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GWT: Iraqi TV shows Saddam and son meeting commander

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

SHOTLIST 1. Iraqi TV footage of Saddam Hussein meeting his son Qusay, ministers and military commanders 2. Qusay with members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Zoom out to wide shot of Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan (first from left), deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz (second from left) with members of Revolutionary Command Council 5. Saddam Hussein 6. Various of Qusay and members of the Revolutionary Command Council 7. Saddam Hussein STORYLINE: Iraqi television on Monday showed footage of what it said was President Saddam Hussein discussing the latest developments with his son Qusay and ministers and military commanders. Among those meeting Saddam were deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. The report did not say when the images were filmed. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bccb972b512d24f168417ed96c0ca85b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Taha Yasin Ramazan Hanged

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Saddam Hussein's former deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged before dawn on Tuesday for the killings of hundred and ...

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Iraq's VP Taha Ramadan comments at NAM summit

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

1. Long shot Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri 2. Wide shot Ramadan and Megawati seated 3. Various Ramadan and Megawati 4. Set up shot of Ramadan talking to reporter 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "We've made it clear to NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) that when Iraq decided to accept the inspectors, that meant also dealing with the inspectors so those who are trying to trap us will not succeed. In general, we're happy with what we've heard and what we've discussed, and I think that the final resolution of the summit will lead to the condemnation of any aggression and that the only solution to resolve this crisis is through UN and international resolutions." 6. Cutaway 7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "There's no official support from the Arabs, this is not only my evaluation but also those who see the position clearly - the weakest position is the Arab position. I think that the position of NAM is much better, even in Europe, even the basic position of the UN is much better than the Arabs." 8. Cutaway 9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "Any threat against Iraq is a threat against the whole world, it's the responsibility of every country in this world that is independent, to play a role in putting an end to such threats." 10. Cutaway 11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "We don't have any documents to hide. The lies of the US were also denied by the inspectors in the February 5 meeting of the UN where Powell presented his propaganda, in which he claimed he had photos and phone calls, of course on the 14th of February the inspectors - Blix, said that they had no evidence to support what Powell claimed." 12. Cutaway 13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: (Q off camera: Blix gave Iraq until the March 1st to begin destroying their weapons?) "The issue is being discussed. The mechanism of working with the inspectors, with Blix and ElBaradei, is working properly and smoothly. I think any problem could be resolved among us." 14. Cutaway 15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "I don't see a good reason to hold an Islamic Conference in Qatar which is the centre for a growing U.S. military presence that is gathering against Iraq." 16. Taha leaving STORYLINE: Iraq expressed deep disappointment on Monday with fellow Arab nations for not giving more unequivocal support in its efforts to avoid a U.S.-led attack. Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, speaking in Malaysia at the 116-nation Non-Aligned Movement, said he was especially disappointed that although Arab nations say they oppose a war on Baghdad, some of them - such as Qatar - have allowed their countries to be a platform for U.S. troops preparing for a possible assault. Even the Non-Aligned Movement now meeting for a summit in Kuala Lumpur, including some close U.S. allies, has been more outspoken in supporting Iraq than Arab countries, Ramadan said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press on the summit sidelines. Iraq has been trying to delay an Arab League summit set for Saturday until mid-March, or around the time a U.S.-sponsored resolution that may authorize a war on Iraq would go to a vote in the U.N. Security Council. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4e0b0b501d1aecda8fcc93afab0248ad Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Iraqi vice president on tensions with US

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1. Set up shot of Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan 2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "We do not pay any attention to this subject (the decision by US congress). This Zionist administration wants to express to the people that there is democracy, it is only a play. We do not see the American congress as our guardian, nor the world's. It is the same congress that recently approved Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist entity. An approval of this kind for Bush from such a congress and such Zionist leaders is not strange under the current circumstances. It makes no difference to us." 3. Cutaway of Iraqi flag SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "We do not count on a particular country. We count on God and our people to protect us. We have a political agenda with Russia and many other countries based on mutual interests. Russia is acting according to what it sees as suitable for its interests. We are not worried about where Russia stands, for the time being. We work hard to make it not harmful in the future." 4. Cutaway of portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein: 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "Bush wants to attack the whole Iraq, the army and the infrastructure. If such a call is genuine then let the American president and a selected group with him face a selected group of us and we choose a neutral land and let Mr Kofi Annan be a supervisor and both groups should use the same weapon. A president against a president and vice president against a vice president and a duel takes place, if they are serious, and in this way we are saving the American and the Iraqi people." 6. Various of street scenes 7. Various of people reading newspapers STORYLINE: Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Thursday said that instead of going to war with Iraq, US president George W Bush should fight a personal duel with Saddam Hussein, to avoid further suffering to the peoples of both countries. He suggested United Nation (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan as adjudicator. Ramadan made the comments after dismissing US congress support for a resolution that would give the American president the power to initiate hostilities against Iraq. Bush struck a deal on the resolution with congressional leaders on Wednesday, which, if passed, would give the US president broad authority to use military force against Iraq. Bush, meanwhile, suggested war with Baghdad could become "unavoidable" if Saddam Hussein does not comply in full with all UN Security Council demands. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/361ab3b4b54ed25699ffde8221da76eb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Iraq - Saddam deputy hanged in Iraq for the killings of 148 Shiites

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516489 AP TELEVISION Baghdad - February 12, 2007 1. Various of former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan in court as judge passes death sentence STORYLINE: Saddam Hussein's former deputy was hanged before dawn on February 12th for the killings of 148 Shiites, an official with the prime minister's office said. Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was Saddam's vice president when the regime was ousted four years ago, was the fourth man executed in the killings of 148 Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt against the former leader in the city of Dujail. Ramadan was convicted in November 2006 of murder, forced deportation and torture and sentenced to life in prison. A month later, the appeals court said the sentence was too lenient, and returned his case to the High Tribunal, demanding he be sentenced to death. The court agreed to turn it to a death sentence and an appeals court upheld the death sentence in February You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7dec6e1399e1efaffee06583e8ecf849 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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WRAP Trial of Saddam Hussein resumes, hearing defence witnesses

