Shooting in Ramadi, Najaf demo, Coalition briefing

(31 Mar 2004)

Baghdad
1. US Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt and spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Dan Senor walking in to press briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Kimmitt, Brigadier General, US Army:
"It is our understanding that there were four people travelling in two vehicles, what they were doing there I'm not sure of. They, like most contractors, they have a responsibility throughout the country. As we work on governance, essential services, restoring the economy, we've got coalition employees throughout the cities, throughout the country trying to work with the people of Iraq, trying to work with the organisations."
3. Press briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Kimmitt, Brigadier General, US Army:
"There are four families in this world today that are going to get knocks on the door and you don't want to be on either side of that door when it happens, either hearing the news or delivering the news. There'll be five military families that get that same news today. But that isn't going to stop us from doing our mission. In fact it would be disgracing the deaths of these people if we were to stop our missions."

Ramadi
5. Gunfire on streets with Iraq Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) moving into position
6. Armed men on streets
7. ICDC and police surround car, US soldier takes aim
8. US soldier on roof
9. US Soldier at corner of building
10. Various of car which came under attack

Najaf
11. Demonstrators with banners
12. Various of demonstrators
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Najaf resident (No name given):
(Referring to Tuesday's violence)
"Five policemen came and started beating one of the students, when the other students saw it they came to rescue him. One of the policemen then started shooting in the air to scare them off."
14. Demonstrators

Baghdad
15. Demonstrators walking under arch
16. Various of demonstrators chanting for top cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
17. Various of demonstrators carrying portraits of Moqtada and his father
18. Members of al-Mahdi army checking garbage in fear of a hidden explosive charges
Various of demonstrators
19. Demonstrators chanting outside the CPA compound 'long live Sadr, America and the G.C infidels'
20. Placard
21. Various of demonstrators chanting

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