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US forces training in the desert
1. Close shot US troops about to storm makeshift building as part of training in urban warfare (training is taking place in the desert)
2. US soldiers entering house as part of exercise
3. Various soldiers inside house, searching room to...
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GWT: WRAP Massive convoys move towards SIraq, US 4th Infantry arrives
Agency Pool
Kuwait City
1. Wide shot of the ship carrying 4th Infantry Division in Shuaiba Port in Kuwait City
2. Wrapped Apache attack helicopter being unloaded from the ship
3. Military vehicles being driven off the ship
4. US 4th...
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KUWAIT: BUILD UP OF US & BRITISH TROOPS STARTS TO SLOW DOWN
English/Nat
The build-up of U-S and British troops in Kuwait started to slow down on Wednesday with the arrival of some of the last troops expected to be deployed there.
But the western countries say their troops will remain until the...
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British troops building a bridge, RAF facility
Secret location, near the Iraqi border:
1. Various shots of troops at airbase
2. Various shots of British Harrier jump jets being covered, checked over and covered against dust
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Suddards, RAF pilot:
"Well I...
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Kuwait - Gulf Co-operation Council meeting
The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday (11/02) held an emergency meeting in an attempt to create a unified position on the Iraqi crisis. The ministers from six...
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Bangladeshi workers ransack embassy in Kuwait
1. Exterior Bangladeshi embassy
2. Police car
3. Police officer
4. Various of smashed up vehicles in embassy car park
5. Bloodstained paper on ground
6. Dented vehicle
7. People leaving embassy building, doors damaged
8. Papers...
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Iraq - Saleh Says Law Will Deal With Straying Amer
Saleh says law will deal with straying American pair
Iraq on Thursday (23/3) allowed Western diplomats for the first time to visit two Americans detained after they strayed across the Kuwaiti border. The move strengthened indications...
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YEMEN: PLANE CREW OVER POWER HIJACKER
English/Nat
Authorities in Yemen say a man claiming to be a supporter of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has hijacked a Yemeni plane carrying the U-S ambassador and 90 other passengers.
They say the domestic flight was diverted to the...
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US teachers pack up amid tension in the region
Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 6, 2003
1. Courtney Shelton and Miles Eudy removing contents of bookshelf
2. Close up of contents being deposited into plastic bin
3. Upward tilt of packing
4. Cat hiding under chair
5. Crate being...
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Security beefed up in Kuwait City
1. Close shot of gun
2. Mid shot of soldier standing on side of street
3. Back shot of soldier on street and traffic passing
4. Various of soldiers
5. Police car and security
6. Soldier on patrol
7. Armoured vehicle on roadside
8....
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US airborne troops maintain battle readiness
1. Various of US 82nd Airborne Division troops preparing equipment to be dropped from the air
2. Close up of the division's skull and crossbones logo with slogan: "Sky Pirates"
3. Various of troops lifting heavy engineering equipment...
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US military exercises continue on Kuwait-Iraq border
1. US troops unpacking equipment and supplies
2. SOUNDBITE (English) General Tommy Francs, Allied Army Supreme Commander
"Each of the nations with whom we work on this counter-terrorism problem are all doing their own work inside their...
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OPEC increases production to meet oil demand
1. Wide shot of the Intercontinental hotel in Vienna
2. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi coming down the stairs
3. Kuwaiti Minister coming down the stairs
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sheik Ahmad Fahad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Oil Minister...
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Kuwait -Anniversary of liberation from Iraq forces
Kuwait on Thursday (26/2) celebrated its seventh anniversary of liberation from Iraq's invading forces. Baroness Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister arrived in Kuwait as a guest of the Crown Prince Sheikh Sa'd Al-Abdullah...
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GWT: British Harrier jets from base in Kuwait
19 March 2003
1. Various air-to-air night shots of Harriers (++MUTE++)
20 March 2003
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Group Captain Mike Harwood, Royal Airforce:
"This is not an exercise anymore. Everything you've done, everything you've trained...
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Opposition groups claim their election boycott campaign was a success
1. Wide of Kuwait skyline near waterfront harbour
2. Mid of Kuwaiti flags along waterfront
3. Mid of traffic driving on waterfront avenue
4. Various of newspaper headlines covering Kuwait election results
5. Mid of Kuwaiti attorney...
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German decontamination unit exercise
1. Various German military vehicles on patrol
2. Decontamination unit being operated
3. Press filming decontamination unit
4. Various shots of decontamination drill
5. Cutaway press
6. Decontamination unit
7. Soldiers driving...
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Emir of Kuwait welcomed at formal reception by Rouhani
Kuwait's Emir arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Sunday for his first visit in decades as the Islamic Republic's relations with Gulf nations under moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
A report by Iran's official IRNA news agency said...
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KUWAIT: CELEBRATIONS OF THIRTY SEVEN YEARS INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN
Arabic/Eng/Nat
As Kuwait prepares to celebrate thirty-seven years of independence from Great Britain, about three-hundred men, women and children paraded through the streets on Tuesday, to honour the event.
But with todays celebrations...
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US marines maintain state of readiness
1. Mid shot of US marines from 1st Battalion of the 11th Marines Regiment folding the carriage of an M-198 towed howitzer to be moved to new location
2. Two marines disarming howitzer shells to be moved
3. Wide shot of humvee towing...
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OFF KUWAIT: USA PREPARE FOR FURTHER CONFLICT IN THE GULF
English/Nat
United States forces are still mobilising for possible conflict in the Gulf despite assurances from Iraq that its not planning fresh attacks on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
On board the USS Abraham Lincoln, off Kuwait, Saturday...
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Local farmers and hunters move out of exclusion zone as military exercises start
1. Various of tanks and other military vehicles driving in convoy
2. Pan across farm
3. Various of farmers dismantling chicken coops
4. Geese
5. Farmers dismantling tents
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Al-Azemi, Farmer:
"All this suffering...
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Kuwait - Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
Jet fighters from the United States aircraft carrier USS Enterprise were
patrolling the skies over southern Iraq on Saturday (21/9) assessing possible targets for potential air strikes.
Aerial of USS Enterprise;
WS radar tower;
US...
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Various of US and UK troops in desert
Camp Arifjan, in southern Kuwait
1. Soldiers sitting in the sun
2. Various of soldiers in front of fast food shacks on base
3. Wide shot of British band playing
4. Various of women soldiers listening
5. Various of band playing
6. Soldier...