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Updated: 28 Jul 2015

SHOTLIST 1. Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 2. Defendant Taha Yassin Ramadan 3. Defendant and Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim 4. Defendant Mizher Abdullah Ruwayyid 5. Defendant Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid 6. Defendant Ali Dayim Ali 7. Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman 8. Wide shot of all defendants standing up 9. Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman 10. Various of defendants 11. Witness testifying behind curtain 12. Saddam Hussein 13. Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman as Saddam Hussein speaks 14. Saddam going towards microphone and addressing court 15. Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman 16. Close up of Saddam speaking 17. Various of Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman answering Saddam 18. Wide of the defendants STORYLINE: The defence team in the trial of Saddam Hussein protested on Monday over the arrest of four of its witnesses, saying some of them were beaten by Iraqi guards. The chief judge, Raouf Abdel-Rahman, said they were jailed on suspicion of perjury. The witnesses, who were jailed last week after testifying, included one who claimed that some of the 148 Shiites that Saddam and his seven co-defendants are accused of killing were still alive. It was not known who the other three detained witnesses were. But the arrests came after last Wednesday's session, when one witness alleged that the chief prosecutor in the trial, Jaafar al-Moussawi, had attempted to bribe him to testify against Saddam. Al-Moussawi denied the charge, and Abdel-Rahman warned the witness he could face prosecution for perjury. Abdel-Rahman showed increasing impatience Monday with a new defence strategy throwing doubt on the prosecution's case against Saddam and seven former members of his regime. He shouted repeatedly at defence lawyers trying to argue that prosecution documents should be reviewed to determine if they were authentic. The eight are accused of crimes against humanity in a sweep against the town of Dujail, including torturing prisoners and killing 148 Shiites sentenced to death for a 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam. But defence lawyer Wadud Fawzi read a list of 15 names from the 148 who he said were still alive, died natural deaths later or were killed in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Abdel-Rahman ordered the defence to provide documents proving the 15 were still alive or were not killed in the crackdown. But he refused to halt the trial. A defence witness last week claimed that 23 of those sentenced to death were still alive and that he had met them recently in Dujail. The witness was among those arrested the next day, according to chief defence lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi. The defence has argued that if some of the Shiites were not killed, it throws doubt on the entire prosecution case. The trial, which began on October 19, has faced numerous delays and setbacks - with two defence lawyers killed soon after it began and repeated outbursts in court slowing down the proceedings. After a relatively brief session, the trial was adjourned until June 12. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4b82314f616d542e4dcab4b7c2673d44 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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WRAP Memorial for Gulf war victims, Papal envoy, inspections

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

Baghdad 1. Pan across cemetery for victims of al-Amiriya shelter bombing 2. Statue in front of memorial 3. Banner reading "Who are the terrorists - Martyrs of al-Aamiriya? or the murderers in Washington" in English 4. Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi vice-president, walking into ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice-President: "But the evil American administration is still beating the drums of war, and is casting doubt on the inspections, and continues to declare it has information that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction. All this has been proven to be untrue in every instance." 6. Monument clock showing time shelter was hit Baghdad 7. Wide shot Martyrs Monument 8. Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Izzat Ibrahim, saluting 9. Wide shot senior Iraqi officials saluting 10. Ibrahim laying wreath on Martyr's Monument Baghdad 11. Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray and Iraqi Ministry of Endowments Deputy Minister Ahmed Saleh 12. Picture of Saddam Hussein 13. Etchegarray receiving gift from Saleh 14. Envoy leaving 15. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Etchegarray, Papal Envoy: "In particular we have faith in peace, a faith found throughout Iraq. If rapprochement is possible between peoples of faith, the Pope believes rapprochement is possible between nations and there is still a chance for peace in Iraq." 16. Media 17. Various of Etchegarray leaving Baghdad 18. UN vehicles entering Al-Amal Gas Factory 19. Various men loading fuel into tanker truck 20. Tanker 21. Factory facilities 22. UN vehicles leaving facility 90 kilometres (55 miles) west of Baghdad 23. UN vehicles entering Saddam Munitions Factory 24. Long shot of UN inspectors inside 25. UN helicopter overhead 26. UN vehicles leaving complex STORYLINE: Senior Iraqi officials attended ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the victims of an Allied bombing raid during the 1991 Gulf War. Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, died when Allied warplanes bombed what they believed to be an Iraqi command and control centre in Baghdad 12 years ago. The Iraqis said the building was a bomb shelter, providing safety to civilians under threat of Allied air attack. The al-Amiriya bombing resulted in the highest civilian casualty in one attack during the 1991 Gulf War - 403 people were killed. At the remains of the shelter, now a memorial, Iraqi Vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan denounced the U.S. for the bombing and said the current administration's "hands are stained with Iraqi blood." Although the anniversary of the bombing is February 13th, ceremonies were postponed until Sunday to accommodate celebrations to mark the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Izzat Ibrahim, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, attended a different ceremony at the Martyr's Monument in Baghdad on Sunday, and laid a wreath in memory of the victims. Other top Iraqi officials - from both the government and the military - also attended the early morning ceremony, as well as representatives from Iraq's small diplomatic corps. Meanwhile Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray met with Iraqi officials at the Ministry of Endowments, which deals with religious affairs in Iraq declaring afterwards "peace is still possible in Iraqi." The envoy was due to return to Rome on Sunday night after delivering a private message from Pope John Paul ll to Saddam Hussein. Etchegarray's visit included meetings with top Catholic Church officials, as well as other Christian and Muslim denominations. Weapons inspections continued on Sunday. On the northern outskirts of Baghdad, UN inspectors visited the Al-Amal Gas refining facility, a facility were they had previously placed monitoring devices. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2b53dbac23ebf576e5bd7ccdb73bd12d Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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GWT: WRAP Saddam and son, Sabri in Damascus, Iraqi briefing

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IRAQI TV Unknown Date and Location 1. Various of meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein - on Hussein's right is Iraq's Defence Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed and on the left is Hussein's son Qusay APTN Baghdad, 23 March 2003 2. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister, enters press briefing 3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister: "The Iraqi fighters, the heroes in Umm Qasr, they are making it very hard for the filthy pirates - the Americans and the British - whom surely are facing their certain death." 4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister: "The pirates (soldiers) who have been hired by the American and the British have been given a lesson last night and early this morning that they will never forget."(referring to the battle for Nasiriyah) 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Major General Hazim al-Rawi, Iraqi military spokesperson "I would like to tell you also, that our brave and heroic armed forces air defences have shot down, up to the present time, five fighter jets and two helicopters." 6. Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan walks into press briefing 7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President "At any location in any village or town, they will face the same fate that they are finding now in Umm Qasr and that they found at Souk al-Shyoukh. Within a few hours you are going to see American prisoners on the Iraqi television screens." APTN Damascus, 23 March 2003 8. Pan of meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Naji Sabri, Iraqi Foreign Minister: "I'll not reveal to you how we are functioning but I can tell you we are functioning as good as before this colonial aggression against Iraq. The country is cohesive. The administration is cohesive." 10. Car carrying Sabri driving away IRAQI TV Unknown Date and Location 11. Wide shot of Saddam Hussein meeting with Iraqi military commanders 12. Various of meeting STORYLINE: Iraqi State television on Sunday showed pictures of what it said was Iraqi president Saddam Hussein holding a series of meetings. Among those present at the meetings was Saddam's son, Qusay, a member of the Ba'ath party leadership, Sultan Hashim Ahmed, the defence minister and Tariq Aziz, the deputy prime minister. He was later shown meeting with Iraqi military commanders. Also on Sunday, Iraq's Information Minister said Iraqi soldiers were giving the Allied forces a fight they will never forget. Speaking at a press briefing, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said the American and British troops - whom he referred to as filthy pirates - were facing certain death in the southern port town of Umm Qasr. Al-Sahhaf was joined in the press conference by Major General Hazim al-Rawi, an Iraqi military spokesperson. Al-Rawi said Iraqi armed forces had shot down five Allied fighter jets and two helicopters. In a separate press conference on Sunday, Iraq's Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said American prisoners of war would be seen on Iraqi television within hours. Meanwhile, Iraq's foreign minister arrived on Sunday in the capital of neighbouring Syria. Naji Sabri said Iraqi troops were bravely resisting US and British forces. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7f3571416a37b53043d12082c51581dc Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Vice-president comment, inspections, peace activists

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Baghdad 1. Iraqi Vice President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, walking inside Palestine Hotel 2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice-President: "The criminal American administration declares frankly that it's after the Arab oil and especially Iraq's. It can't control Arab oil without controlling Iraq's and it wants to assure Israel's security." Al-Milad military facility, 40 Kilometres (25 miles) south of Baghdad 3. UN vehicles entering Al-Milad military research and development facility 4. Poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 5. UN inspectors walking inside complex 6. Iraqi worker carrying weapons 7. UN inspectors walking inside complex 8. Various UN vehicles convoy leaving Baghdad 9. Peace protest by American women in Al-Tahrieer Square (Liberation Square) 10. Mid shot American women carrying peace banners 11. Set-up shot Medea Benjamin member of Code Pink 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Medea Benjamin, Code Pink: "A group of 15 have come here to Baghdad to show the Iraqi people that we represent millions and millions of Americans who don't want to see war break out." 13. Cutaway balloon with anti-war slogan 14. Wide shot banner "women for peace" 15. Various women protesting 16. Iraqi children holding balloons 17. Various protesters and Iraqi children 18. Wide shot square with protestors STORYLINE: Iraq's Vice President said on Sunday that he expected the United States to attack Iraq before a second Security Council Resolution is passed. Taha Yassin Ramadan's remarks come after US President George W. Bush raised the stakes last week, with a State of the Union address that heightened the sense of urgency about ending Saddam's rule. Bush later said that only "weeks, not months" remain for diplomacy and has made it clear his administration will move relentlessly toward a war decision - with or without UN consent. In the meantime, US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to present the US case to the council on Wednesday. Ramadan made his comments in Baghdad after meeting a Lebanese delegation on a solidarity visit to Iraq. Meanwhile, a group of 15 women from the United States held a peace vigil in Liberation Square in the centre of Baghdad on Sunday. The women have been in front of the White House in Washington DC since November 17 - but moved the protest to Iraq along with women from other national coalitions. Dressed in bright pink clothing and carrying pink peace banners, they call themselves "Code Pink" a play on the Bush Administration's "Code Red" alert issued over Iraq's presumed weapons programmes. Also on Sunday, UN inspectors visited Al-Milad military establishment, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Baghdad - and spent several hours in the complex. They did not comment on their findings. Chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohammed ElBaradei are expected to visit Iraq on February 8 to resolve outstanding issues surrounding the inspections process. Their next report, on February 14, could swing the diplomatic balance toward or away from military action against Iraq, the "last resort" threatened by the United States and Britain. A series of UN resolutions since Iraq's defeat by a US-led coalition in the 1991 Gulf War prohibit any programmes for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Thousands of such Iraqi weapons were destroyed under a previous UN inspection program in the 1990s. New inspections began in November. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/530e87c5357e100d78cf464dcc04b222 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Comments from Iraqi Deputy PM on visit to Ameria shelter

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1. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz arriving at the Ameria shelter 2. Various Aziz at shelter 3. Wide shot man addressing crowd 4. Mid shot reporters 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister "George Bush is the President of the United States. He can make his decisions in his own country, but he does not have the right and the capability to change anything outside his country, and especially in this courageous country Iraq." 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tariq Aziz, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister "The Iraqi people and the Iraqi leadership are prepared to defend their country and defend their selves." 7. Various Taha Ramadan walking on pictures of Bush, Thatcher and Albright 8. Wide shot Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President " No, no, the Iraqi delegation did not go to (Moscow) approve the return of the inspectors to Iraq. The Iraqi delegation went to discuss all postponed issues between Iraq and the Security Council." 10. Cutaway reporters 11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President "There is no talk about bargaining, mere bargaining, or if Iraq agrees, what is to agree upon. Iraq is ready to cooperate positively with everything that is in harmony with the Security Council resolutions." 12. Reporters STORYLINE: Iraq's vice president says his country wants forthcoming talks with the United Nations to focus on resolving all pending issues and not give priority to the return of U-N weapons inspectors - a demand of the world body and of the United States. Speaking about a high-level dialogue between Iraq and the United Nations, scheduled for early next month, Taha Yassin Ramadan said the issue of inspectors wasn't the only or the main issue. U-S President George W Bush warned Iraq that it would face unspecified consequences if it didn't let in the inspectors, barred from entering the country since they left in 1998. Ramadan said the issues Iraq wants to discuss include the lifting of sanctions imposed to punish it for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the U-S and British aircraft patrolling the so-called no-fly zones and U-S talk about toppling the Iraqi regime. He refused to say if Iraq would let in the inspectors if the pending issues were resolved. Earlier on Monday, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz told reporters that Iraq wasn't worried about a possible U-S attack, arguing that Iraqis are united behind their leadership. He said the Bush administration lacked the "capability" to remove the Iraqi regime. Aziz was speaking during a visit to the Ameria shelter in Baghdad which was built during the Iraq-Iran war. About 400 people burned to death inside the shelter when it was hit by two American missiles during the Gulf War. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ab6916387c61e7deffd7121412f55781 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Opening of the Non Aligned Movement summit

