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Insurgents fire mortars as US officials to meet tribal leaders

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• published: 30 Jul 2015
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(1 Dec 2005) SHOTLIST 1. Insurgents running to fire mortars 2. Insurgents firing mortars, explosions are heard from the scene and in the background, insurgents chanting UPSOUND: "Allahu Akbar" 3. Driving shot: four insurgents seen standing in the street with rocket launchers 4. Various of insurgents on roadside holding weapons 5. Various of insurgents crouched on street corner holding weapons 6. Driving shot: insurgent seen walking in street with weapon 7. Insurgent seated on side of building holding weapon 8. Insurgents with weapons walking pass car 9. Various of insurgents holding weapons in street and on street corner 10. Pan of insurgents holding rocket launcher and rifles 11. Various of insurgent holding rifles 12. Various of insurgents walking down street with rifles 13. Three insurgents crouched behind rifles 14. Insurgents blocking road, holding rifles 15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Insurgent: ''This is a message addressed to the minister of defence who alleges that his troops will invade and besiege the cities of Ramadi, Samarra and other struggling cities, this is also a message addressed to America. Look how we are controlling the city. We will crack down on the US troops.'' 16. Rocket being launched, nearly misses brick wall STORYLINE Insurgents attacked several US bases, the governor's office and the Iraqi registration office in Ramadi, 113 kilometres (70 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, with mortars and rockets on Thursday before dispersing, residents said. The attacks occurred as local tribal leaders and US military officials were to hold their second meeting in a week at the governor's office in Ramadi's city centre. Residents said that within minutes, scores of masked gunmen, believed to be members of Jordan-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq group, took control of many of the city's streets but dispersed after launching attacks with mortars and Russian-made Katyusha rockets. It's unclear how much of Ramadi was and still is under insurgent control. A local AP Television News cameraman who was in central Ramadi at the time of the attacks was allowed by the insurgents to film as they toted automatic rifles and rocket launchers through the streets. It wasn't clear if the attacks left any casualties but most residents fled to their homes after the exchange began. Ramadi is the provincial capital of the western Anbar province, a Sunni stronghold, where clashes between insurgents and US and Iraqi troops have left hundreds of people dead in the past two years. US and Iraqi troops launched a joint operation near Ramadi on Wednesday, sweeping through an area used to rig car bombs. About 500 Iraqi troops joined two thousand US marines, soldiers and sailors in a move to clear insurgents from an area on the eastern side of the Euphrates river near Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, the US command said in a statement. The offensive came as President George W. Bush said he hopes to shift more of the military burden onto the Iraqis as part of a strategy to draw down American forces. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/39f7b1d065af11f51b7a41e11f2159c7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork