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VOICE: US troops exercise in the Kuwaiti desert
"New York camp", Kuwait/northern Iraqi borders
0.00 Machine gun on top of armoured vehicle, convoy in distance
0.04 Mid shot, tank and big army truck
0.09 Various of tanks moving in convoy
0.25 Midshot of soldiers taking part in...
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A look at current Kuwaiti oil production, fields
1. Close-up of pipes running past camera, part of 'Gathering Area 19' at Burgan oil field
2. Long shot of gas flaring off
3. Flames rising from another flare-off on the ground
4. Small pipes running across the ground, tilts up to...
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GWT: Air raid sirens across Kuwait City, residents putting on gas masks
1. Wide shot, Kuwait city street with sound of sirens
2. Man with gas mask looking in back of car, pull out to wide
3. Mid shot, two men in gas masks
4. Men sitting around car, siren stops
5. Wide shot, street
6. Tanks driving through...
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GWT: Burning oil well, allied troops, prisoners of war
1. 'Welcome to Iraq - from the Fighting 61st. (US Marine Reconnaissance Company). Have a Nice Day' sign at side of road
2. Long shot driving towards burning oil wells
3. Various driving past burning oil wells
4. Various British and...
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British soldiers head to airport for flight out of Iran
Night shots:
1. Various of convoy of vehicles containing British Marines and embassy officials coming through gates of embassy en route to airport for flight taking Britons to Kuwait via UAE, press taking pictures
Eight British Royal...
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UK Defence Minister meets British troops
1. British Defense Secretary, Geoff Hoon, getting out of car and walking in desert to meet British troops
2. Back shot of Hoon meeting Marines, shaking hands
3. Close shot Hoon talking to Marines
4. Low shot Hoon looking at weapons
5....
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Kuwait - Visit former British PM Margaret Thatcher
Baghdad must apply all the UN resolutions "without exception" if
it wants international sanctions against Iraq lifted, former
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher said Saturday.
Thatcher, who was British prime minister in 1990 when...
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KUWAIT: PREPARATIONS MADE FOR POSSIBLE ATTACK FROM IRAQ UPDATE
Arabic/Eng/Nat
With the chance of a peaceful settlement of the Iraqi crisis diminishing, its neighbour Kuwait is on standby for a second Gulf War.
The government has stepped up its security and hospitals are reviewing emergency...
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WRAP Bush leaving Israel for Kuwait
1. Helicopter landing at Ben Gurion airport
2. Wide shot of Israeli officials waiting by red carpet
3. Wide shot of helicopter on tarmac
4. Various of US President George W Bush exiting helicopter and walking across airstrip
5. Bush...
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KUWAIT: ANNIVERSARY OF AIR WAR
Arabic/Nat
On January 17 1991, a military coalition led by the United States began its bid to liberate the small Gulf oil state of Kuwait, which had been invaded by its large neighbour Iraq.
The coalition launched a six-week air war...
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Soldiers ready and waiting for battle orders
1. Pan from desert to camouflaged tents
2. Zoom into vehicle under tent
3. American Cobra attack helicopter flying above tent
4. Medium shot Cobra helicopter
5. UK troops from Seventh Armoured Brigade stood by vehicle
6. Troops sat...
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Iraqi Vice President comments on Cheney Middle East visit
1. Iraqi Vice President Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri greeted by Lebanese officials
2. Iraqi Vice President Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri walking through building
3. Lebanese president Emile Lahoud
4. Lebanese president Emile Lahoud with Iraqi...
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UN envoy meets Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Abbas
1. Exterior of building with UN cars outside
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian leader:
"Indeed neither Kuwait nor the other Arab countries in the Gulf stopped their aid in the past or in the present but of course we...
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February - March 1991; Gulf War Ceasefire, Peace Talks
27.2.91 Southern Iraq
LS Tank - marine jumps off and tank explodes
US tank drives past burning Iraqi tank
28.2.91 Washington
George Bush announcing victory ceasefire, saying allied troops will not fire unless fired upon
28.2.91...
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US infantry shows off military hardware
1. US M1 Abrams main battle tank driving in desert
2. Various of tanks and tank crews driving in desert
3. Tank drives up to other tanks in desert
4. SOUNDBITE (English) First Sergeant William Swartz, US tank crewman:
"Well if we were...
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Swimmers from across Middle East compete at Arab Championships
Swimmers from across the Middle East are competing for a place on the winners podium at the Arab Swimming Championships.
The second edition of the event is being held in Casablanca.
Diving in at the Mohammed V complex in Casablanca....
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WRAP Straw, Villepin, reax in Paris
Paris, France
1. Exterior shots of Moroccan Embassy where the Iraqi interests section is located
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Voxpop:
"I think that the Iraqis still have to have a revolution of their own. They may do it against the Americans...
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US military exercises as preparations for war continue
1. APC with satellite dish on top, various military vehicles in background
2. Various of soldier shaving in mirror of van
3. Another soldier shaving
4. Soldier crouching by tank tracks
5. Tank with rotating turret
6. Troops carrying...
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British FM briefing during visit to Bahrain and Kuwait
1. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw entering news conference
2. Wide shot, news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary
"The United Nations is going to have a vital role in the complex task of...
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US military on training exercises in desert
1. Tank driving past camera and soldiers running behind
2. Mid shot soldiers running behind APC
3. Various of soldiers during firing practice
4. Tank - AUDIO shots being fired
5. Soldier throwing grenade during training exercises
6....
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Leaders arriving for summit aimed at improving security situation in Iraq
1. Wide of street with Kuwait Towers in background
2. Kuwait Towers
3. Close-up of sign reading: (English) "Kuwait City"
4. Exterior of Sheraton Hotel
5. Various flags of Iraq's neighbouring countries
6. Soldier in armoured vehicle
7....
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British frigate on patrol in the Gulf to enforce sanctions against Iraq
1. Mid shot of ship
2. Mid shot of missile silos
3. Soldier on guard aboard ship
4. Close up of soldier
5. Officers on board ship
6. Close up of ship's gun
7. Mid shot of radar room
8. Mid shot of radar screen
9. Set up of Corder
10....
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AP a'math of wedding tent blaze that killed women and children
1. Wide of site of blaze, blackened debris on street
2. Various of officials at scene
3. Officials at scene with burnt metal in foreground
4. Various of objects on ground
5. Various of burnt oranges amidst debris at scene
6. Burnt pots...
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GWT: Doctor says all seven POWs released after assessment
1. Wide shot Lt. Col. Ruth Lee talking to reporters
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lt. Col. Ruth Lee, U.S. Army Nurse:
"I can't really tell you about how they were treated when they arrived here. We actually only saw three in our hospital. Four...