IRAQ/ENGLAND: JOUNALISTS TAKEN TO TOWNS IN THE COUTNRY'S SHI'ITE-POPULATED SOUTH IN AN EFFORT TO DISPEL REPORTS OF OPPOSITION IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF SHI'ITE CLERIC

Record ID: 990633

  • Title: IRAQ/ENGLAND: JOUNALISTS TAKEN TO TOWNS IN THE COUTNRY'S SHI'ITE-POPULATED SOUTH IN AN EFFORT TO DISPEL REPORTS OF OPPOSITION IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF SHI'ITE CLERIC
  • Date: 23rd February 1999
  • Summary: NASIRIYAH, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 23, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SLV/SV TOWN CENTRE, VARIOUS VIEWS STREETS, PEOPLE SEATED OUTSIDE CAFE (5 SHOTS) 0.22 2. MCU MAN CARRYING CHILD, SAYING GENERAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCE IS VERY STABLE (ARABIC) 0.26 3. SLV MORE STREET SCENES, WORKMAN, EXTERIOR GOVERNOR'S OFFICES (4 SHOTS) 0.43 4. MCU (English) DHI-QAR PROVINCE GOVERNOR AHMED SALEH: "This 'opposition' can be found only in the minds of despicable people. We, the people of this province live a normal life and are prepared to defend Iraq." 1.03 5. SLV JOURNALISTS 1.07 6. MCU (English) SALEH: "We greatly appreciate Ayatollah Sadr and other clerics. President Saddam Hussein leads the faith campaign to appreciate all religious dignitaries. The province has 105 mosques, all practising as usual." 1.23 7. LV TRAFFIC IN CITY CENTRE 1.33 LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 23, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. SV NABEEL MASWARI, POLITICAL SPOKESMAN FOR IRAQI OPPOSITION GROUP, THE IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS, WALKING ALONG RIVER THAMES EMBANKMENT 1.40 9. MCU (English) MASWARI "Well, we know that trouble has flared up in at least seven different areas in the south and two areas inside Baghdad itself. There has been some serious confrontations between the security service, the special security and the special Republican Guard and the civilian populations in al-Sha'ala and al-Thawra inside Baghdad itself and in some areas in the south, to the point where the security forces have withdawn from two areas yesterday - in an area called al-Majar, which is on the outskirts of Nasira, and another area called Hiyaniyah. The regime refused to take journalists there because they have no control over the area there." 2.26 10. SV MASWARI TALKINT TO JOURNALIST 2.30 11. MCU (Arabic) MASWARI: "THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE IRAQI REGIME WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACT, AS IT WAS IN THE PAST. THE IRAQI REGIME HAS ALWAYS BEEN REPRESSIVE TO THE MAJORITY SHI'ITE POPULATION AND HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO DRIVE THEM FROM THE POLITICAL ARENA. WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT THE IRAQI REGIME HAS COMITTED PREVIOUS SIMILAR ACTS AND WE ARE SURE WE WILL GET INFORMATION ON WHO HAS CARRIED OUT THESE LATEST KILLINGS, THE CARS USED IN THE OPERATION, THOSE INVOLVED AND OFFICES THEY OPERATE OUT OF. WE PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE KILLINGS ON THE IRAQI REGIME AND THEY WILL PAY THE PRICE." 3.37 STILL PHOTOGRAPHS (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12. VARIOUS STILL VIEWS GRAND AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD MOHAMMAD SADEQ AL-SADR PRAYING AT THE SHRINE OF IMAM ALI, TAKEN IN NAJAF, IRAQ, ON OCTOBER 15, 1995 (3 SHOTS) 4.05 NAJAF, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 23, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 13. SV/SLV/MCU MOURNERS ATTENDING EULOGY FOR AYATOLLAH AL-SADR (5 SHOTS) 4.28 14. SLV PEOPLE LEAVING MOSQUE AFTER ATTENDING EULOGY 4.36 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NASIRIYAH AND NAJAF, IRAQ/ LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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