Shiite attacks on Sunni mosques, protest in Sadr-City
Sadr City
1. Wide shot demonstrators chanting pro-Islam slogans
2. Various of demonstrators brandishing guns and chanting
Bayaa neighbourhood, Baghdad
3. Exterior of al-Kubeisi Sunni mosque
4. Medium of the damaged mosque
5. Sign reading ''al-Kubeisi mosque''
6. Bullet impact on the facade of the mosque
7. Close up of impact on facade
8. Two shots of shattered glass in courtyard
9. Damaged interior with shattered glass on the floor
Abu Dishir neighbourhood, Baghdad
10. Sign reading: Yassin mosque
11. Exterior of damaged Yassin Sunni mosque
12. Smashed window
13. Damaged dome (filmed from inside)
14. Debris inside mosque
15. Interior of mosque with burnt goods and smoke still smouldering
16. Close up of burnt item
17. Young man picking up burnt out holy books
18. Wide of damage inside mosque
Baghdad
15. Various street scenes
16. People looking at newspapers
17. Various of newspapers on display
18. Headline reading: Sectarian fire whose fuel are mosques and holy shrines.
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Mohammed Ali, Shiite:
The aggression on mosques was caused by elements aiming to plant sedition and sectarian war. But thanks to God, the Clerics have banned such acts.
20. Man reading newspaper
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Yassir Fakri, Sunni:
Bombing the holy shrines of Imam Ali al-Hadi and his son is a vicious aggression. The holy shrine does not only concern Shiite or Sunnis. It is for all Muslims. This aggression will generate a sectarian divide.
22. Street scene
STORYLINE:
Tension continued to escalate in Iraq on Thursday as the bodies of 31 men were found dumped at eight sites, most of them in predominantly Shiite parts of Baghdad, police said.
The grisly finds come amid reprisal attacks for the bombing on Wednesday of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra and a wave of street demonstrations. It was not immediately clear whether the killings were linked to that attack.
Shiite protesters attacked a large number of Sunni mosques across Iraq on Wednesday.
By Thursday morning, as thousands of angry Shiites marched through Baghdad, police discovered at least 14 bodies in the capital's Shiite slum of Sadr City. The rest were found scattered around other neighbourhoods.
The victims were all shot and most had their hands bound, police said.
The Iraqi Islamic Party, the country's largest Sunni political group, said at least 90 mosques were attacked, burned or taken over by Shiites.
They included more than 50 in Baghdad alone, three of which were destroyed with explosives, the party said.
In the Abu Dishir neighbourhood in southern Baghdad, the Yassin mosque had its windows smashed and its dome partly destroyed.
Fires could still be seen burning inside on Thursday morning.
The al-Kubeisi Sunni mosque was also riddled with bullets.
The majority of the attacks on Sunni mosques were in predominantly Shiite areas on the capital's southern outskirts and in Iraq's southern provinces.
Armed Shiites attacked the mosques with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, holding Sunnis after taking over some of them, the party said.
At least seven people, including three clerics, were killed in the attacks, it said.
Reading about the attacks on Sunni mosques in the newspapers on Thursday morning, people in Baghdad condemned them, saying they were just aiming at arousing sedition.
The aggression on mosques was caused by elements aiming to plant sedition and sectarian war, said Mohammed Ali, a Shiite.
Yassir Fakri, a Sunni, described the bombing of the holy shrines of Ali al-Hadi in Samarra as a vicious aggression.
The holy shrine does not only concern Shiite or Sunnis. It is for all Muslims. This aggression will generate a sectarian divide,'' he said.
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WRAP Shiite attacks on Sunni mosques, protest in Sadr-City, Sunni, Shiite comment
Sadr City
1. Wide shot demonstrators chanting pro-Islam slogans
2. Various of demonstrators brandishing guns and chanting
Sadr City
3. Ismaeel al-Inizi, senior aide to the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, addressing demonstrators
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismaeel al-Inizi senior aide to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr:
''The al-Mahdi army (Sadr militiamen) have to protect the holy places from now and then in Samara in particular and other mosques and holy shrines. ''
4.Demonstrators carrying picture of Moqtada al-Sadr and chanting
Baghdad
5. Emblem of the Iraqi National Dialogue
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalif aI-ILayan, Head of the Iraqi National Dialogue party (Sunni party):
''We strongly condemned the heinous aggression on the holy Shrine of Imam Ali al-Hadi and his son Peace be upon them. And I'd like to clarify that the purpose behind such attack on the holy Shrine was to arouse sectarian sedition which the enemies have failed to arouse between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.''
