IRAQ: OIL MINISTRY EMPLOYEES PROTEST AGAINST USE OF SNIFFER DOGS TO CONDUCT SECURITY SEARCHES.
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344939
IRAQ: OIL MINISTRY EMPLOYEES PROTEST AGAINST USE OF SNIFFER DOGS TO CONDUCT SECURITY SEARCHES.
- Title: IRAQ: OIL MINISTRY EMPLOYEES PROTEST AGAINST USE OF SNIFFER DOGS TO CONDUCT SECURITY SEARCHES.
- Date: 21st October 2003
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF OIL MINISTRY BUILDING AND PROTESTERS IN COURTYARD 2. U.S. SOLDIERS BEHIND SANDBAGS 3. IRAQI MINISTRY STAFF NEXT TO A SANDBAG POSITION 4. PROTESTERS CARRYING IRAQI FLAG 5. SOLDIER BEHIND GUN BARREL 6. U.S. SOLDIER MOUNTING A HUMVEE 7. SHOTS OF FEMALE THEN MALE PROTESTERS SHOUTING IN ARABIC 'WITH BLOOD AND SOUL WE REDEEM YOU IRAQ' 8. PROTESTERS SHOUTING IN ENGLISH "DOWN, DOWN U.S.A." 9. TILT DOWN FROM MINISTRY SIGN TO PROTESTERS AND SOLDIERS 10. SOLDIERS WATCHING 12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) ONE OF THE PROTESTERS (REFUSED TO GIVE HIS NAME) SAYING "They (U.S. soldiers) caught the woman and pushed her, then we came and found the soldier who did this. Do you accept that." 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) MAN SAYING "Can any Arab or a Muslim in the world accept that the Americans provoke a woman" 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) AN OIL MINISTRY ENGINEER AHMED ABDEL LATIF SAYING "I am representing the Iraqis and those protesters, this conduct is unacceptable. If the U.S. soldiers continue in this behaviour, the resistance will increase day after day. We have already identified the face of the soldier who provoked the woman and we will soon send them a message, God willing." 14. WIDE OF THE MINISTRY OF OIL SIGN AND OF BUILDING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 5th November 2003 12:00
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- Location: BAGHDAD,IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVACCRRG4O9EV9U9D4YC8Z1SSI50
- Story Text: Iraqi oil ministry employees protest American
soldiers use of dogs to conduct security searches.
U.S. soldiers fired above the heads of thousands
of Iraqi government workers protesting on Tuesday (October
21) after hearing that the Americans had detained a woman
for refusing to be searched using a sniffer dog.
A Reuters correspondent said U.S. soldiers fired a few
shots in the air to disperse a furious crowd at a complex
of government buildings in Baghdad that includes the oil,
electricity, trade and irrigation ministries.
There were no reports of casualties.
"They (U.S. soldiers ) caught the woman and pushed her,
then we came and found the soldier who did this. Do you
accept that?" asked one protestor.
The protest was ignited when U.S. soldiers detained a
woman, an engineer at the oil ministry, who refused to
undergo a sniffer dog search, saying that she was carrying
the Koran in her handbag.
Dogs are considered unclean in Islamic culture.
Protestors said U.S. troops had handcuffed a woman
employee and forced her to stand in the sun for an hour.
U.S. soldiers also confiscated camera gear of an Arab
TV network, which was filming the protest.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military.
U.S. forces are manning numerous checkpoints at key
buildings and roads in Baghdad, searching people and cars
in an attempt to stop the growing number of suicide attacks.
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