IRAQ: WORKERS FROM PORT AT UMM QASR BEGIN RETURNING TO THEIR JOBS JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER THE PORT FELL TO AMERICAN AND BRITISH FORCES

Record ID: 959723

  • Title: IRAQ: WORKERS FROM PORT AT UMM QASR BEGIN RETURNING TO THEIR JOBS JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER THE PORT FELL TO AMERICAN AND BRITISH FORCES
  • Date: 14th April 2003
  • Summary: (W6) UMM QASR, IRAQ (APRIL 2, 2003) (REUTERS - FOR POOL) 1. MV BRITISH SOLDIER AT PORT OF UMM QASR 0.04 2. MV BRITISH SOLDIERS SPEAKING WITH IRAQI WORKERS; SLV IRAQI WORKERS (3 SHOTS) 0.21 3. SLV BRITISH SOLDIERS IN DINGHY CHECKING HARBOUR 0.26 4. SLV / MV IRAQI WORKERS ON TUG BOAT SHEEMA 0.36 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRAQI TUG BOAT ENGINEER SAAFA SAYING "We want Iraqis to lead themselves.We can't talk about Saddam but after the war, if Saddam goes, we want Iraqi people to lead Iraq." 0.52 6. SLV PORT; SLV IRAQI WORKERS AT PORT (5 SHOTS) 1.20 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUG BOAT WORKER HASSAN SAYING "I am only relieved fifty percent. I just came back to check my boat was alright." 1.28 8. SLV PORT SCENES (3 SHOTS) 1.43 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CAPTAIN PETER SMITH FROM SEVENTEEN PORT AND MARITIME REGIMENT SAYING "We are trying to gain the trust of the locals. We now have about two hundred people working here and we are trying to assess their skills and what they can do. Obviously the port isn't fully up and running yet but it is open and we're trying to do one bit at a time." 1.58 10. LAS BRITISH SOLDIERS STANDING INFRONT OF SADDAM HUSSEIN PICTURE; SLV TRAIN IN PORT MOVING (3 SHOTS) 2.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: UMM QASR, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAF5FKNOYAAS9EUXE81DAHONWGC
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