WRAP Dancing and cheering after Zarqawi news, reax from across Iraq

• published: 28 Jul 2015
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Baghdad's Sadr City 1. Various of police brandishing guns and firing in air 2. Woman brandishing pistol and dancing among police Central Baghdad 3. Various of people watching TV as Prime Minister announces the death of Zarqawi 4. Video of Zarqawi on TV Baghdad 5. Various street scenes in central Baghdad 6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Abu Wisam, Vox pop: "The killing of al-Zarqawi is good news that pleases every Iraqi. The killing of Zarqawi is in revenge for all martyrs, in revenge for the killings and in revenge for the religion of Islam." 7. Street scene 8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ra'id Ghafoori, Vox pop: "In fact, we are very pleased with the killing of Zarqawi. Thousands of people were victims of Zarqawi's bloody acts. They were innocent people." Basra 9. Wide street scene with armed officer 10. Mid shot armed officer 11. Officers at guard box 12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Maithem Saleh, National Guard, Vox pop: "We are very happy about the news, if it was not illegal I would celebrate by shooting some bullets in the air. We hope that the people will start to celebrate by demonstrating because this is a very happy day and, God willing, Iraq will be all right again." Najaf 13. Zoom out of holy shrine of Imam Ali, cousin of Prophet Mohammed ++MUTE++ 14. Street scene with shrine in background ++MUTE++ 15. Various street scenes with armed officers++MUTE++ 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shakib Hameed, Police commissioner: ''We received good news that the devil al-Zarqawi, who led the campaign of terrorist acts against the Iraqi people, was killed. God willing, we will control the security situation and we will keep on implementing our duties.'' 17. Street scenes ++MUTE++ 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Alkim, Vox pop: "God willing, the terrorist acts will decrease following the killing of al-Zarqawi. We call on the government to work hard to eliminate terrorism not only Zarqawi. If al-Zarqawi was killed, there will be another.'' 19. Street scene ++MUTE++ STORYLINE: Many people on the streets of Iraq on Thursday expressed happiness and relief at the news of the killing of the Jordanian born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the notorious leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. The joy was pronounced in Shiite strongholds - al-Zarqawi targeted that particular Iraqi community above all others, branding them "Rawafid" (i.e. renegades or rejectionists of the Islamic faith) Iraqi police in the capital's predominantly Shiite eastern neighbourhood of Sadr City, danced in the streets brandishing weapons and chanting "Curses be upon Zarqawi." One resident said the news would please all Iraqis. Ra'id Ghafoori said: "Thousands of people were victims of Zarqawi's bloody acts. They were innocent people." "Now terrorism has been eliminated," hailed another resident of violence-ridden Baghdad, Falah Hassan. Earlier on Thursday the Iraqi Prime Minister announced al-Zarqawi was killed on Wednesday night by a U.S. airstrike in the area of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad. Nouri al-Maliki said residents in the area provided intelligence to Iraqi security forces in the area, and U.S. forces acted on the information. In the southern city of Basra, another Shiite stronghold, residents also expressed their happiness, calling on people to celebrate in the streets. "If it was not illegal I would celebrate by shooting some bullets in the air. We hope that the people will start to celebrate by demonstrating because this is very happy day," said Maithem Saleh, a member of the Iraqi National Guard. In the holy city of Najaf, also a Shiite stronghold, some people appealed to the government to continue to work hard to control the security situation. "God willing, we will control the security situation and we will keep on implementing our duties,'' he said. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f06049459ce0da0ba6f9337ad97487da Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork