Trapped On Baghdad's Deadliest Street

(CBS)  Shaky video smuggled out of Haifa Street shows the death and destruction caused by six days of intense fighting in what is today Baghdad's most violent neighborhood, reports CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling gunmen dug into the houses along a main road that runs from the center of the capital down to the heavily fortified Green Zone.

On Friday, CBS News spoke by phone to one of the terrified residents trapped on Haifa Street — Dr. Quraish Fajir al-Kasir, a famous surgeon.

"The problem is that we are living in a dark house, in a dark flat. There is no electricity. We have no water really. We are shivering from cold, from fear. We are afraid from snipers, from the shots," al-Kasir said.

The doctor was the first Iraqi to perform a liver transplant. He's spoken at American medical conventions, and three years ago he was a guest of President Bush at the White House. Now he and his family are pinned down by fierce fighting right outside their door.

"It's difficult to go," he said. "They will kill you because any moving object will be shot."

He said he is hiding in his bathroom with his wife, two sons and daughter because it is between two walls and there are no windows. All of his windows have been shattered by the shooting.

"I don't know why," he said. "I have no guns, I am a doctor, I am a scientist, I spent 32 years working for this country. I have saved so many people in surgery; I have done a lot for the people here. Why I should be killed? Why? I don't know why."

Al-Kasir told Logan that there are many other frightened families trapped like his in the densely populated neighborhood. They venture out only to collect their dead — fearful that if they don't get help soon, they could suffer the same fate.

[jorge651]

I feel that president Bush should help this surgeon and his family asap.
J.Ladeira

[jorge651]

I feel that president Bush should help this surgeon and his family as soon as possible.
J.Ladeira

[antoniof123]

This is the horror of war get a real close look.