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1. External shot of convention centre in Kuala Lumpur 2. Security at entrance 3. Police buses on right, motorcade led by police motorcycle on left 4. Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan walks through metal detector into building 5. Ramadan shakes hands with Malaysian MP Mahathir Mohammed 6. Fidel Castro walking through hallway 7. Castro posing with Mahathir 8. Security in centre 9. North Korean President Kim Young-nam shakes hands with Mahathir 10. Iraqi VP leads parade of leaders into convention centre hall 11. Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong and Kim walk with other leaders into hall 12. Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Philippine President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo arriving in hall 13. Fidel Castro enters hall 14. Mahathir and South African President Thabo Mbeki sitting at table on stage 15. Cutaway of delegates 16. Mbeki walks to podium 17. SOUNDBITE: (English): Thabo Mbeki, South African President "Peace and stability in our countries and in the rest of the world demands that Iraq, a long standing member of our movement, should cooperate fully with the United Nations Security Council and the weapons inspectors, to satisfy all of humanity that she has no weapons of mass destruction. Peace and stability in our countries and the rest of the world demands that all of us, including those that are incomparability more powerful than we are, should respect the findings of the weapons inspectors, and the decisions of the security council fully and without reservation." 18. wide shot of Mbeki addressing session 19. cutaway of Megawati and Arroyo listening 20. SOUNDBITE: (English): Thabo Mbeki, South African President "But what we know, is that if war does impose itself upon humanity, it will claim many lives. It will increase instability in the Middle East and the world. It will deliver a deadly blow to the poor of the world, who will have to bear the pain of growing impoverishment." 21. Audience cutaway 22. Mahathir shaking hands with Mbeki 23. Audience cutaway 24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mahathir Mohammed, Malaysian Prime Minister "The poor countries have been, and are being, oppressed and terrorised by the rich countries. Naturally, the poor are bitter and angry and have lost faith in justice and honour. And the last straw, which causes them to resort to futile and destructive terror attacks, is the blatant support for state terrorism as practised by Israel and others." 25. wide shot of Mahathir making address 26. Castro and Sultan of Brunei listening, Castro eyes closed 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mahathir Mohammed, Malaysian Prime Minister "The world is in a terrible mess. A state that is worse than during the East-West confrontation - the Cold War. All the great hopes following the Cold War have vanished and with the terrorists and anti-terrorists fumbling blindly in their fight against each other. Normality will not return for quite a long time." 28. Wide shot of audience 29. Arab leader listening and leans forward 30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mahathir Mohammed, Malaysian Prime Minister "But at the moment, the most important threat the we face is the tendency of the powerful to wage war when faced with opposition to the spread of their dominance." 31. Audience applauds 32. Man standing applauding among crowd 33. Various of leaders at photo call STORYLINE: Presidents, ministers, kings and sheiks representing more than half the globe assembled on Monday for a summit that kicked off with a call from host Malaysia to outlaw war, warning that the U.S.-led fight against terrorism had degenerated into a crusade to dominate non-white peoples. Mahathir said that the post Cold War world has become a futile battle between terrorists and anti-terrorists. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ba96b8b506ee55d3abedcf41b2bd9d49 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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GWT: WRAP Excerpts of briefings by minister, vice president

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1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf: "Those people on those two buses are human shields coming to participate in defending civilian installations like water sanitation stations, electricity generation stations and so on. You know them, you have met many of them. So the brave Americans started shooting the Americans. They shot at those two buses, Europeans, of different nationalities." 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf: "About Rumsfeld, the minister (Secretary) of Defence, the only thing I can see as my belief is that this man is a crook and a liar and as a proof of this nobody is taking him seriously, even the American opinion." 3. Iraqi Vice President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, enters news conference and sits down 4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "Let me tell them that the number of volunteers in this battle of honour has now become more than 6000. More than half of them are volunteers for martyrdom, and you will hear their news a few days from now. This is what is required from our Arab masses and our Arab organisations." 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice President: "About the existence of weapons of mass destruction, there is a strong probability that the invaders will plant illegal weapons and accuse us (of possessing them) or pretend that they found it on our land." STORYLINE: Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, speaking to reporters in Baghdad on Tuesday, said the number of Arab volunteers had exceeded 6,000. "More than half of them are volunteers for martyrdom, and you will hear their news a few days from now," he said. Ramadan also claimed that proscribed weapons would be planted in Iraq by coalition forces. Ramadan repeated Iraq's position that it had no weapons on mass destruction and said masks and other gear were part of Iraq's military equipment. Earlier on Tuesday, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf claimed that a coalition bombing attack near the Jordanian border targeted two buses carrying "human shields," including Americans and Europeans. The report could not be independently confirmed, and peace groups in Jordan said they had heard nothing about such an attack. Sahhaf said the information had come from the Iraqi News agency and that details were still coming in. Central Command, based in Qatar, said it was unaware of any such incident. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a7077495ef9d3831921a60988c9b99b8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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WRAP Saddam meets Russian Communist Party leader, peace protests, Al-Samud missile

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

IRAQI TV Baghdad 1. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein greeting Russian Communist Party Leader, Gennady Zyuganov 2. Close up of Zyuganov 3. Saddam greeting Russian Parliament Members 4. Saddam sitting with delegation and Zyuganov 5. Cutaway of Saddam 6. Cutaway of Zyuganov 7. Saddam saying goodbye to Zyuganov and Russian delegation 8. Zyuganov giving Saddam gift 9. Saddam receiving gift APTN Baghdad 10. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Gennady Zyuganov, Russian Communist Party Leader: "I have regular meetings with (Russian president Vladimir) Putin as well as with the (Russian) foreign minister (Igor Ivanov) who recently attending our hearing (at parliament). And we exchange information. It is our formal national goal to prevent war and uphold our national interest. We understand what war is and what national interests are." APTN Baghdad 11. Mid shot of Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi vice president, at meeting 12. Russian delegation, including Gennady Zyuganov, meeting with Ramadan 13. Ramadan at meeting APTN Baghdad 14. Activists placing banners at the Al-Amariya shelter 15. Various of activists praying 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cliff Kendy, Activist "If we do not learn to become friends with the world we will never have security." 17. Various of young Iraqi girls signing "Peace" APTN Al-Karama (30 kilometres (20 miles) north of Baghdad) 18. Al-Samud 2 missile at Al-Karama 19. Employees towing missile 20. Various of Al-Samud 2 Missile 21. Various of UN seal on missile 22. Various of Al-Samud 2 missiles in storage 23. Wide shot of Al-Karama entrance APTN Tikrit 24. UN vehicles entering Tikrit College 25. Close up of UN inspectors in grounds of college 26. UN inspectors at entrance to college 27. Various of UN inspectors looking at container 28. UN inspectors walking through grounds STORYLINE Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov met with Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on Wednesday, accompanied by a Russian Parliamentary delegation. The two men met for two hours and exchanged views on the current crisis in Iraq, but Zyuganov would not reveal the contents of their talks. However he told the media that he would pass on information about his visit to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Zyuganov also meet with Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan and other top Iraqi officials. The Russians have resisted US calls for tougher enforcement of UN Resolution 1441 at the Security Council, but have left open the possibility of accepting a second resolution if Iraq does not disarm. Russia is owed a reported nine (b) billion (US) dollars by Saddam's government, and has recently signed a large deal to develop new oil fields in the south of the country. As the diplomats talked, American peace activists gathered at the Al-Amariya Bomb Shelter, calling on the US to pursue inspections, rather than war. Twelve years ago Allied warplanes bombed the shelter, believing it to be an Iraqi command and control centre. Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, were in the al-Amariya building at the time. The al-Amariya bombing resulted in the highest civilian casualty in one attack during the 1991 Gulf War - 403 people were killed. It has come to symbolise to cost of war to the civilian population. On Wednesday, the activists, hailing from around the US, sent their anti-war message to their compatriots back home. One activist said "if we do not learn to become friends with the world we will never have security". Meantime, the Iraqi Ministry of Information took selected groups of journalists on a tour of the Al-Karama Missile Factory, near Baghdad . The tour was to display missiles which have been inspected by the United Nations. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9f8f2b7fc9681365b428fa6f9aa0a989 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Saddam Hussein Found Guilty And Sentenced To Death By Hanging (B)

