GWT: WRAP Clean, clear pix of Saddam walkabout plus speech

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IRAQI TV
1. Various, Saddam being greeted by soldiers and civilians
2. Iraqis chanting and clapping
3. Various, crowd surrounding Saddam
4. Close shot, Saddam
5. Rear shot, crowd surrounding Saddam
6. Wide shot, crowd surrounding Saddam
7. Various, people greeting Saddam on street
8. Pan from traffic to crowd surrounding Saddam, Saddam holding child
9. Various, crowd with Saddam
10. Mid shot, crowd
11. Saddam standing on car bonnet, crowd cheering
12. Pan from crowd to Saddam
13. People chanting, pan to Saddam

APTN
Baghdad, April 4, 2003
14. Various people watching the Iraqi TV broadcast of Saddam Hussein's message

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IRAQI TV
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein as shown by Iraqi TV
"Dear people of Baghdad, hit hard every time he approaches you, and show him your resilience, because you have God's blessing and stand up for your dignity honour and your beliefs. My dear Baghdadi and Iraqi people the victory is on your side."
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein as shown by Iraqi TV
"The enemy is losing the war, with God's help. God is Great, glory is to God and the victory is to Iraq, long live our nation, long live Iraq, long Iraq, long live Palestine. "

APTN - No Access CNN International
Baghdad, April 4, 2003
17. Various people watching Saddam Hussein broadcast

STORYLINE:

STORYLINE:

After broadcasting what appeared to be an address read by Saddam Hussein, Iraqi television few hours later showed footage from Baghdad in which the Iraqi president appeared walking in the street with a small entourage.

In the video, dozens of people quickly surround him, chanting "our spirit, our lives we sacrifice for you Saddam."

Some of them were armed with Kalashnikov rifles.

The video also shows a drive by shot of what appears to be a Baghdad street. Smoke in the background suggests the street scene may have been filmed after the war broke out.

There is no independent confirmation this video was shot on Friday.

Earlier, in an unannounced television broadcast designed to rally his people, Iraqi television showed what they called President Saddam Hussein calling on Iraqis to strike at the U.S.-led coalition.

References to a downed U.S. helicopter in the message suggest it was made after the strike aimed at killing him, a U.S. intelligence official said.

The message was some of the strongest evidence yet that the Iraqi leader survived the attack.

Despite the traditional secularism of his Ba'ath Party, Hussein opened his speech with a passage from the Koran and peppered it with references to Allah.

The grim-faced Saddam appeared in a military uniform and beret, with an Iraqi flag over his right shoulder.

He paused occasionally to turn the pages of a notebook as he spoke.


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