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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Neal Karlinsky) A daring daylight raid on police headquarters in Fallujah, Iraq, by a band of guerrillas, who freed prisoners, featured; scenes shown of gunmen in the streets & wounded in the hospital.
(Studio: Terry Moran) Live interview held with counterterrorism consultant Dick Clarke about this attack in Iraq by foreigners. [CLARKE - says this was a platoon-size attack that has the earmarks of a terrorist organization; outlines the need for the US to keep foreign terrorists out of Iraq.]
(Studio: Terry Moran) Further coverage on "This Week" & the US permission for the Red Cross to visit prisoner former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein noted.
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(Studio: Terry Moran) The death of an American soldier in Afghanistan from a land mine noted.
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(White House: Geoff Morrell) The questions about President Bush's National Guard service examined; details given from the military records released; 1970s photos shown. [Political analyst Norm ORNSTEIN†- says this is damage control.] [Military analyst Eugene FIDELL†- assesses the problems with the records.] [Democratic National Committee Ann LEWIS†- comments on the documents.] Findings of an ABC News/"Washington Post" poll on the public's view of Bush's military record cited.
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(Studio: Terry Moran) The primaries & caucuses being held for the Democrats previewed.
(Las Vegas: Dan Harris) Senator John Kerr's campaign featured. [KERRY - campaigns against Bush.] [VOTER, "Slate" magazine Will SALETAN†- comment on the anti-Bush vote.] [Annenberg Public Policy Center Adam CLYMER†, Democratic strategist Anita DUNN†- assess Kerry's campaign.]
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Taina Hernandez) The third day of same-sex marriages in San Francisco featured; scenes shown of the gay couples waiting to marry. [Gay couple Kevin WOODWARD, Jonathan LOGAN - comment on their marriage.] California's law that marriage is a union between a man & a woman noted. [Campaign for California Families Randy THOMASSON†- speaks about protecting marriage.]
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Today's highway shooting linked to the earlier serial shootings reported; car shown.
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(St. Marc, Haiti: Jeffrey Kofman) The anti-government rebel unrest in Haiti featured; scenes shown from the aftermath of the fight in St. Marc; details given of the rebels' view that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government is corrupt. [Opposition Group 184 Andy APAID†- questions Aristide.] [Former US special envoy to Haiti James DOBBINS†- says Haiti has not turned the corner under Aristide.]
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(Washington & Springfield, Virginia: Jonathan Karl) The start of an ambitious effort by the US government to improve its image in the Middle East via an all-news Arabic language satellite TV channel featured; scenes shown from the broadcast facilities in northern Virginia. [Broadcasting Board of Governors Norm PATTIZ†, Al Hurra news director Mouafac HARB†- say we can bring a moderate voice to the region.]
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(Studio: Terry Moran) The collapse in Moscow, Russia, of the glass roof of an indoor water park due to heavy snows reported; scenes shown of the victims in the wreckage.
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(Studio: Terry Moran) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Krulwich) A whimsical look at the human heart presented; details recalled of the discovery by British physician William Harvey about the exposed heart of nobleman Viscount Montgomery that showed it was a pump/muscle, not the center of thought as long held by Aristotle; animation shown. ["Soul Made Flesh" author Carl ZIMMER†- says you could actually touch the viscount's heart.]
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