US tanks move into Sadr city as fighting flares up
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(5 Aug 2004) Sadr
(5 Aug 2004)
Sadr City, Baghdad
1. Wide shot of smoke rising, then zoom in
2. Street in Sadr City
3. Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr billboard in street, pan to US tanks
4. US tanks entering Sadr City
5. Tanks UPSOUND: Gunfire; then pull back to cars reversing away
6. Street
7. US soldiers arrest suspect
8. Iraqi Civil Defence Corps vehicle drives past
9. Sadr City sign
10. Traffic on overpass
11. Various shots of al-Mehdi Army members, loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, on the streets of Sadr City
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Name Unknown, Al-Mehdi Army member:
"We got orders from Muqtada al-Sadr to strike the Americans wherever they are. Regrettably Iraqi Police violated our agreement. So we have orders to hit the Americans everywhere."
13. Various shots of militia
STORYLINE:
US forces moved into Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday evening as clashes began between coalition forces and the al-Mehdi Army, the militia loyal to the young firebrand cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr.
The militia had been taking up position in the district, and in other towns and cities across Iraq after what they claim was the collapse of a cease-fire agreement with the Iraqi Coalition forces.
Al-Sadr's men fought with US troops in Sadr City, wounding seven Americans; shot at government offices in the southern city of Amarah; and clashed with British forces in Basra, where one militant was killed.
Bloodshed quickly spread to other Shi'ite areas, with each side blaming the other in a profound threat to a shaky two-month-old truce.
The fiercest fighting was in the holy city of Najaf where one US soldier, seven Iraqi civilians and eight militants were killed on Thursday, and a US helicopter shot down.
"The cease-fire is over because of the actions of the occupation forces, and the situation has started to deteriorate," warned Sheik Abdul Hadi al-Daraji, a spokesman for al-Sadr in Baghdad.
Meanwhile, fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr patrolled the streets of Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood on Thursday.
Members of the al-Mehdi Army blocked roads in the mainly Shia area of eastern Baghdad.
A member of the group said that Iraqi police had violated an agreement with the militia over the policing of Shia holy areas: "so we have orders to hit the Americans everywhere" he said.
Thursday's fighting was the worst flare-up between authorities and al-Sadr's forces since a series of truces two months ago ended weeks of violence that began after the US-led occupation authority closed al-Sadr's newspaper and arrested a key aide.
The newspaper was recently allowed to start printing again, but tensions had been rising in recent days between al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and Iraqi and U.S. forces.
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Sadr City, Baghdad
1. Wide shot of smoke rising, then zoom in
2. Street in Sadr City
3. Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr billboard in street, pan to US tanks
4. US tanks entering Sadr City
5. Tanks UPSOUND: Gunfire; then pull back to cars reversing away
6. Street
7. US soldiers arrest suspect
8. Iraqi Civil Defence Corps vehicle drives past
9. Sadr City sign
10. Traffic on overpass
11. Various shots of al-Mehdi Army members, loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, on the streets of Sadr City
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Name Unknown, Al-Mehdi Army member:
"We got orders from Muqtada al-Sadr to strike the Americans wherever they are. Regrettably Iraqi Police violated our agreement. So we have orders to hit the Americans everywhere."
13. Various shots of militia
STORYLINE:
US forces moved into Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday evening as clashes began between coalition forces and the al-Mehdi Army, the militia loyal to the young firebrand cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr.
The militia had been taking up position in the district, and in other towns and cities across Iraq after what they claim was the collapse of a cease-fire agreement with the Iraqi Coalition forces.
Al-Sadr's men fought with US troops in Sadr City, wounding seven Americans; shot at government offices in the southern city of Amarah; and clashed with British forces in Basra, where one militant was killed.
Bloodshed quickly spread to other Shi'ite areas, with each side blaming the other in a profound threat to a shaky two-month-old truce.
The fiercest fighting was in the holy city of Najaf where one US soldier, seven Iraqi civilians and eight militants were killed on Thursday, and a US helicopter shot down.
"The cease-fire is over because of the actions of the occupation forces, and the situation has started to deteriorate," warned Sheik Abdul Hadi al-Daraji, a spokesman for al-Sadr in Baghdad.
Meanwhile, fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr patrolled the streets of Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood on Thursday.
Members of the al-Mehdi Army blocked roads in the mainly Shia area of eastern Baghdad.
A member of the group said that Iraqi police had violated an agreement with the militia over the policing of Shia holy areas: "so we have orders to hit the Americans everywhere" he said.
Thursday's fighting was the worst flare-up between authorities and al-Sadr's forces since a series of truces two months ago ended weeks of violence that began after the US-led occupation authority closed al-Sadr's newspaper and arrested a key aide.
The newspaper was recently allowed to start printing again, but tensions had been rising in recent days between al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and Iraqi and U.S. forces.
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