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

8. Chief Judge sitting in court 9. Barzan Ibrahim, defendant and Saddam Hussein's half brother, shouting as he walks into the dock UPSOUND: "Long live the Arabs, long live the (Arab) nation, long live the unity of the Iraqi people, long live the Ba'ath party, the party of the high level principles" 10. Barzan standing in dock, UPSOUND (Arabic), Chief Judge: "The court sentenced Barzan Ibrahim to death." 11. Defence team 12. Barzan listening 13. Chief Judge 14. Defendant, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of former Revolutionary Court, standing before the judge UPSOUND (Arabic) Chief Judge : "The court sentences Awad Hamad Al-Bandar to death." 15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Defendant, head of the former Revolutionary Court: "God is greater than the traitors." 16. Chief Judge reading out sentence while Awad Hamed al-Bandar shouts "God is Great", "God is Great", "God is Great" 17. Awad Hamed al-Bandar shouting and a guard's hand enters shot 18. Chief Judge pointing towards next defendant 19. Taha Yassin Ramadhan, former Vice President and Saddam's deputy, standing in court as chief Judge sentences him to life in prison UPSOUND (Arabic) Chief Judge: "The court decided to sentence Ramadhan to life in prison." 20. Various of Ali Dayih Ali, Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid and his son Mizhar Abdullah Ruwayyid (Baath party officials from Dujail) in dock 21. Chief Judge sentencing them to 15 years in prison for torture and premeditated murder, UPSOUND (arabic) Chief Judge: "The court decided to sentence abdullah Kadhum Rawaid, Ali daih ali and Muzhir abdullah Kadhum, to 15 in prison." 22. Mohammed Azawi Ali, a former Dujail Baath Party official, UPSOUND (arabic) Chief Judge: "The court decided to acquit Mohammed Azawi for the lack of the evidence." 23. Empty chairs in dock where defendants sit STORYLINE: Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang for the 1982 killing of 148 Shiites in the city of Dujail. The visibly shaken former leader shouted "God is great!" Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of the former Revolutionary Court, were sentenced to join Saddam on the gallows for the Dujail killings after an unsuccessful assassination attempt during a Saddam visit to the city 60 kilometres (35 miles) north of Baghdad. Saddam and his seven co-defendants had been tried by the Iraqi High Tribunal over a wave of revenge killings carried out in the city of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt on the former dictator. After the verdict was read, a trembling Saddam yelled out, "Long live the people, and death to their enemies. Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!" He initially refused Chief Judge Raouf Adbul-Rahman's order to rise to hear the verdict and sentence. Two bailiffs lifted Saddam to his feet, and he remained standing but turned to one guard, telling him to stop twisting his arm. Two other defendants Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of former Revolutionary Court and Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother were also sentenced to death by the court. As the Chief Judge read out the death sentence Awad Hamed al-Bandar shouted "God is great" over and over again. Former Vice President and Saddam deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentence to life in prison. Three defendants were sentenced to 15 years in prison for torture and premeditated murder. Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid and his son Mizhar Abdullah Ruwayyid were party officials Dujail, along with Ali Dayih Ali. They were believed responsible for the Dujail arrests. Mohammed Azawi Ali, a former Dujail Baath Party official, was acquitted for lack of evidence and immediately freed. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2ee08c4e590eb91100e25e47d8513ef8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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WRAP Saddam trial continues, co-defendant gives testimony

