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Kuwaiti PM & Powell on bombing, Israelis, Saudis, al Qaida.
1. Kuwaiti Acting Prime Minister Sabah al-Hamad arriving at State Department
2. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Sabah al-Hamad in State Department lobby
3. Reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sabah al-Hamad, Kuwaiti Acting Prime...
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Kuwait - US troops military exercises
About 1,200 United States service personnel in Kuwait were on Tuesday (17/9) preparing for a large military exercise involving other US units in the Gulf - including the USS Enterprise. The exercise was to include a newly-modified...
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4:3 Emir of Kuwait only Gulf Arab leader at summit on Syria
1. Emir of Kuwait's plane taxiing
2. Emir of Kuwait leaving plane, greeted by Iraqi officials
3. Wide shot Emir of Kuwait standing with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
4. Various Emir of Kuwait and al-Maliki walking along red...
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EGYPT: ARAB MINISTERS TO DISCUSS DISNEY BOYCOTT
Arabic/Nat
Arab foreign ministers will discuss the possibility of boycotting Walt Disney claiming the company has failed to convince Arab governments that it would not depict Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
A controversial new exhibit...
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VOICER A look at US air power ready in Kuwait
0000 Predator UAV in front of hangar
0007 Predator being pushed by ground crew
0017 TV camera lens on front of predator fuselage
0021 Close up lens
0026 SOUNDBITE (English) Gary E. Fabricius USAF
"It's a real time video feed back to the...
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Kuwait - Precautions for animals
While most Kuwaitis are taking basics precautions for a possible new military confrontation in the Gulf, tiger raiser Fouad Abul is somewhat at a loss as to how to ensure the safety of his "children" Soraya and Michael. He is sure that...
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: ANGER AT A LACK OF ARAB SUPPORT
Natural Sound
Baghdad has accused Arab governments of giving the United States the "green light" to step up its military campaign against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Earlier this week, Iraq's Parliament called on the people of...
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US Defence Secretary inspects US base in Kuwait City
1. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates coming off plane and being greeted by Kuwaiti Air Vice Marshal Yousef Duwayan Ghanin Faris al-utaibi
2. Various of Gates walking with Kuwaiti Air Vice Marshal
3. Photo op with Gates and the Kuwaiti...
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US military equipment arrives, bedouins forced to leave border area
Kuwait desert, north of Kuwait City, 09 February 2003
1. Wide shot people start to remove tent from desert
2. Close up hands pull up a stake from ground
3. Wide shot man carries away a tent pole
4. Tent comes down
5. Wide shot camp...
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Mujahideen fighters capture al-Qaida members
1. Eastern Alliance Commander Haji Zahir on walkie talkie at Tora Bora frontline
2. Pan around Mujahideen fighters
3. Injured captive al-Qaida fighter from Yemen lying on bed
4. Blanket put on injured al-Qaida fighter
5. UPSOUND...
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US Secretary of State leaves Kuwait, arrives in Iraq
Geneva, Switzerland - 13 September 2003
1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell shaking hands with officials on the ground and then boarding aircraft
Kuwait City, Kuwait
2. Powell walking down aircraft steps at night time to be greeted by...
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British Royal Marines prepare for possible war
1. Wide marines on desert exercise
2. Mid shot marines running
3. Marines run into trench
4. Mid shot marine in trench
5. Helicopter hovers
6. Scimitar light tanks on move
7. Artillery battery fires
8. Troops loading artillery
9....
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Iraqi boy Ali Abbas has first art exhibition
AP Television News FILE
Iraq - April 2003
1. Various of boy injured in Iraq, Ali Abbas in hospital
AP Television News FILE
Kuwait - June2003
2. Ali in bed with medical staff by bed, exercising stump of right arm
3. Close up Ali...
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Latest inspections, reax from scientist, FM and UN ambassador
Baghdad
1. Various of crowds of journalists and news cameras at house of Faleh Hassan
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faleh Hassan, physicist and director of state-owned Arazi company:
"I refused to go to the UN compound because I was afraid...
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Iraqi refugees return to homeland
1. Buses driving refugees across border
2. Buses parked
3. Refugees and their children coming out of buses
4. Men hugging each other and crying, one man prostrates himself on ground
5. Refugees in bus
6. Row of buses
7. Refugees...
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US troops conduct exercises near border with Iraq
1. Wide shot of US Army vehicles moving
2. Armoured vehicle moving through the desert
3. US soldier speaking on radio
4. Soldiers running in the desert, targeting position
5. Wide shot jeeps
6. Mid shot humvee, audio gunfire
7. Wide...
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USA: US AWAITS APPROVAL FROM KUWAIT BEFORE DEPLOYING GROUND TROOPS
English/Nat
Plans for deploying extra American ground troops in the Persian Gulf are on hold until Kuwait gives the U-S permission to station the forces on its soil.
Kuwait temporarily withheld permission for 5-thousand additional...
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KUWAIT: MILITARY BUILD-UP CONTINUES IN MIDDLE EAST
English/Nat
The military buildup is still continuing in the Middle East in order to ensure Saddam Hussein honours his pledge that U-N weapons inspectors can carry out their work.
The USS Eisenhower still patrols the Persian Gulf and...
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Palestinians in Lebanon mourn Faisal Husseini
Ain el Helweh camp, Sidon
1. Cars driving down street
2. Husseini posters on wall
3. Banners over street
4. Black flag flying
5. Empty street
6. Shutters down on shop
7. Husseini poster on front of car
8. Girl holding photo of...
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GWT: Oil well burns in Rumeila South oil field
1. Close-up of burning well
2. Wide of burning well
3. US soldiers in front of burning wells
4. Pan around soldiers
5. Zoom into fire
6. Close-up of smoke from fire
7. Close-up of fire with truck
4. Zoom into other fire with troops and...
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Iraqi minister reads out Saddam apology to people of Kuwait
1. Iraq TV reader
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister:
"We apologise to God for any act that angers Him, even if it has occurred in the past without us being aware but has been blamed on us, and we...
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WRAP Emergency evacuation drill at oil refinery, more
Un-disclosed location in the Kuwaiti desert - 23 September 2002
1. Wide shot of oil refinery
2. Close shot of gas flame
3. Wide shot of refinery tanks
4. Emergency worker setting up warning signs for civil defence exercise
5. Various...
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Saddam Hussein Still Alive, Militiamen, US 3Rd Infantry Division, M1 Tanks And Bradley's
20.3.03 Baghdad
SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Information Minister:
(Q. Was President Saddam Hussein near any of those places?)
"We said those villains, in particular the villain Bush, he said and the British Defence...
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Iraq/Kuwait - Saddam Hussein Profile
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who is holding a referendum on his
presidency on Sunday (15/10) has ruled Iraq for 17 years. The
58-year-old Saddam joined the Iraqi Ba'th Party in 1957, and two
years later, fled to Cairo as a poltical...