Firefight and attacks on vehicles in Baghdad

(21 Feb 2004)
Ramadi
1. Various of US troops standing beside vehicles, firing single shots down street - AUDIO of gunshots
2. Street corner with people standing
3. Long view of US troops approaching group of people, talking to individual
4. Wide of US troops in street
5. US soldier using tannoy, speaking in Arabic to clear street
6. Explosion beside deserted road
7. Long view of remote control device checking for explosives - robotic arm pulls out material from behind wall
8. US tanks driving down street
9. Remote control device checking for explosives
10. Wide shot of explosion by wall on deserted street, zooms in
Baghdad
11. US tank driving down road, heading towards the site where the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast took place
12. Iraqi police and US soldier at the site
13. Shrapnel on the ground
14. Wide view of US soldiers and Iraqi police
15. Policeman inspecting an IED shrapnel and showing it to a US soldier
16. US soldier getting down a warning placard from a tank to set it up in the road
17. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Iraqi policeman (no name):
''''''''While we were on a patrol in Canal Street, a road side bomb went off and only one civilian car was affected.''''''''
Haswa
18. People surrounding destroyed car
19. Close-up of destroyed interior of car
20. Various of Iraqis looting the remains of the destroyed landcruisers and GMC suburbans
21. Wide of burnt-out car, pans to boy holding a part of the car UPSOUND: (Arabic) ''''''''Curse be upon them'''''''' and ''''''''This car is for sale!''''''''
22. People looking at the burnt-out car
23. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox pop:
''''''''A green OPEL car was chasing two cars driving here. The attackers inside the green car started shooting at them. One car caught fire and the other rolled over and four inside it were killed.''''''''
24. One of the cars being dragged away by truck
25. Blood stains inside damaged car
26. Two men greeting each other, smiling, with damaged car behind
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Iraq fired on a U.S. military convoy on Saturday near Haswa, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi translator and wounding four American soldiers, the U.S. command in Baghdad said.
No other details were available.
Also Saturday, a firefight broke out in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, after rebels fired on U.S. soldiers in the centre of the city.
The Americans returned fire but it was unclear whether there were any casualties.
U.S. troops later found two bombs planted outside the mayors office and the second near a college.
Soldiers used controlled explosions to detonate the bombs, after first clearing the area.
Also on Saturday, explosives went off in a car in Baghdad but there were no reports of casualties.
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