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Iraq PM Nouri al Maliki arrives for Iraq conference
1. Media waiting on tarmac of Stockholm-Arlanda airport, armed policeman
2. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (left on screen) speaking to official
3. Long shot of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's plane landing
4. Swedish and...
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GWT: Black smoke rises from burning oil wells
Az Zubaya, Safwan Region, southern Iraq
1. Tank with oil fire in distance
2. Fires on the horizon
3. Tank
4. More fires
5. Fire engine passing
6. Tank
7. Horse and cart passing
8. Cart passengers ducking amid gunfire
9. Tank passing
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US troops mourning comrades narrowly miss bomb
1. US soldiers firing 21 gun salute outside former palace (now their HQ) in memory of three soldiers killed in road bomb
2. US soldiers paying tribute to comrades
3. Soldier crying
4. US soldiers crying by American flag
5. Female US...
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Iraq - Anti US demonstration
Iraq barred US members of a UN arms inspection team from weapons sites for a second day in a row on Tuesday (4/11), upping the stakes in its showdown with the United Nations and Washington over seven-year-old economic sanctions.
Traffic...
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Night shots of US and Iraqi troop action against insurgents
1. Various shots of and AUDIO of explosions and gunfire
2. Various shots of tracer fire and smoke coming from buildings in in background
The assault launched by US and Iraqi forces in Samarra on Thursday continued into Friday morning,...
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Two roadside bombs explode next to patrol by Iraqi police and Sunni fighters
Baghdad's Azamiyah neighbourhood
1. Wide of site where the blast occurred, US military convoy passing by
2. Policeman standing by crater caused by blast
3. Close up of crater and policemen standing by
4. Close up of damaged...
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WRAP Wreckage of downed helicopter recovered
1. Wideshot of area where helicopter came down
2. Wide shot US two soldiers
3. Pull out from area with smoke rising behind building
4. US tank
5. Tank moving past Humvees
6. Apache helicopter in sky
7. Soldiers walking to scene
8. Pan...
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Police struggle to deal with rampant crime in occupied Baghdad
1. Iraqi police arrives at the scene of attempted robbery at local store
2. Store manager shot, wounded by robbers
3. Policeman waves his hand as two arrested suspects lay down
4. Policemen climbing the roof trying to get inside the...
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Kurds celebrate election of Talabani as president
1. Exterior of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan led by newly Iraqi President-elect Jalal Talabani
2. Kurds dancing, celebrating the election of Talabani
3. Sign on building saying 'Patriotic Union of Kurdistan'
4. Various, Kurds...
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Update on Shiite pilgrimage in holy city
1. Mosque
2. Various of people at Mosque
3. Mosque
4. Various of people gathered at Mosque
5. Flags
6. People entering Mosque
7. Mosque
8. Close up people entering Mosque
9. Mosque
10. Various of people outside Mosque
11. Mosque
Tens of...
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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SON TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS
Arabic/Nat
According to unidentified sources in Iraq and Jordan, the eldest son of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is being treated in an Amman hospital for gunshot wounds he reportedly suffered in an assassination attempt last...
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Iraqi men join up for Fallujah force
1. Wide shot of Iraqi police on street in Fallujah
2. Police car with officers nearby
3. Various of Iraqi police standing organising traffic
4. Recruitment compound with locals and cars nearby
5. Locals heading to the compound to...
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Maintenance workers restoring power cut off by attack on villa
1. US troops guarding entrance to villa
2. US soldier inside room of villas
3. Mid shot of troops at entrance to villa
4. Workmen digging holes for cables outside villa
5. Workman taking ladder off truck
6. Various of workmen
7....
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Smoke on Baghdad skyline as mortars hit US military post, according to police
1. Wide of plume of smoke on city's skyline at sunset
Suspected Sunni-Arab insurgents hit a US military post in eastern Baghdad with two mortar rounds on Sunday, setting it on fire, police and witnesses said.
A large cloud of black smoke...
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Blix letter orders Iraqis to begin destruction of illegal missiles by March 1
1. Wide shot, letter
2. Tilt down letter
3. Detail of letter: "Dear Dr. Al Sa'adi"
4. Pull out from signature of Hans Blix
5. Pan across letter
Iraq faced a new test of its willingness to disarm after UN inspectors ordered Baghdad...
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Audio of night time raids
Night shots
1. Street lights visible in Fallujah
2. Minaret lights
3. AUDIO: Various of explosions
The US air force launched further air strikes overnight on the insurgent bastion of Fallujah, suspected home to 5,000 Islamic militants,...
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Demolition of Saddam sons villa begins
1. Pull out from broken window to exterior of villa
2. Various of US troops in the area
3. Various of damage to villa
4. Various of US troops on the street and around the exterior of the building
5. Villa
US military engineers in...
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Bush departs for Chretien meeting
1. Wide shot of US President George W Bush walking towards Marine One helicopter
2. Cutaway of US Vice President Dick Cheney speaking to White House Chief of Staff Andy Card
3. Wide shot of Bush walking towards Marine One helicopter
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Curfew a day before expected Saddam verdict
1. Various street scenes with heavy traffic, hours before start of curfew
2. Various street scenes with shoppers, pedestrians
3. Various of fruit and vegetable stall, shoppers buying food
4. Shoppers leaving store
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic)...
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TURKEY: US ENVOY ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH FIGHTING KURDISH FACTIONS
Natural Sound
An American envoy arrived in the Turkish town of Silopi on Monday for talks aimed at ending fighting between two rival Kurdish factions in northern Iraq.
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Pelletreau was seeing Kurdistan...
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Locals celebrate possible deaths of Saddam's sons
1. Skyline with tracer fire
2. Skyline with some tracer fire and audio of gunfire
3. Close up mosque dome with tracer fire and audio of gunfire (mosque overlooks square where large Saddam statue was toppled at end of war)
4. Wide shot...
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Shooting outside main hotels in Baghdad
++Night shots++
1. Area inside the Palestine Hotel compound (audio of gunfire)
2. Gunshot (audio and flash), area inside the Palestine Hotel compound (audio of gunfire)
3. Various of Iraqi security guards by wall inside the Palestine...
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SYND 3 1 76 LYBIAN PRIME MINISTER ABDESSALAM JALLOUD GREETED IN BAGHDAD BY SADDAM HUSSEIN
Lybian Prime Minister Abdessalam Jalloud arrives to Baghdad and is greeted by Saddam Hussein.
1. ms Jalloud out of plane, down stairs and greeted by Saddam Hussein
2. ms Jalloud and Hussein across tarmac
3. various of Jalloud and Hussein...
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US soldier wounded after shootout with Iraqi gunmen
1. Security at entrance to US base in Tikrit
2. Soldier near barbed wire securing US base
3. US soldier working
4. Soldier
5. Place where shooting took place in Tikrit
6. Car used by Iraqi gunmen to shoot US soldiers from
7. US soldier...