Bayaa neighbourhood, Baghdad
7. Exterior of al-Kubeisi Sunni mosque
8. Medium of the damaged mosque
9. Sign reading ''al-Kubeisi mosque''
10. Bullet impact on the facade of the mosque
11. Close up of impact on facade
Abu Dishir neighbourhood, Baghdad
12. Sign reading: Yassin mosque
13. Exterior of damaged Yassin Sunni mosque
14. Smashed window
15. Damaged dome (filmed from inside)
16. Debris inside mosque
17. Interior of mosque with burnt goods and smoke still smouldering
18. Close up of burnt item
19. Young man picking up burnt out holy books
20. Wide of damage inside mosque
Baghdad
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalif aI-ILayan, Head of the Iraqi National Dialogue party (Sunni party):
''We appeal to Sunni Muslims not to be deceived by such scheming planned and implemented by foreign intelligence and to practice self-restraint and respond to the riot and chaos.''
22. People looking at newspapers
23. Various of newspapers on display
24. Headline reading: Sectarian fire whose fuel are mosques and holy shrines.
25. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Mohammed Ali, Shiite:
The aggression on mosques was caused by elements aiming to plant sedition and sectarian war. But thanks to God, the Clerics have banned such acts.
26. Man reading newspaper
27. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Yassir Fakri, Sunni:
Bombing the holy shrines of Imam Ali al-Hadi and his son is a vicious aggression. The holy shrine does not only concern Shiite or Sunnis. It is for all Muslims. This aggression will generate a sectarian divide.
28. Street scene
STORYLINE:
A major Sunni Arab bloc on Thursday suspended talks with Shiite and Kurdish parties on a new government after scores of Sunni mosques were attacked and dozens of bodies found in a wave of reprisal violence, following the bombing of a leading Shiite shrine in Samarra.
The hardline Sunni clerical Association of Muslim Scholars said 168 Sunni mosques were attacked, 10 imams killed and 15 abducted. The figures could not be independently confirmed.
Police reported the discovery of at least 46 bodies scattered across Iraq, many of them shot execution-style and dumped in Shiite-dominated parts of the capital, Baghdad.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr slammed the Iraqi government and US forces for not protecting the Samarra shrine, also known as the Golden Mosque, and ordered his militia to defend Shiite holy sites across Iraq.
One of his senior aides, Ismael al-Inizi, read his statement to the crowds of angry Shiites marching through Sadr City: ''The al-Mahdi army (Sadr militiamen) have to protect the holy places from now and then in Samara in particular and other mosques and holy shrines.''
Fires could still be seen burning inside on Thursday morning.
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Holy Quran Complete - Neamah Al-Hassan 3/2 نعمة الحسان
His full name is Neamah Bin Yaakoub Bin Mahmoud Al Hassan, one of the most popular Iraqi Quran readers. He is married and he has two daugthers, and he works as an Imam in the mosque “Abdul Aziz Al Sanad” in Kuwait. Also, he is the brother of Sheikh Yousef Al Hassan who was assassinated by the Militias in Basra.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan was born in Basra city, Southern Iraq in 1969. He received his primary education in “Al Khalil Bin Ahmad Al-Farahidi” school, his mid-education in “Al Nidal” school, and his high school education in the college of Islamic studies in Basra and in Samarra. Then he graduated from the Shari’a University- Islamic sciences branch- in Baghdad. After that, he obtained his masters degree from the Faculty of languages-Arabic language branch- in Basra and he is still preparing his doctorate degree in the same field in Basra University.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan follows the authentic Iraqi style of Maqamat while reading the holy Quran. His sweet voice made him very famous in Iraq, as his readings are in every house. Most of the gatherings, forums and channels praise his beautiful and heartfelt voice and his magnificent reading style.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan started the Imamate in his mid-education years, before being appointed as an official Imam in “Al Hasanayn” mosque in Basra in 1995. He was also taking the Imamate of the “Taraweeh” and “Al Qiyam” prayers in the Grand mosque in Basra. In 2003, he moved to “Al Aalban” mosque in Kuwait in order to pray the “Taraweeh” prayers, and he was appointed after that as an Imam in “Al Sanad” mosque in “Kifan” area and in “Al Qiyam” prayers in “Othman” mosque. He is currently an Imam in the mosque “Abdul Aziz Al Sanad” in Kuwait and he supervises the Quranic memorization gatherings in “Kifan”.
