Stryker Brigade News

First of all, lest any of you think that we are slacking off during the holidays, we did send out an email yesterday but for some reason it never made it out to all of you. Hopefully this one will. We're going to run three different stories tonight, all from the war in Iraq, but all stories that didn't make headlines at the time. We all see the pictures of troops on patrol, of the aftermath of bombings and ambushes, but there is a lot more going on outside of our vision, and that's what we'll try to bring you tonight.

First off, correspondent John Yang will report on an Israeli plan to assassinate Saddam after Desert Storm in retaliation for the Scud attacks on Israel during that war. It was a complex plot, that was scrapped only after a training accident killed a number of those involved. Secondly, we've all seen the pictures of the aftermath of various bombings. The attack on U.N. headquarters was one of the worst. You see the survivors, bloody, and clearly disoriented by what has happened to them. But what is that really like? One of the men inside that building when it was blown up will tell his story of what happened, how one minute he was having a normal conversation, the next he was buried by tons of rubble. It's a terrifying account. And finally, behind the scenes, there are special units trying to track the insurgents in Iraq, trying to head off the attacks before they happen. These are the guys who appear in the background sometimes, with beards, and civilian clothes, driving civilian cars. We'll take you inside that unit tonight. And finally correspondent David Wright will wrap up the day's news from Baghdad as we head into the new year. George Stephanopoulos will anchor tonight.

We won't be on the air tomorrow night, the only weeknight of the year that Nightline doesn't air. I hope that all of you have a wonderful and safe New Year's, and that next year we all find some of the peace that seemed to be so lacking in the world in this past year. We wish you all the best for the coming year.

Leroy Sievers and the Nightline Staff
ABCNEWS Washington bureau

Posted by AMBER at December 30, 2003 02:10 PM