Militants on streets around southern city

(21 Apr 2004)
1. Mujahidin on pick up truck
2. Insurgents with Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and AK47 guns
3. Various, insurgents in street
4. Wide shot, Muqtada al-Sadr's office, zoom into sign
5. Crowd of mujahidin chanting - including child with gun
6. Mujahidin on streets
7. Pan of Mujahidin chanting on pick up chanting: "Listen, Bremer, Sadr is here."
8. Various, burnt truck


STORYLINE:

Militant fighters in the city of Diwaniya in south-central Iraq on Sunday said they are determined to continue armed resistance to the presence of US troops in Iraq.

They said they would stay loyal to the anti-US Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who wants the US-led coalition to leave Iraq.

Militants could be seen out on the streets brandishing their weapons on Sunday, and earlier in the day a base of Spanish troops in the city came under mortar fire from unidentified attackers.

A military spokesman said there were no casualties or damage caused by the attack.

Military sources say that the 1,300 Spanish troops in Iraq - stationed in Diwaniya and the Shiite holy city of Najaf - come under rifle and mortar fire almost everyday from militiamen loyal to al-Sadr.

On Saturday evening three US Army soldiers traveling in a 1st Armored Division convoy were killed when they came under fire near Diwaniya, according to the US military.

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