Several scholars and sheikhs were part of his life, including Sheikh Muhammad Saleh who taught him the Quran in Basra, Sheikh Kasem Al Samrani who taught him the rules of “Tajweed” and Sheikh Othman Al Kurdi who certified him according to Hafs Aan Assem’s recitation method during his studies in the Shari’a Faculty in Baghdad.
Sheikh Neamah has multiple audio and video recordings, such as “Al An’aam with Dua’a” which includes “Tilawat” from “Al Qiyam” prayers in “Othman Bin Afan” mosque in 1427, “Al-Furqan and Yaseen with Dua’a” from “Taraweeh” prayers in “Al Alban” mosque in the same year, and “Hood, Al-Qiyama, An-Naba, and An-Naziaat “with the Dua’a from “Taraweeh” prayers in “Al Sanad” mosque in 1426.
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Shiite protesters attack Sunni mosques after Samarra attack
Abu Dishir neighbourhood, Baghdad
1. Wide exterior of Yassin mosque, Sunni mosque
2. Sign reading: Yassin mosque
3. Exterior of damaged mosque
4. Smashed window
5. Damaged dome
6. Rubbles inside mosque
7. Burning rubbles, with light smoke rising
8. Various of burnt out rubbles
9. Young man picking up burnt out holy books
10. More of damage and rubbles interior mosque
I'lam neighbourhood, Baghdad
11. Exterior of al-Habib Mostafa mosque
12. Sign reading: al-Habib Mostafa mosque
13. Various of damage to the mosque
14. Rubbles and shards inside mosque
STORYLINE:
Shiite protesters attacked a large number of Sunni mosques across Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the bombing of one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, police, witnesses and political groups said.
The Iraqi Islamic Party, the country's largest Sunni political group, said at least 90 mosques were attacked, burned or taken over by Shiites.
They included more than 50 in Baghdad alone, three of which were destroyed with explosives, the party said.
In the Abu Dishir neighbourhood in southern Baghdad, the Yassin mosque had its windows smashed and its dome partly destroyed.
Fires could still be seen burning inside on Thursday morning.
The al-Habib Mostafa mosque in the I'lam neighbourhood was also damaged.
The rest of the attacks on Sunni mosques were in predominantly Shiite areas on the capital's southern outskirts and in Iraq's southern provinces.
Armed Shiites attacked the mosques with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, holding Sunnis after taking over some of them, the party said.
At least seven people, including three clerics, were killed in the attacks, it said.
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Baghdad's deputy police chief shot dead; five bodies found south of Baghdad
Baghdad's al-Mashtal neighbourhood
1. Street and area where the attack took place
2. Various of shards of glass littered the ground
3. Exterior of the victim's apartment
4. Tilt of apartment building
Al-Mahmudiyah
5. Sign reading Mahmudiyah General Hospital
6. Various of bodies in the hospital morgue
7. Relatives of the dead gathering around the morgue to identify their love ones
8. Various of the victims' relatives crying
Sadr City, Baghdad
9. Men tying coffin on top of mini bus
10. Various of people crying, among them the victim's brother
11. Funeral procession
12. Mourners chanting with coffin on mini bus driving down road
STORYLINE:
Unidentified gunmen assassinated police Colonel Riyad Abdul Karim on Sunday at his apartment in eastern Baghdad's Mashtal neighbourhood, police said.
