Minister Tony Blair says two British soldiers have been executed by Iraqi forces. V-O-A's Paula Wolfson reports pictures of their bodies were shown on the Arabic satellite television station al-Jazeera. TEXT: The death of the two soldiers was confirmed by the British Defense Ministry. It was Prime Minister Blair who used the word "executed." /// BLAIR ACT // Day by day, we have seen the reality of Saddam's regime: his thugs prepared to kill their own people, the parading of prisoners of war, and now the release of those pictures of executed British soldiers. /// END ACT /// He spoke during a news conference with President Bush at Camp David, the presidential retreat near Washington. Mr. Bush also referred to the killings. /// BUSH ACT /// They were murdered, unarmed soldiers, executed. I mean that is a war crime. But I am not surprised. This man, Saddam Hussein has tortured and brutalized his people for a long, long time. /// END ACT /// Wednesday, Al-Jazeera showed footage from Iraqi television of the two dead soldiers, stripped of their helmets and body armor, and surrounded by what appeared to be a cheering mob. (SIGNED) NEB/MEM/RAE |
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