IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS IN FALLUJA DETAIN MEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ROB GOVERNMENT FACTORY.

Record ID: 648751

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS IN FALLUJA DETAIN MEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ROB GOVERNMENT FACTORY.
  • Date: 10th June 2003
  • Summary: (EU) FALLUJA, WEST OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JUNE 6, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: VARIOUS OF U.S. HUMVEES AND TANKS DRIVING IN STREETS OF FALLUJA (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. GV: U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINING MEN WHO THEY SAY TRIED TO ROB A FACTORY, MAN SPRAWLED ON GROUND 0.32 3. GV: SOLDIERS DRAGGING ANOTHER MAN TOWARDS VEHICLE 0.40 4. GV/CU: VARIOUS OF TWO U.S. SOLDIERS PINNING MAN'S HEAD TO THE GROUND (2 SHOTS) 0.49 5. GV/CU: VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS TYING MAN'S HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK (2 SHOTS) 0.56 6. GV: SOLDIER TALKING TO PRISONER SITTING AGAINST HUMVEE 1.09 7. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS WATCHING ARRESTS (2 SHOTS) 1.18 8. GV: U.S. SOLDIERS WITH MACHINE-GUNS GUARDING THE SITE (2 SHOTS) 1.26 9. GV: SOLDIERS CHECKING PICK-UP TRUCK 1.31 10. MCU: U.S. SOLDIER IN STREET OF FALLUJA, MINARET IN BACKGROUND 1.34 11. MV: SOLDIER TELLING CROWD TO GO AWAY 1.40 12. GV: U.S. TANK DRIVING OFF 1.55 13. GV: U.S. SOLDIERS WATCHING AREA FROM ROOFTOP 2.00 14. GV: SOLDIER IN STREETS OF FALLUJA 2.03 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th June 2003 13:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA, WEST OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA35G4WOOFG7HPQQ4FCHJ4K2V5J
  • Story Text: U.S troops have beefed up their presence in the restive
    Iraqi town of Falluja. They have detained burglars who they
    say tried to rob one of the governmental factories.



    More than 25 American humvees and tanks surrounded a
    residential area in the centre of Falluja, 70 kilometres (45
    miles) west of Baghdad on Monday (June 9).

    The United States (U.S.) soldiers detained four men whom
    they say were thieves who had broken into a governmental
    factory. The soldiers pinned the men down on the ground, tied
    their hands behind their backs and took them away.

    The soldiers looked visibly tense as they searched the men
    for weapons. Crowds of residents stood by, watching the
    arrest, while other U.S. soldiers armed with machine guns took
    positions around buildings.

    The situation in Falluja remains tense after a spate of
    attacks on U.S. soldiers.

    Since Baghdad fell on April 9, 39 U.S. soldiers have been
    killed by enemies and another 41 have been killed in
    accidents, bringing total deaths in the Iraq campaign to 182.

    Hostility to the United States has run high in the western
    city since troops killed 15 townspeople in clashes there in
    April. More than 3,000 soldiers and dozens of tanks went to
    the area last week, doubling the U.S. troop presence there.

    The area is currently under curfew. U.S. troops dropped
    pamphlets on Friday (June 6) in the town, warning residents
    that U.S. troops would "detain any curfew violators and anyone
    working counter to the coalition and free people of Iraq."
    The curfew starts from 11:00 pm to 04:00 am local time
    (19:00-24:00 GMT).
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