Karim was assistant police director of emergency services in the capital's Rusafa district, which encompasses the eastern side of the Tigris River.
Karim was headed to his office at the time of the attack.
In Mahmudiyah, Iraqi police brought the bodies of five policemen found dead on Saturday in the town, 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) south of Baghdad, to the local morgue at Mahmudiyah General Hospital.
Relatives of those killed flocked to the hospital to identify their bodies.
In Sadr City, in northeastern Baghdad, a funeral procession was held Sunday for a city council member who was kidnapped and later found dead.
The council member was identified as Fadhil Auda al-Wahili.
Mourners tied al-Wahili's coffin atop a mini bus as the funeral procession made its way to the mosque.
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Iraq (B)
(31 Dec 2006)
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Samarra , Recent
FILE of the targeted holy Shrine of Imam Ali al-Hadi
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Samarra , 22 February 2006
Various shots of people walking towards damaged shrine
Various damaged golden dome
Various damaged windows
People inspecting damage
Pile of debris in room at shrine
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Karbala - 22 February 2006
Wide of demonstrators
Demonstrators carrying banners condemning the attack on the holy shrine of Imam Ali al-Hadi in Samarra
8. Various of women wearing black veils holding placards
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Abu Dishir neighbourhood, Baghdad - 23 February 2006
Wide exterior of Yassin mosque, Sunni mosque
Damaged dome
Young man picking up burnt out holy books
Demonstrators chanting and carrying banners
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Sadr City , Baghdad , 23 February 2006
Various of demonstrators brandishing guns and chanting
STORYLINE:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq , was killed north of Baghdad in June. Al-Qaida's leader in Iraq , Jordanian born Al-Zarqawi, was Iraq 's most notorious insurgent, reportedly spearheading a wave of violence against occupying forces, foreign nationals, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi civilian population, most notably the Shiite community. He had a 25 (m) million US dollar bounty on his head - the same as the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Zarqawi spent his youth as a petty criminal in Jordan , but like bin Laden became radicalised by his experience fighting the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan . Following the Soviet defeat Zarqawi returned to his home country with an extreme Islamic agenda, but spent 7 years in prison there for conspiracy to overthrow the Jordanian monarchy. Following his release from jail he fled the country .
He first came to prominence in Iraq as leader of the radical insurgent group Tawhid and Jihad. The group merged with al Qaida in 2004 to form al Qaida in Iraq . After the merger of the two groups the videotaped beheadings of foreign hostages became less regular feature of insurgent activity, but attacks on the Shiite dominated government and populace were unrelentless.
Al-Zarqawi made an unprecedented appearance on a video released on April 25th 2006 criticising the new Iraqi government and warning US President George W. Bush of more attacks to come. The video was made available to AP Television by IntelCenter, a US-based firm that provides counter-terrorism intelligence services to the US government.
After al-Zarqawi was killed, the Pentagon released video it claimed shows the bomb site in Hibhib , Iraq , where he died. According to the US Department of Defence, the video shows coalition and Iraqi forces surveying the al-Zarqawi bomb site.
The targeted airstrike was the culmination of a two-week-long hunt for al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq . Tips from senior militants led U.S. forces to follow al-Zarqawi's spiritual adviser to the safe house, 30 miles outside Baghdad , for a meeting with the insurgent leader. The adviser, Sheik Abdul Rahman, was also among those killed.
His death, though trumpeted by the Iraqi government and its US allies, was not likely to deal a fatal blow to the insurgency, with Iraq gripped in daily bloodshed, much of it sectarian-driven, which some have termed civil war, as well as the wider war with US-led occupying forces.
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(31 Dec 2005) AP Television News
Baghdad - 17 July 2005
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Judge Raid Juhi, chief judge of the Iraq Special Tribunal:
With the completion of the investigative procedures, the accused Saddam Hussein Majid, Barazan Ibrahim al-Hasan, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Awad Hamed al-Bandarand, and others deemed to be their accomplices, have been indicted to be tried by the Trial Chamber under clauses (1), (4), (6) and (9) of Article 12 (a) of the Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, which deal with crimes against humanity, and in accordance with Article 15 of the Statute. With this announcement, the IST has raised this historical trial to a new level on the basis of legal evidence as the Trial Chamber judges will determine the date of the beginning of the trials in the next few days.
