USA: BUSH DECLARES IRAQ WAR OVER FROM DECK OF USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Record ID: 958154

  • Title: USA: BUSH DECLARES IRAQ WAR OVER FROM DECK OF USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
  • Date: 6th May 2003
  • Summary: (W1) AT SEA, OFF OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST, UNITED STATES (MAY 1, 2003) (POOL - ACCESS ALL) 1. TV/ZOOM OUT/LV/MV: U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WALKING UP TO PODIUM (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. GV/LV: USS ABRAHAM PERSONNEL GATHERED ON DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR BUSH SPEECH (2 SHOTS) 0.21 3. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING: "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." 0.54 4. GV/MV: USS ABRAHAM PERSONNEL APPLAUDING (2 SHOTS) 1.02 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING: "Today, we have the greater power to free a nation by breaking a dangerous and aggressive regime. With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing violence against civilians. No device of man can remove the tragedy from war. Yet it is a great advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent." 1.36 6. MV: USS ABRAHAM PERSONNEL 1.40 7. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING: "Other nations in history have fought in foreign lands and remained to occupy and exploit. Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. That is your direction tonight." 1.59 8. LV/CU: AUDIENCE CHEERING (2 SHOTS) 2.03 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING: "Our mission continues. Al-Qaeda is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike." 3.14 10. VARIOUS: APPLAUSE CUTAWAYS (4 SHOTS) 3.26 11. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) BUSH SAYING: "The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory." 3.56 12. GV: WIDE OF USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, STANDING OVATION AND CHEERS FOR BUSH 4.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: AT SEA, OFF OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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