Uganda

18 August 2006 1. Exterior of US base camp in Baringo 2. US military vehicles leaving the base camp 3. Ugandan soldiers running through bushes rescuing a Pokot man (Pokot people live in the West Pokot and Baringo Districts of Kenya) from his capturer during military exercise 4. Soldiers carrying rescued Pokot man on stretcher 5. Kenyan soldiers 6. Kenyan soldier attacking man guarding camp and taking his gun during military exercise 7. Various of Kenyan soldiers aiming their guns to shoot (UPSOUND: gunfire) during military exercise 8. Soldiers in tent 9. Kenyan soldier with gun runs towards tent and throws mock grenade in it 10. Pink smoke coming from mock grenade in tent 11. Soldiers driving away 12. Pink smoke coming from tent 19 August 2006 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major Douglas McClain, U.S Airforce Exercise Coordination Officer: "Natural fire is a combination of disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and counter terrorism exercise. What's important from the US perspective is we are doing everything that we can to partnership with other militaries and this is a perfect opportunity with the East African Community (EAC) members of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda for the United States to have the opportunity to come to a foreign soil to learn and train from other militaries." 14. Various of US troops 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mr. John Koech, Minister for East African Communities: "Kenya is no stranger to acts of terrorism as we suffered in 1998 and 2002. This has made our resolve on the war against terrorism stronger than ever and we shall continue to cooperate with peace loving nations of the world." 16. Various of US soldiers STORYLINE: A multilateral military training exercise in Kenya involving military personnel from East African Community (EAC) nations, U.S.-based units and the Combined Joint Task Force concluded on Saturday. The exercise code-named "Natural Fire 2006" began on August 8 in Baringo District, 200 kilometres (124 miles) North west of Nairobi. Kenyan military officials said the exercise, in Baringo's Rift Valley, brought together about 1,000 US, Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan soldiers. The exercise is set to provide medical, civil and engineering civic affairs programs to rural areas in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya as well as hold military-to-military training exercises, which will help all participants better respond to humanitarian crises. Major Douglas McClain of the U.S Airforce said the exercise was a "combination of disaster relief, humanitarian assistance and counter terrorism." AP Television footage showed a scenario where Ugandan soldiers rescued a Pokot man (Pokot people live in the West Pokot and Baringo Districts of Kenya) from his capturers and Kenyan soldiers attacked a camp. Natural Fire 2006 is the largest combined exercise between Eastern African Community nations and the U.S. and is to focus on enhancing crisis response effectiveness. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5c1337b1422b61c4f609531719f9c471 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 24 Jul 2015
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