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FILE: Baghdad - 1 July 2004
Wide shot Saddam Hussein being interrogated by Judge Juhi
Iraq in August
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Basra - 23 August 2005
Wide shot of South Oil Company
Sign reading South Oil Company
Various of fire from oil refinery
Man closing oil production lines
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Tikrit - 29 August 2005
Demonstrators marching and applauding
Demonstrators marching and chanting
Demonstrator holding picture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and chanting pro-Islam slogans
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Ramadi - 30 August 2005
Demonstrators carrying pictures of Moqtada al-Sadr (Shiite cleric) his father and former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein chanting (in Arabic) No to the constitution.
Pictures and placards reading (in Arabic) No to federalism.
Kut - 29 August 2005
Wide shot of pro-constitution demonstration
Demonstrators carrying pictures of Shiite clerics Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, chanting pro-constitution slogans
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Baghdad - 31 August 2005
Various of crowds of pilgrims heading to the holy Imam Mousa al-Kadim shrine
Various of pilgrims carrying coffin covered in green and gold cloth symbolising the Imam Kadhim
People in river retrieving bodies and lost items
Pilgrims on the bridge where the railing collapsed
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Baghdad - 31 August 2005
Close-up of pilgrims' shoes on bridge Al-A'imma, tilt up to people walking past
Iraq in September
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Tal Afar - 12 September 2005
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Row of Iraqi soldiers armed with Kalashnikovs walking by a wall and raiding a house
More Iraqi soldiers running in a road and taking position in a nearby house
Wide interior of suspected insurgents, blindfolded and sitting in the ground, surrounded by Iraqi soldiers
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Kazimiyah district, Baghdad - 14 September 2005
Various of emergency services at scene
Shula district, Baghdad - 14 September 2005
Zoom in to burnt out car
Debris at scene with Iraqi police and soldiers
Alawi al-Hillah neighbourhood, Baghdad - 14 September 2005
Plume of black smoke rising from skyline
Various shots of burnt out and upturned vehicles under bridge
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Holy Quran Complete - Neamah Al-Hassan 3/1 نعمة الحسان
His full name is Neamah Bin Yaakoub Bin Mahmoud Al Hassan, one of the most popular Iraqi Quran readers. He is married and he has two daugthers, and he works as an Imam in the mosque “Abdul Aziz Al Sanad” in Kuwait. Also, he is the brother of Sheikh Yousef Al Hassan who was assassinated by the Militias in Basra.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan was born in Basra city, Southern Iraq in 1969. He received his primary education in “Al Khalil Bin Ahmad Al-Farahidi” school, his mid-education in “Al Nidal” school, and his high school education in the college of Islamic studies in Basra and in Samarra. Then he graduated from the Shari’a University- Islamic sciences branch- in Baghdad. After that, he obtained his masters degree from the Faculty of languages-Arabic language branch- in Basra and he is still preparing his doctorate degree in the same field in Basra University.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan follows the authentic Iraqi style of Maqamat while reading the holy Quran. His sweet voice made him very famous in Iraq, as his readings are in every house. Most of the gatherings, forums and channels praise his beautiful and heartfelt voice and his magnificent reading style.
Sheikh Neamah Al Hassan started the Imamate in his mid-education years, before being appointed as an official Imam in “Al Hasanayn” mosque in Basra in 1995. He was also taking the Imamate of the “Taraweeh” and “Al Qiyam” prayers in the Grand mosque in Basra. In 2003, he moved to “Al Aalban” mosque in Kuwait in order to pray the “Taraweeh” prayers, and he was appointed after that as an Imam in “Al Sanad” mosque in “Kifan” area and in “Al Qiyam” prayers in “Othman” mosque. He is currently an Imam in the mosque “Abdul Aziz Al Sanad” in Kuwait and he supervises the Quranic memorization gatherings in “Kifan”.
