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British Harrier jets from base in Kuwait
20 March 2003
1. Various of pilots kitting up
2. Zoom out from equipment
3. Tracking shot of pilot running
4. Pilots at meeting
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Group Captain Mike Harwood, Royal Airforce:
"You're going to do your job like...
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FRANCE: KUWAIT'S MINISTER OF PETROL MEETS PM JOSPIN
English/Nat
Kuwait's Minister of Petrol, Sheikh Saoud Massev Al-Sabah, met French Prime minister Lionel Jospin in Paris on Wednesday.
The aim of the meeting was said to be a discussion of the crisis in Europe following the rise of petrol...
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IRAQ: SADDAM CLAIMS FORCES DEFENDED SUCCESSFULLY LATEST AIRSTRIKE
Arabic/Nat
Iraqi TV has claimed that anti-aircraft gunners drove off an attack by 'enemy' planes that crossed into Iraq from Kuwaiti and Saudi airspace on Saturday.
It didn't identify the nationality of the aircraft, but Iraq normally...
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Contingent of Japanese troops arrives en route to Iraq
1. Various of officials on runway at Mubarak Air Base
2. Col. Koichiro Bansho, who is leading the humanitarian mission, being greeted as he steps down from plane,
3. Col. Bansho saluting
4. Wide shot of aircraft
5. Troops stepping down...
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US army stages biggest desert manoeuvres since Gulf War
20 December 2002
1. Wide US M1A1 Abrams tank with "All the way to Baghdad" written on its barrel
2. Mid shot of same tank
3. Close up (pull focus) of same tank
21 December 2002:
4. Wide of tank driving along
5. Mid shot of tank commander...
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IRAQ: US/UK PATROLS
Arabic/Nat
In a televised interview, Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said that Iraq will fire on U-S and British warplanes patrolling the no-fly zones imposed after the Gulf War.
Ramadan's interview was conducted in Baghdad...
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GWT: Marines arrive in Southern Kuwait, bring heavy equipment
1. US Army vehicles driving through checkpoint
2. Panning shot, marines and equipment
3. Marine examining weapon
4. Wide shot, marines
5. Marines sitting around tanks
6. Various, marines sitting and lying on ground
7. Marines around...
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Arrivals for OPEC meeting
1. Sign outside El Mitak residence where OPEC summit will be held
2. Foyer pans to media working
3. Close up journalist
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Chakib Khelil, Algerian oil minister
"This is an extraordinary meeting of OPEC that was...
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USA: US PREPARED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO DEFEND TROOPS
English / Nat
The United States will take all "necessary and appropriate actions" to defend its forces in the Middle East from any challenge posed by Iraq's Saddam Hussein, the US Defense Secretary William Perry warned Thursday.
Speaking...
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VOICED Soldier writes to wife for final time before battle
0000 Wide shot US army camp with vehicles and tents
0003 Various helicopters
0011 Tanks
0016 Various Private Michael David Trudel, 1st Combat Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division writing letter to wife inside armoured personnel carrier
0033...
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US troops exercise near the border with Iraq
SHOTLIST: NB: wrong slate on tape, story correct
1. U-S troops assembling
2. U-S troops gathering amid boxes
3. Troops cleaning equipment and checking tanks
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) VOX POP Military Officer
"Times are a little different...
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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...