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Kuwait - Taylor On Defending Kuwaitis
The US commander of the Army forces in central Kuwait said Tuesday
(29/8) the US is committed to keeping peace in the Gulf. Speaking
during military exercises aimed at deterring Iraq from any threat
to Kuwait, US Major General James B...
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Iraq/Kuwait - Saddam Profile
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who is holding a referendum on his
presidency on Sunday (15/10), has ruled Iraq for 17 years.
58-year-old Saddam joined the Iraqi Ba'th Party in 1957, and two
years later fled to Cairo as a poltical...
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Desert exercises, schools close amid Gulf tensions
1. Wide shot of row of US tanks in desert dust storm
2. Various shots of US tanks, troops in dust storm
3. US troops masked against dust
4. Various shots of tanks and soldiers
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Grig Poland, US...
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Update on condition of Iraqi boy
1. Wide shot Ali Abbas being treated by nurses
2. Close-up Ali
3. Mid shot Ali and nurse
4. Pan from monitor to Ali and medical staff
5. Close-up of Ali
4. Exterior of hospital, Saud A. Albabtain Centre
5. Close-up of hospital sign
6....
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Emir with ministers and wellwishers in hospital
1. Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah of Kuwait in red headress, Kuwaiti foreign minister on right
Kuwait's Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah was greeted in hospital on Wednesday by Kuwaiti ministers, relatives and well wishers.
The...
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VOICED Emergency evacuation drill at oil refinery
Refinery in un-disclosed location in the Kuwaiti desert
00:00 Wide of Civil Defence members on site
00:05 Close up warning sign
00:08 Tilt up, man putting on gas mask
00:10 Men putting on masks
00:13 Men in gasmasks carrying "injured...
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Germans join US and Kuwaiti military on exercises
Near Camp Doha
1. German-made Fuchs army vehicle touring site to see whether nuclear, biological or chemical weapons (NBC) used
2. German military police (MP), one soldier on radio
3. German badge reading MP on sleeve
4. Gloved arm...
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Frontier between Iraq and Kuwait closed
Iraq-Kuwait border
1. Wide shot of barbed wire at the Iraqi-Kuwaiti borders with British armoured vehicles
2. Wide shot of the main entrance of borders with Kuwait, concrete blocks and barriers
3. Iraqi soldiers standing near barrier...
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GWT: Aerial of Basra, helicopters return to HMS Ocean, plus UK military briefing
UK Pool
Aboard HMS Ocean, 25 March 2003
1. Airman exits helicopter
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) British soldier, name not supplied:
"They are going to do some reconnaissance try to draw out the enemy armour, work out various positions for...
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WRAP Ministers gather for summit, comments
1. Wide of summit
2. Morocco Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa
3. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal
4. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa surrounded by aides
5. Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri holding piece of paper...
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President Bush has breakfast with US Navy 5th Fleet
1. Wide of US President George W. Bush entering breakfast room of US Navy 5th Fleet
2. Bush greeting officials; UPSOUND clapping and cheering, zoom out to wide of room, zoom in to Bush greeting officials
3. Wide of officials clapping,...
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WRAP Defiant Saddam Hussein appears in court for first time
All dialogue in Arabic - approximate translation
Saddam Hussein sits down
Saddam Hussein: "Saddam Hussein Al-Majeed, President of the Republic of Iraq"
Judge tells stenographer: "Former President of Iraq"
SH: "I'm still (president of...
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Pentagon spokeswoman comments on Kuwait shooting
1. Cutaway journalists in Pentagon briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Victoria Clarke, Pentagon Spokeswoman:
"Both marines were wounded and "medivaced" to the armed forces hospital in Kuwait city. One marine later died of his wounds,...
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Kuwait suffers from oil price drop
Burgan Oil Field, Kuwait
1. Wide of oil field.
2. Various of pipelines at oil facility.
3. Workers on site.
4. Flare burning in distance, worker operating valves.
Kuwait City, Kuwait
5 .Wide of Kuwait Ministry of Information news...
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President holds news conference, questions on covert facility
1. Wide of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:
"Today, I was quite surprised and couldn't understand really whether we're supposed to inform the...
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Delegates arrive, comments on continuing crisis
1. Wide shot of FIFA delegates arriving on bus
2. Tight shot of FIFA delegates walking in
3. SOUNBITE (English) Jim Boyce, Incoming FIFA Vice President and Former Irish Football Association President:
"Football is a game that brings...
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USA/KUWAIT: US MILITARY BUILD-UP IN PERSIAN GULF
English/Nat
A second U-S aircraft carrier and more U-S ground troops have arrived in the Persian Gulf, part of the American military build-up meant to discourage Saddam Hussein from threatening his neighbours.
The U-S-S Enterprise sailed...
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Kuwaiti Emir meets Iran FM in landmark visit
Kuwait's emir, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah left Iran on Monday, at the end of a two-day visit to the country.
The visit by the emir, the first in decades, was aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and came as relations continued to...
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Bush leaving Israel for Kuwait
1. Various of helicopter arriving at Ben Gurion airport
2. Various of US President George W Bush exiting helicopter and walking across airstrip
3. Various of Bush saying goodbye to a line of officials, including Israeli Foreign Minister...
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VOICER US troops watching Super Bowl
Kuwait
00:03 Wide of viewing room
00:06 Reverse shot soldiers in uniform
00:10 Mid shot screen
00:17 Soldiers in crowd
00:21 Soldier salutes during anthem
00:30 Soldiesr watch screen seated
00:33 Cheering soldiers
00:37 Seated soldiers...
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USA: UN/IRAQ OIL FOR FOOD AGREEMENT UPDATE
English/Nat
The Clinton administration is to let US companies bid for the two (b) billion dollars' worth of crude oil Iraq is allowed to sell over the next six months as part of the oil-for-food deal.
But the State Department stressed...
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Kuwait - Reactions In Kuwait City
Kuwait's cabinet met on Saturday (8/10) for the second time in two
days to consider increased Iraqi troop movements near its border.
Army sources said Kuwait's armed forces were put on maximum alert.
The emirate's various civilian...
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Nightscope of US troops preparing for war
1. Wide of troops of First Battalion, 11th Marines, moving 155mm Howitzers guns towed behind trucks
2. Mid of man looking through telescope
3. Wide of military truck and man digging
4. Various wides of military vehicles moving, some...
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Combined force exercise by British troops
1. Pan of Challenger 2 tank on the move
2. Soldiers running to take cover in trench, Challenger 2 tanks in background
3. Soldiers exiting Warrior armoured personnel carrier (APC)
4. Soldiers taking cover in trench
5. Soldiers crawling to...