- Title: IRAQ: U.S. ARMY CONTINUE HUNT FOR IRAQI GUERRILLAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS.
- Date: 8th August 2003
- Summary: (W5) FALLUJAH, IRAQ (AUGUST 8, 2003) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: AMERICAN JEEPS PARKED OUTSIDE RAIDED HOUSE 0.05 2. GV/PAN: U.S HELICOPTER FLYING OVER HOUSE. 0.08 3. GV: SOLDIERS INSIDE HOUSE GATE. 0.13 4. GV/MCU: SOLDIER TAKING POSITION ON ROOFTOP (2 SHOTS) 0.22 5. GV: SOLDIERS LEAVING HOUSE AT END OF RAID (3 SHOTS) 0.40 6. GV: ARMY CONVOY MOVING AWAY. 1.01 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HOUSEWIFE, HASNAH SAADI, SAYING: "They are big liars.They searched for resistance elements and no one is here. They have taken all money and gold. We have no weapons - don't know why they took our money and gold." 1.28 8. LV: SHEIKH ABDULLAH AL-QAISI ADDRESSING WORSHIPPERS IN MOSQUE DURING FRIDAY PRAYERS 1.34 9. MCU: SHEIKH AL-QAISI SAYING: "What is happening to the Americans now is avenge from god." 2.05 (W5) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (AUGUST 8, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. GV: WIDE VIEW OF CHARLES HEATLEY, SPOKESMAN FOR THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY AND SEATED NEXT TO HIM LIEUTENANT COLONEL GUY SHIELDS, COALITION MILIATRY SPOKESMAN, DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE CONVENTION CENTRE 2.06 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEATLEY SAYING: "This is a very serious terrorist attack and we will make sure it is investigated properly. We are working with Iraqi police on a daily basis. We have senior advisers working with the Iraqi police, both the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior and headquarters in Baghdad. So, we will make sure the incident (Jordan embassy bombing) is properly investigated and we will provide the support that we need to." 2.29 12. GV/MV/CU: EXERIORS OF U.S ARMY GUARDING JORDAN EMBASSY BUILDING IN THE HAY ALZOHOOR DISTRICT; CLOSE-UP OF JORDAN'S FLAG AND EMBASSY SIGN (3 SHOTS) 2.44 13. GHV: CAR DAMAGED IN THE BOMBING ON THURSDAY (7/8) (2 SHOTS) 2.56 14. GV/CU: U.S ARMY TRUCK ON FIRE (2 SHOTS) 3.04 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EYEWITNESS TAMER ALI SAYING: "The vehicle broke down and the army left here. Later, the mujahideen (guerrillas) targeted it with a hand grenade." 3.12 16. LV: U.S. ARMY TRUCK 3.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2003 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: FALLUJAH AND BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA25EPNZR1KXH8B90EH22P830EG
- Story Text: U.S army continues its search for guerrillas
involved in attacks against U.S. targets.
U.S soldiers looking for guerrillas involved in
attacks on U.S troops in Iraq raided a residential house in
the flashpoint town of Fallujah, 60 km west of Baghdad on
Thursday (August 8).
A U.S army helicopter hovered over the raided house as
heavily armed soldiers surrounded it and carried out their
search operation.
The army then left the area in an armoured convoy.
A housewife accused the soldiers of 'stealing her money
and gold'.
Anti-U.S sentiments were always high in Fallujah, which
has witnessed fatal attacks against U.S troops since U.S.
President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat in
Iraq on May 1.
In his Friday sermon, Fallujah prayer leader Sheikh
Abdullah al-Qaisi told worshippers that what is happening
to U.S. soldiers is God's vengeance.
In Baghdad, a spokesman for the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) told journalists that CPA considered
Thursday's (August 7) bombing of the Jordanian embassy in
Baghdad a "serious terrorist attack", and that it would be
properly investigated.
U.S. troops set up guard posts on the road outside the
charred embassy building, while soldiers combed the
wreckage as part of the investigation.
Just outside Baghdad, an abandoned U.S. military truck
was apparently attacked with grenades, setting it ablaze.
- Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