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Updated: 30 Jul 2015

1. Wide of courtroom (only four defendants present) 2. Mid shot of defence team 3. Mid shot of deputy judges 4. Mid shot of low level defendant, Mohammed Azawi Ali, talking 5. Wide, side shot of court and judges 6. Mohammed Azawi Ali leaving stand 7. Mid shot of defence team: former US attorney general Ramsey Clarke and Isam al-Gazzawi, Jordanian defence lawyer 8. Wide of defendants (only four present) 9. Mid shot of judges 10. Pan of defence team, including Ramsey Clark (left), Isam al-Gazzawi (centre, back), Bushra Khalil (woman on right) 11. Prosecution (SOUNDBITE begins) 12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Awad al-Bandar, Saddam's co-defendant, and in charge of the Revolutionary Court in 1982: "This was quarter of a century ago. Do you expect me to remember? There were the old and there were the young, but all of them were adults." 13. Chief judge in the Saddam trial, Raouf Abdel-Rahman (SOUNDBITE continues) 14. Awad al-Bandar (SOUNDBITE continues) 15. Court document 16. Court document 17. Court document, UPSOUND: "We come to paragraph 3, among the convicted and those who were sentenced to death were 46 persons, among the persons who were liquidated during interrogation. This speech, these words is by a committee from the mukhabarat intelligence agency who conducted interrogation inside the intelligence." 18. Wide of court 19. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Awad al-Bandar, Saddam's co-defendant, and in charge of the Revolutionary Court in 1982: (shots 19-21 are continuation of questioning in court) "It is so strange and surprising that someone might die in interrogation? Whoever dies in detention, they issue a death certificate which states the reason for death." (UPSOUND: Prosecution lawyer Ja'far Al-Musawi: " Let him repeat this phrase..") 20. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Judge Abdel-Rahman: "Is it strange and surprising? Is that what you're saying?" 21. Awad al-Bandar, Saddam's co-defendant, and in charge of the Revolutionary Court in 1982: "It is strange that someone might die in interrogation? Five of us died in detention." 22. Close up of court document revealing names and ages of 10 juveniles - including ones as young as 11 and 13 years old - were among those sentenced to death. (Awad al-Bandar said previously that the 148 people sentenced were all "adults".) 23. Mid shot of Taha Yasin Ramadan, third defendant 24. Mid shot of Bushra Khalil, defence lawyer 25. defence team, including Ramsey Clark (left), Isam al-Gazzawi (centre, back), Bushra Khalil (woman on right) and Khalil al-Dulaimi (right, front) 26. Wide of court 27. Close up of hands of prosecution lawyer (identity is unknown) 28. Court document 29. Wide of defendants (six are now present) STORYLINE: The former judge from Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Court acknowledged on Monday sentencing 148 Shiites to death in the 1980s, but insisted they were given a proper trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi leader. The court heard testimony from two of the top defendants in the trial: Awad al-Bandar, the chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, and Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was a member of Saddam's Baath Party Command and the Revolutionary Command Council at the time and later became vice president. A third low low level defendant was also heard, in the continuing trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants in Baghdad on Monday. The defendants are charged with killing the Shiites, as well as illegal imprisonment and torture of hundreds of others - including women and children - in a crackdown launched against the town of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam. They face possible execution by hanging if convicted. "Is it strange and surprising? Is that what you're saying?" Abdel-Rahman said in disbelief. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1760c07b3c18a6af38224d8c628711fb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S WARNING TO SAUDI & KUWAIT

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

Natural Sound NB - QUALITY AS INCOMING XFA Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has issued a stern warning to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to stop provoking Iraq by offering logistical support to the United States and Britain. He said the two countries, together with the United States, were waging a war against the Iraqi people and "killing children, women and the elderly." Hours after Saddam's speech in Baghdad on Monday, a news conference was held to play down fears of Iraqi retaliation. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein used strong language in the accusations levelled against the Saudi and Kuwaiti governments during his regular cabinet meeting on Monday. He accused both governments of using their wealth to support what he called the Western "infidel powers", warning that the Iraqi people would never be able to forgive the policies of governments "without shame". Saddam added that the actions of the West, aided by Saudi and Kuwait, were pushing Iraq into a corner - one which could only lead to resistance and confrontation. But in a hurriedly convened news conference a few hours after his speech, the Iraqi Information Minister Humam said Iraq had no intention of attacking Kuwait or Saudi Arabia. Monday's warning was the harshest from Saddam to the two countries since a U-S-led force threw his army out of Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War. It also follows similar warnings made by Iraq this month against Kuwait, accusing it of stealing Iraqi crude oil from a field straddling the border. Saddam's remarks are expected to inflame a jittery oil market, as skyrocketing prices saw some relief on Monday following last week's U-S decision to dip into America's strategic oil reserves. His warning also coincides with the opening in Venezuela of a crucial OPEC summit in which Iraq is represented by Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. Ramadan is expected to press OPEC heads of state to steer clear of U-S influence. Despite U-N trade sanctions imposed for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Iraq is now a key oil producer with an average output of three (m) million barrels a day. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/dd7d8903349da4d78932df55436c6528 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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IRAQ: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN 1

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

Spanish/Nat Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Iraq for meetings with Saddam Hussein on Thursday, after driving across the border from Iran. He's the first head of state to visit Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War. Iraq welcomed the visit as a thaw in the international isolation it has experienced since it invaded Kuwait. Chavez's trip to the Middle East was designed to drum up support for a summit of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Caracas later next month. Chavez was driven across the border in a black Iranian government limousine from Iran at al-Mundhariya, 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Baghdad, respecting the U-N ban on flights to and from Iraq. Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan, accompanied by Cabinet ministers and senior members of the ruling Baath party, received Chavez at al-Mundhariya. Before boarding a helicopter for Baghdad, Chavez added he was impressed by what he had so far seen of Iraq - the hilly region near the Iranian border - and by "the warmth" of his welcome. Chavez's trip to the Middle East was designed to drum up support for a summit of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Caracas on September the 27th. Saddam, who rarely leaves Baghdad because of security fears, was unlikely to accept the summit invitation. But Chavez's visit nonetheless has borne fruit in Iraq. Iraqi Oil Ministry officials have said they regard Venezuela, previously a notorious buster of OPEC production quotas, as an "oil-producing partner" with whom they can coordinate plans to counter the influence of heavyweight Saudi Arabia. Chavez's visit appears to have made Iraq change its view on his proposal for an oil price band under which OPEC members would automatically increase production if prices rose too high and decrease if prices got too low. Iraq had in the past rejected the idea, which OPEC has tried before. Chavez said he was determined to defend the price of a barrel of oil, which he regards as of paramount importance to their people. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) "The great necessity for all our peoples is to defend the price of oil. That will be the central theme. There will be other things as well. I don't want to get ahead of myself. I have been impressed by the warmth and affection of the people here and their fighting spirit. SUPER CAPTION: Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President The president's tour has taken him to Kuwait, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week. Unlike these OPEC states, Iraq is not part of the cartel's quota system but its exports of nearly 2.6 million barrels a day under a U.N. aid program can in no way be ignored. A senior official at Iraq's Oil Ministry, Faleh al-Khayat, said Iraq is determined to produce and export as much as possible to maximize its earnings, which are used mainly for the purchase of food, medicine and other essential goods to ease the plight of sanctions-hit Iraqis. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/da968912411fecb73155c667837d1f39 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: KHARRAZI ARRIVES

