IRAQ: UNITED STATES TROOPS MAINTAIN HEAVY PRESENCE IN HOMETOWN OF RECENTLY CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN

Record ID: 338336

  • Title: IRAQ: UNITED STATES TROOPS MAINTAIN HEAVY PRESENCE IN HOMETOWN OF RECENTLY CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN
  • Date: 18th December 2003
  • Summary: (EU) TIKRIT, IRAQ (DECEMBER 16, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV U.S. TANK DRIVING DOWN TIKRIT STREET; SLV U.S. SOLDIER WALKING DOWN STREET, IRAQI MAN LOOKS AFTER HIM; SLV U.S. ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN STREET (3 SHOTS) 0.25 2. SLV U.S. FOOT PATROL WALKING DOWN STREET; SLV U.S. SOLDIER STANDING AT PILLAR, IRAQI MAN ON OTHER SIDE OF PILLAR; MV U.S. SOLDIER WITH RADIO ON HIS BACK WALKING DOWN STREET AS IRAQI MAN LOOKS AT HIM (3 SHOTS) 0.58 3. SLV U.S. SOLDIERS AND MEMBER OF MEDIA RIDING IN JEEP 1.08 4. SLV U.S. SOLDIERS ON FOOT PATROL ON STREET; SLV U.S. SOLDIER WALKING ALONG AS IRAQIS IN LONG ROBES WATCH; SLV U.S. SOLDIER MOTIONS TO COMRADES TO MOVE FORWARD (3 SHOTS) 1.38 5. LAS IRAQI MAN LOOKING AT SOLDIERS FROM WINDOW, PULL OUT TO U.S. SOLDIERS PATROLLING 1.51 6. SCU U.S. SOLDIERS CROUCHED ON GROUND/ CROUCHING SOLDIERS GET UP AND WALK; AV U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD (3 SHOTS) 2.21 7. SLV/SCU U.S. MILITARY TRUCK WITH U.S. SOLDIER IN BACK SITTING AT MACHINE GUN 2.39 8. SLV U.S. SOLDIERS PATROLLING STREET; TRACKING SHOT OF U.S. SOLDIER AS HE WALKS DOWN STREET (CAMERAMAN ASKS HIM IF HE HAS HEARD THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ATTACK, U.S. SOLDIER SAYS 'NO') 9. U.S. JEEP DRIVES BY, CAMERA PANS INTERIOR OF JEEP/BACK ; SLV JEEP DRIVING AWAY; AV U.S. HELICOPTER IN AIR (4 SHOTS) 3.44 20. SLV FRONT VIEW OF U.S. TANK ROLLING DOWN ROAD Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: TIKRIT, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACCOWY7TE5835GPC5L1IN6EIQD
  • Story Text: U.S. troops maintain heavy presence in Saddam's
    hometown of Tikrit after three soldiers wounded by roadside
    bomb.

    U.S. troops were out in force patrolling the
    streets of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday
    (December 16), three days after his capture.

    Feelings are running high in the town and earlier on
    Tuesday three U.S. soldiers were wounded when a roadside
    bomb hit a military patrol in Tikrit, which is 170 kms (110
    miles) north of Baghdad.

    U.S. military spokesmen said an improvised explosive
    device (IED) detonated near the soldiers' vehicle while
    they patrolled the town.

    The injuries of the three were described as not
    life-threatening.

    The U.S. soldiers patrolling the streets after the
    attack looked tense and watchful. Iraqis, in their turn,
    stared at the soldiers as they walked down the street.

    U.S. military helicopters flew overhead and tanks were
    also seen rolling down the road.

    Tensions were heightened after Saddam was captured on
    Saturday (December 13) at an underground hideout 15 km
    (nine miles) south of Tikrit.

    On Monday (December 15), clashes erupted between U.S.

    soldiers and hundreds of students from Tikrit College who
    staged a pro-Saddam demonstration. Chanting "God is
    Greatest" and "America is the enemy of all peoples", some
    protesters were hit with batons by U.S. forces who tried to
    disperse the crowd during Monday's protest.

    U.S. forces are holding the ousted dictator at a secret
    location while deciding what to do with him.


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