Several scholars and sheikhs were part of his life, including Sheikh Muhammad Saleh who taught him the Quran in Basra, Sheikh Kasem Al Samrani who taught him the rules of “Tajweed” and Sheikh Othman Al Kurdi who certified him according to Hafs Aan Assem’s recitation method during his studies in the Shari’a Faculty in Baghdad.
Sheikh Neamah has multiple audio and video recordings, such as “Al An’aam with Dua’a” which includes “Tilawat” from “Al Qiyam” prayers in “Othman Bin Afan” mosque in 1427, “Al-Furqan and Yaseen with Dua’a” from “Taraweeh” prayers in “Al Alban” mosque in the same year, and “Hood, Al-Qiyama, An-Naba, and An-Naziaat “with the Dua’a from “Taraweeh” prayers in “Al Sanad” mosque in 1426.
Friday prayers & demos throughout Iraq
Baghdad
1. Wide of march
2. Mid shot of protesters
3. Crowd carries coffin with Palestinian flag
4. Close up faces of marchers
5. Wide of march with banners
6. Top shot of march
7. Various shots of coffin and wheelchair
8. Protesters rip up Israeli flag
9. Top shot of crowd
10. SOUNDBITE (English) vox-pop, Haider:
This attack and the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin doesn't mean that the jihad movement will stop, but there will be a thousand of Ahmed Yassin (to) take care of the leadership (of) the jihad movement, Inshallah (God willing).
Karbala
11. Wide shot of demonstration
12. Various of marchers
13. Israeli flag being torched
14. Man with picture of Yassin
Najaf
11. Wide of mosque
12. Israeli flag being burned
13. Worshippers addressed by Moqtadar al-Sadr
13. UPSOUND (Arabic) Moqtadar al-Sadr, Shi'ite cleric
14. Supporters chanting
15. Prayers in progress
16. Dome of shrine
STORYLINE:
Worshippers in Baghdad took to the streets after prayers on Friday to denounce the Israeli assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of the Palestinian Hamas movement.
The crowd carried a symbolic coffin and held aloft a wheelchair to commemorate the Yassin.
Members of the crowd tore apart an Israeli flag during the protest.
The demonstration is the latest in a series of protests since Yassin was killed by Israeli missiles on Monday.
In the Shia holy city of Karbala, thousands of Muslims demonstrated after Friday prayers.
Some of the marchers carried pictures of Sheikh Yassin and burned Israeli flags.
In Najaf worshippers were addressed by Moqtadar al-Sadr, a leading Shia cleric.
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Shaykh 'Abdul Qadir al-Jilani | Sh Muhammad Yaseen
A talk on the life of sultan al-awliya, Shaykh 'Abdulqadir al-Jilani (Allah show him mercy), delivered by Shaykh Muhammad Yaseen in Hounslow Mosque.
Iraq in July - August 2005
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Iraq in July
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari met with Iranian leaders in Tehran, the first visit there by an Iraqi premier since the two countries severed relations in 1980 at the beginning of war between the two countries. Al-Jaafari, an Iraqi Shi'ite, spent more than a decade in exile in Iraq while fighting Saddam's forces. Since the fall of Saddam, many observers had blamed Iran for supporting Shi'ite sectarian terrorism in Iraq and allowing the unfettered movement of terrorists into the country, and Iran had also been accused of backing the revolt of the Shi'ite rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr. Since Saddam's fall in 2003, Iraq had tried to get closer to Iran and heal the scars left by the 1980-88 war that killed more than 1 (m) million people on both sides.
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Tehran, Iran - 16 July 2005
Various of al-Jaafari and Aref at reception ceremony
Al-Jaafari and Aref giving news conference
Close up of Aref
Close up of al-Jaafari
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Tehran - 18 July 2005
Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraqi Prime Minister and Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran's President-elect in talks
In mid July, a string of major insurgent bombings more than 120 people in four days. One of the attacks was at Mussayib, a religiously-mixed town along the Euphrates River south of Baghdad. As residents of the town walked to evening prayers, a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body near a mosque, killing more than 60 people. Witnesses said a fuel tanker in the town caught fire and spread the damage to several houses and shops. Mussayib in the triangle of death, an area so-named because of the large number of kidnappings and killings of Shiite Muslims traveling between Baghdad and the Shiite holy cities of Karbala and Najaf.