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

Farsi/Nat Iran's foreign minister arrived in Baghdad on Friday for talks to solve issues connected to the 1980-1988 war between the two countries. The visit by Kamal Kharrazi is the first high-level encounter between the countries in Baghdad in ten years. Both Kharrazi and his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf expressed hope that their discussions, which will last several days, will lay a groundwork to normalise ties which are still strained over a host of outstanding problems. The visit follows a meeting between Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan following the summit meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) held in Caracas last month. Kharrazi told reporters on arrival in Baghdad that Iran was keen to see war-related matters finally resolved, expressing a willingness to revive work by several joint committees the countries set up in 1997. The committees made some progress particularly on the prisoner of war issue. But they became mired in questions like border security, war reparations and the signing of a peace treaty. Iran would like to reactivate a 1977 border pact the countries signed in Algiers. Iraq tore up the agreement in 1980 but reversed its stand in 1990. The deal obliges the countries to halt cross border infiltration and attacks by opposition groups based in each other's territory. Iraq is said to have accepted an Iranian demand to put a halt to the military presence of Iranian exiles of Mujahedeen Khalq provided Tehran reciprocates. Iran provides refuge to guerrillas of the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq which mounts hit and run attacks on targets in southern Iraq. Neither Kharrazi nor al-Sahhaf alluded to their respective opposition groups but both reiterated that for ties to return to normal the countries need first to solve all the problems. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi "With common understanding and good relations between our countries we can solve all renaming and outstanding issues between us." SUPER CAPTION: Kamal Kharazi, Iranian Foreign Minister SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) "We propose forming committees to solve all outstanding issues between our countries to reach better relations." SUPER CAPTION: Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Foreign Minister Relations slightly thawed in 1999 when thousands of Iranian pilgrims started pouring into Iraq to pay homage to Shiite holy sites. But the pilgrimage was abruptly halted several months ago with each country blaming the other for the stoppage. Both countries have been targets of rocket attacks and explosions that each blames on the other. Tehran would like Baghdad to pay billions of dollars in war reparations. It refuses to return scores of civil and military aircraft Iraq flew to Iran to escape bombing by U-S and allies during the 1991 Gulf War over Kuwait. Kharrazi flew to Saddam International Airport. His aides said the plane had U-N authorization to land in Baghdad. The airport has been busy recently with planes from Russia, France and several Arab countries arriving in the past few weeks in a token challenge to U-N trade sanctions imposed on Iraq for invading Kuwait in 1990. On Friday, the official Iraqi News Agency reported that two Sudanese planes with one million pencils and six tons of medical supplies also arrived. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2dc10690b83cef166860e3527da330fc Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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First public comments since weapons inspectors returned

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Duration: 2:37
Updated: 21 Jul 2015

1. Various of Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, smiling and greeting Baath Party leadership 2. Pan along leaders lining up to greet Saddam Hussein 3. Leaders lined up, about to sit down 4. Mid shot Saddam Hussein speaking 5. Leaders listening 6. Wide shot Saddam Hussein speaking 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President: "We will try to avoid bringing harm on the Iraqi people. Some people might claim that the Iraqis didn't give the international community a suitable chance to resist, with tangible evidence, the American allegations that Iraq has developed weapons of mass destruction during the four year absence of UN inspectors. We will provide them with this chance." 8. Cutaway 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President: "It is the humane duty of any honourable and patriotic person wherever they are, to defend Iraq against the unjust, arrogant, debased American tyranny, and to bear what has gone on in the last 12 years, the attacks by the enemy and the sanctions." 10. Cutaway 11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President: "We shall take the stand that befits our people, principles and mission. Victory will be yours." 12. Officials standing up 13. Wide shot Saddam Hussein standing up STORYLINE: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urged the Iraqi people on Thursday to support the new UN arms inspections as an opportunity to disprove American allegations that his government harbours weapons of mass destruction. In a holiday greeting to Iraqi military and political leaders, Saddam Hussein said he agreed to the inspections, in which one of his own palaces was searched, "to keep our people out of harm's way" in the face of US threats. The Iraqi president's remarks contrasted sharply with a vice president's harsh words late on Wednesday about the inspections. Taha Yassin Ramadan accused the UN monitors of being US and Israeli spies and of staging the presidential palace inspection as a provocation. Saddam Hussein spoke at a gathering of the leadership of his Baath Party and the Iraqi military on the first morning of the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. He denounced Washington as an "unjust, arrogant, debased American tyranny." Then, turning to address US allegations that Iraq retains chemical and biological weapons, he said Iraqis wanted to disprove those claims after a four-year absence of UN weapons inspectors from their country. Washington threatens to take military action against Iraq if, in the US view, it does not cooperate in the disarmament effort. Alluding to eventual war, Saddam declared: "We shall take the stand that befits our people, principles and mission. Victory will be yours." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/00e79ace7b5343f0a3df06430e4ac027 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

wn.com/First Public Comments Since Weapons Inspectors Returned

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WRAP Saddam trial resumes with further testimony from handwriting experts

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Updated: 30 Jul 2015

1. Wide of defendants 2. Former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein 3. Mid shot of prosecutors 4. Mid of Chief Judge, Raouf Abdel-Rahman 5. Various mid shots of Saddam''s co-defendants 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Raouf Abdel-Rahman, Chief Judge: ++NON VERBATIM++ "In the last session we decided to show the documents of the five experts and the five experts did produce their report and their report is three pages. Now the court will read that report in front of the people present today." 7. Saddam Hussein 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) ++Speaker not in vision++ (Overlayed with wide of co-defendants and close up of Saddam Hussein) "The signatures and notes mentioned in articles 1 and 2, 4 and 5 of the documents presented for examination are identical to samples of the writings and signatures of Saddam Hussein in presidential protocols numbered 275 on 12 May 1984, 410 on 3 June 1985 and 246 on 2 May 1084." 9. Cutaway of co-defendants 10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox Pop, Prosecuting lawyer "The prosecution team has a new piece of evidence in the form of a CD which contains a telephone conversation between defendant Saddam Hussein and defendant Taha Yasin Ramadan." 11. AUDIO OF CD (Arabic) (Overlayed with Wide of co-defendants and Close up of Taha Hussein Ramadan) Saddam: "What have you done with regard to the Dujail orchards?" Ramadan: "Mr president, we have finished the maps, those of Dujail and Balad. We formed a technical committee to identify the owners of the orchards in two stages. The first stage is the first kilometre around the cities , which will become a "white" area and the roads which we shall build through the orchards around it. All of the "white" area will be gone." STORYLINE: Prosecutors in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Monday played an audiotape said to be a phone call between the former Iraqi leader and one of his co-defendants discussing the destruction of farmlands during a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. In the tape, a voice purported to be that of Taha Hussein Ramadan said the levelling of farms and palm groves in the town of Dujail, carried out as retaliation for an attack on Saddam there, had been nearly completed and that the owners would be given compensation. He also talks of moving suspect elements out of Dujail and the nearby town of Balad and bringing in replacements to try to change the social makeup of the towns. A voice said to be Saddam''s asked questions in the tape, but the voice was not clear in the murky tape, which was a few minutes long. The tape played in court on Monday was part of the prosecution''s attempt to show that Saddam was closely involved in the crackdown in Dujail. Prosecutors told the court that they had obtained the tape earlier but did not say from where. Earlier an expanded group of handwriting experts confirmed signatures of the former Iraqi leader and his co-defendants on documents related to a crackdown on Shiite Muslims in the 1980s. "The documents presented for examination are identical to samples of the writings and signatures of Saddam Hussein," the court was told. After a session of about 90 minutes, chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman adjourned the hearing to May 15. The eight defendants are on trial for the deaths of 148 Shiites, the imprisonment of hundreds more and for torture and destruction of farmlands in a crackdown launched in the town of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt against Saddam. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e19f19b7f89bbfd04c0767647eef63f6 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Second day of NAM summit, Mugabe and Castro speeches

