IRAQ: TWO ROADSIDE BOMBS DETONATE IN BAGHDAD AS REFUGEES FROM FALLUJA DEMONSTRATE IN BAGHDAD DEMANDING THAT U.S. FORCES LET THEM RETURN TO THEIR HOMES

Record ID: 275332

  • Title: IRAQ: TWO ROADSIDE BOMBS DETONATE IN BAGHDAD AS REFUGEES FROM FALLUJA DEMONSTRATE IN BAGHDAD DEMANDING THAT U.S. FORCES LET THEM RETURN TO THEIR HOMES
  • Date: 18th December 2004
  • Summary: (W4) GHAZALIYA, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 18, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE SHOT OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ATTACK OCCURRED 0.04 2. SCU/WS: THE UTILITY VEHICLE ON A ROADSIDE (2 SHOTS) 0.11 3. ARMED IRAQI POLICEMEN 0N THE STREETS 0.16 4. TRUCK IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 0.21 5. CLOSE UP TO BULLETS HOLES IN THE TRUCK FRONT WINDOW 0.25 6.
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 2005 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA86WHP2MRZXLFMWT9KFY9997CB
  • Story Text: Two roadside bombs detonated in Baghdad as Falluja
    refugees demonstrated to return back to their city.


    A bomb exploded on a Baghdad highway on Saturday
    (December 18) as a sports utility vehicle (SUV) commonly
    used by foreign contractors and Iraqi officials drove past,
    witnesses said.

    U.S. military vehicles cordoned off the area, preventing
    access to the area.

    There was no immediate information on the blast. The
    U.S. military was not available for comment.

    In another attack, a roadside bomb detonated in the al-
    Mansour neighbourhood, west of Baghdad. The U.S. forces
    cordoned off the area preventing people from approaching,
    witnesses said.

    The explosion was believed to be targeting one of the
    Iraqi officials in the interim government, witnesses added.

    Meanwhile, a group of Fallujah refugees demonstrated in
    central Baghdad, demanding that the U.S. forces let them
    return to their homes.

    More than 200,000 people have yet to go home and many
    are in need of aid as night temperatures in Iraq sink
    toward freezing. U.S. forces have prevented refugees from
    returning, saying basic facilities must be restored first.

    The city has been without power or water since the U.S.

    -led attack on the city, which also destroyed hundreds of
    buildings and left power and communication lines severed
    and lying in the streets.

    Iraq's interim government said on Thursday that
    civilians would be allowed to start returning home next
    week.

    Iraqi ministers are due to meet tribal leaders and other notables
    f
    rom Sunni Muslim Falluja on Sunday to
    finalise the plans for scattered residents to filter back.

    The return of civilians has been delayed while the city
    is cleared of unexploded ordnance left by the attack, and
    sporadic fighting has stalled the beginning of
    reconstruction.

    The government has promised to compensate homeowners
    for damage to their properties from the attack launched on
    November 8.



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