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Mussayib - 17 July 2005
Various of damaged vehicles at bomb scene
A judge announced details of the first case against the former dictator Saddam Hussein. Raid Juhi, chief judge of the Iraq Special Tribunal, said Saddam and three other men would stand trial for the July 1982 massacre of Shiite villagers at Dujail, 50 miles north of Baghdad. The massacre of over 140 men and young boys was in retaliation for an assassination attempt on Saddam as he visited the village. The three accused along with Saddam include his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barazan Ibrahim; former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan; and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, a Baath party official in Dujail. If convicted, all four men could receive the death penalty.
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Close up Saddam Hussein talking in interrogation video
AP Television News
Baghdad - 17 July 2005
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Judge Raid Juhi, chief judge of the Iraq Special Tribunal:
With the completion of the investigative procedures, the accused Saddam Hussein Majid, Barazan Ibrahim al-Hasan, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Awad Hamed al-Bandarand, and others deemed to be their accomplices, have been indicted to be tried by the Trial Chamber under clauses (1), (4), (6) and (9) of Article 12 (a) of the Statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, which deal with crimes against humanity, and in accordance with Article 15 of the Statute. With this announcement, the IST has raised this historical trial to a new level on the basis of legal evidence as the Trial Chamber judges will determine the date of the beginning of the trials in the next few days.
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Wide shot Saddam Hussein being interrogated by Judge Juhi
Iraq in August
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Basra - 23 August 2005
Wide shot of South Oil Company
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Mosul
1. Wide of protest against killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin
2. Protesters tearing up US flag
3. Protesters burning US flag
4. Protesters burning Israeli flag
5. Protesters stepping on US flag and using torn flag to wipe dirt off shoes
6. Protesters shouting Pro-Saddam-slogans and waving images of Saddam
7. Protesters standing behind barrier waving Iraqi flags
8. Wide of demonstration in front of Mosul university
Baghdad
9. Set up of Dr Salama al-Khafaji
10. Cutaway notepad
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Salama al-Khafaji, IGC member:
The GC (General Council) members have refused this action which was done in Palestine and we think this action is going to be focussed on the leaders of Palestine people and it is similar to that which is taking place in Iraq which is also against the most important people and leaders in Iraq. This action is Zionist extremism and it is going to increase the terrorist action in the area, especially Iraq.
12. Various of protesters walking past chanting
13. Protester in wheelchair chanting
14. Various of protesters carrying banners and chanting
15. Protester in wheelchair
16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Adnan al-Bayati, Vox Pop:
The killing of Sheikh Yassin is a huge crime against Islam, Arabs and all heavenly values. Even though he was crippled he was assassinated in this terrible way.
17. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Faisal Jabbar, Vox Pop:
It is a treacherous operation committed by the Jewish occupying forces. It is a stab to the heart of Islam. In my opinion this act will not stop Arabs and Muslims from their struggle and sacrifice.
18. Various streets of Baghdad
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in several cities in Iraq to protest the killing of Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin in Gaza on Monday.
Killed in a helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque, Yassin, was the most prominent Palestinian leader targetted by Israel in more than three years of fighting, and his assassination was seen as a major escalation that drew condemnation from the Arab world.
In Iraq's northern city of Mosul, some 1000 students rallied in front of Mosul University to protest the killing of Yassin.
Chanting pro-Yassin and pro-Saddam slogans, they marched peacefully inside the campus before burning the American and Israeli flags.
In Baghdad's Adhamiya district hundreds of men marched through the streets calling for Jihad against Israel.
Condemning the killing, I-G-C (Iraqi Governing Council) member Dr. Salama al-Khafaji warned that the incident would increase terrorist acts in the region, especially Iraq.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, the public condemned the attack, calling it an attack against Islam and Arabs all over the world.