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

1. Wide shot of Mugabe at podium speaking 2. Cutaway Zimbabwe delegate 3. Cutaway delegates 4. Mahathir and officials listening from front table 5. Cutaway of delegate 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe President: "Who, after reading this Blair philosophy, would be surprised by his irrational actions on Zimbabwe? He desires and is determined to undermine the sovereignty of my country and introduce neo-colonialist rule. That we shall never allow him to achieve." 7. Cutaway of Iraqi delegation listening 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe President: "Listen to the voice of America, I mean the voice of President Bush, as captured by the television media, and you will no doubt conclude that he is no longer willing to subject the actions of his administration to international law, rationality or the force of morality." 9. Wide of Mugabe speaking 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe President: "The United States awakened to the implications of being the sole superpower, joined by Britain, as a born-again colonialist and other Western countries have turned themselves into ferocious hunting bull-dogs raring to go, as they sniff for more of our blood." 11. Cutaway delegate listening 12. Wide shot of session 13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Fidel Castro, Cuban President: "Authority is snatched from the United Nations, its established procedures obstructed, and the organisation itself destroyed; development assistance is reduced; there are continuous demands from the Third World countries to pay a 2.5 trillion US dollar debt that cannot be paid under the present circumstances while one trillion US dollars are spent in ever more sophisticated and deadly weapons. Why is that? What is that for?" 14. Delegates listening 15. Medium shot of Castro at podium STORYLINE: Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe launched a vitriolic tirade against Britain, and accused the United States of trying to wage an "inhuman campaign" against Iraq, during a speech in Malaysia on Tuesday. Mugabe, addressing a summit of the 116-nation Non Aligned Movement (NAM) that has been overshadowed by concerns over Washington's confrontations with Iraq and North Korea, said US President George W. Bush was "no longer willing to subject the actions of his administration to international law, rationality or the force of morality." Mugabe said the United Nations' tenets of international peace were "being desecrated by the day," as the US government grew unchallenged as the world's main superpower, with its ally Britain becoming a "born-again colonialist." Last year, the 54-nation British Commonwealth imposed sanctions and suspended Zimbabwe from its committees in protest of presidential elections that international observers said Mugabe won through intimidation and rigging. Cuba's President Fidel Castro also lambasted the United States at the NAM summit for trying to coerce the world into supporting what he called an "unnecessary" attack on Iraq. Washington was leading the world "to the almost certain and unnecessary military action against Iraq," Castro said in a speech that was unusually short for the Cuban leader. Castro, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, met with Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Monday. There were no details of the meeting. He is also scheduled to meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is hosting the summit. NAM was created in 1955 to steer a neutral road between the United States and the Soviet bloc. Since the end of the Cold War, it has tried to remake itself as a platform for third world countries struggling with the challenges of globalisation. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5132b28b0c4330bf239c76b66fc61014 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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Preview as frmr dep PM faces trial, reax; file; human rights bite

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Updated: 21 Jul 2015

SHOTLIST Shorja main market, central Baghdad - 29 April 2008 1. Wide of Shorja wholesale market where many of the executed merchants worked 2. Various of market with stalls and people pushing handcarts 3. Set-up shot of shopkeeper Khalid Qassim Arab, son of an executed merchant 4. Close of still photograph of Khalid's father, Qassim Arab 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid Qassim Arab, Son of executed merchant Qassim Arab: "Three to four security troops came and took my father. I asked them 'why and where are you taking my father?' They replied it was just for interrogation. My father was executed without a trial and they didn't inform us what he did wrong. We, as a family kept wondering, why they took our father, what was the reason?" 6. Wide of wholesale market Sadr City, Baghdad - 29 April 2008 7. Son of executed merchant, Abdul Ameer Jabar Nader seated with two other men 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Ameer Jabar Nader, Relative of executed merchants: "My brother and my father were executed, and I escaped execution by chance. Sons of the merchants who were executed still do not know why they were executed. The merchants who were executed had a principal role in lowering prices of commodities, and the Minister of Trade, who is now in custody, knows this fact well." 9. Abdul Ameer Jabar Nader seated holding framed pictures of his late father (screen left) and brother (screen right) Baghdad - 28 April 2008 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Judge Rahim Hassan al-U'kaili, Head of Commission on public integrity to combat government corruption: "Tariq Aziz didn't have any role in the issue of the execution of merchants. However, his participation in the issuance of two resolutions enacted by the Revolution Command Council, namely resolution number 197 which formed the court by limited persons for limited merchants, and resolution number 315 for 1980 which stipulated the following: each one who monopolises foodstuffs for commercial purposes should be executed and his portable and non-portable properties should be confiscated. So I think the accusation against Tariq Aziz is his participation in the issuance of the said resolutions by the Revolution Command Council." Baghdad - 29 April 2008 11. Wide of people looking at newspapers 12. Headline reading (Arabic) "The High Criminal Tribunal Says: Today is the first session in the issue of merchants' execution" 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Waleed Fakhir, Local resident, Vox pop: "He (Tariq Aziz) was at that time Minister for Foreign Affairs. His mission was far from the issue of traders' execution. This is not the business of such a man, there were ministers who were entrusted with such an assignment. Yes, all ministers should obey the orders of the then President. I think the work and mission of this person (Aziz) is too far from this issue (the merchants' execution)." 14. Wide of Lawyer Hassan Sha'ban, General Coordinator for Human Rights and Democracy Organisation in Iraq 15. Various close-ups of Sha'ban writing 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Sha'ban, General Coordinator for Human Rights and Democracy Organisation in Iraq: "On the issue of Tariq Aziz, I think his duties and missions were pertaining to political and foreign affairs. I am really astonished to see Aziz's name in this case (the execution of merchants)." FILE: Unknown date, location 17. Wide of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz walking 18. Various of Aziz meeting with papal envoys and former Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan (who was hanged in 2007 for crimes against humanity) STORYLINE: All 42 were executed hours later after a quick trial. Among them was merchant Qassim Arab, one of several traders who was rounded up at the Shorja market in central Baghdad. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/82d831fcc2c1f2c623561af02ccc14fb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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