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Protest against newspaper closure
Baghdad, Iraq, 3 April 2004
1. Wide of demo
2. Close up banner showing Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, Moqtadar al-Sadr''s father
3. Al-Mehdi army marching
4. Various of women marching in Islamic dress
5. Uniformed children marching during demo
6. Mid shot marchers
7. Reverse shot of marchers
8. Clerics at demo
9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed al-Zubaidi, Mulsim cleric:
As Moqtadar al-Sadr said, this army has Islamic tasks and not fighting missions. The army will maintain security and stability in the country. It is just like other armies. They all have military parades.
10. Mid shot marchers
11. Wide of march past
Najaf, Iraq - April 2, 2004
12. Prayers in holy shrine
13. Mid shot dome
14. Interior mosque with chanting supporters of Moqtadar al-Sadr
15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Moqtadar al-Sadr, leading Shi''ite cleric:
I announce here the unity between us and Sheikh Nasrallah of Hezbollah and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the leader of Hamas. They should consider us their striking hand in Iraq, when there is a need for this. As Sheik Yassin and Rantisi said, the destiny of Palestine and Iraq are one. I fully agree with this.
16. Chanting supporters of al-Sadr
STORYLINE:
Uniformed Shia muslims marched through Baghdad's streets on Saturday in support of cleric Moqtadar al-Sadr, who calls himself the 'striking hand of Hamas and Hezbollah in Iraq'.
The black clad members of the 'al-Mehdi army -, both men and women - marched in tight formation through Sadr City, the capital's Shi'ite stronghold.
Al-Sadr, the son of another Shia cleric reputedly killed by Saddam, has advocated non-cooperation with the occupying coalition and is critical of the Iraqi Governing Council.
Last week the US-led administration in Iraq closed down a newspaper belonging to him, claiming it had incited violence against American troops.
A Cleric at demo said that the 'al-Mehdi army' was set up to protect religious shrines and sites.
It is named after an Islamic holy man who some Muslims believe will return to earth if enough members are recruited.
Al-Sadr addressed followers in the holy city of Najaf on Friday.
He told worshippers that he considered himself allied to Hamas and Hezbollah, the militant Islamic groups.
They should consider us their striking hand in Iraq.
Al-Sadr has advocated non-cooperation with the Coalition in Iraq.
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Pilgrims walk to holy shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim to commemorate his death
SHOTLIST
1. Wide of pilgrims walking walking towards the shrine of Shiite imam, Moussa al-Kadhim
2. Pilgrims carrying flags, walking
3. Various of pilgrims, some wearing black, walking
4. Various of people cooking and offering food to pilgrims
5. People eating
6. Man serving tea to pilgrims
7. Man drinking tea
8. Pilgrims walking
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hilal Sultan, Pilgrim:
God willing, this pilgrimage will unify the people of Iraq - Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds and Christians.
10. Wide of pilgrims walking
11. Various of Iraqi police searching pilgrims
12. Various of pilgrims walking
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Shiite pilgrims from around Iraq headed to the holy Shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim on Monday, to commemorate the anniversary of the death of one of the 12 Shiite saints.
Imam Kadhim died in 799 AD and is buried in a mosque in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Kazimiyah.
The climax of the pilgrimage will be next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police checkpoints were set up and many roads were closed in a bid to prevent attacks that might target the Shiite pilgrims.
Huge religious processions of Iraq's Shiite sect have often been targeted by suspected Sunni insurgents in the past years of sectarian bloodshed that had the nation teetering on the brink of civil war from 2005 to 2007.
To boost and control security in Baghdad, the authorities have banned more than 400-thousand vehicles from Baghdad.
Carts pulled by horses and motorcycles were also banned.
In 2005, more than 900 people died in a stampede which appeared to have been sparked by a rumour that a suicide bomber was among the more than one million (m) people who had gathered at the Kazimiyah shrine to mark the imam's death.
The pilgrimage isn't the most important among Shiite ceremonies, but is considered significant.
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Mulaqat with Sheikh Ali Tariq | Baghdad Shareef - Iraq
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Mulaqat with *Sheikh Tariq Ali Baghdadi - who is the Imam & Khateeb at the Masjid of Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi رحمتہ اللہ علیہ & Hazrat Sirri Saqati رحمتہ اللہ علیہ.
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