Street to street fighting, body, weapons cache

(11 Nov 2004)

1. Marines leaving the cover behind the walls, UPSOUND (English) soldier saying: "Watch out, watch out, let me take a shot."
2. Marines emerging on the street, shouting audio of gunfire
3. Various of marines running, two soldiers standing at the corner of the house
4. Various gun fire, tracers and smoke appearing right behind them with loud audio of gun fire, someone shouting "watch out, watch out"
5. Marines walking down a narrow street
6. Close-up Marine with goggles talking on the radio, bullets whizzing a few meters down the street in front of him, Marine taking cover
7. Mid shot of a soldier on the roof top shooting (filmed from the ground)
8. Group group of soldiers gathering,
9. A soldier on the roof throws the grenade, more of gun battle
10. More Marines shooting from the roof
11. Close-up marine aiming a gun
12. More soldiers, one raising gun quickly up and aiming above, at roof
13. Water coming out of the wall
14. Marine firing machine gun
15. SOUNDBITE (English) US Marine (no name given):
"We thought everything was clear. We had guys up on the roof, we went over there to go get them, pull them back with the squad, and another guy popped out and tried to shoot me, pulled a frag at me, ran away from the frag, tripped over a dead body - one of their's, not ours - and made it back here. We're now trying to get the guy out and take care of business." (AUDIO of machine gun fire)
16. Marines talking on radio
17. Two soldiers shooting
18. UPSOUND (English) "Do you see him? No. No."
19. Soldiers on the ground shooting,
20. UPSOUND (English) "He's wounded in between those two houses. I don't know how far the 3rd squad is."
21. Marine shooting through the window inside the building, UPSOUND (English) "He's done."
22. Marines throwing grenade into house, storming in after the explosion
23. Various of seized weapons
24. Dead body under blanket
25. Wide shot street

STORYLINE:

New video of the street-to-street fighting in Fallujah was released late on Wednesday.

The footage shows US Marines facing a resistance while advancing through the narrow streets of the one of the neighbourhoods of Fallujah. The insurgent fire is neutralised and they continue with their house to house clearing activity.

Throughout the day, Americans hit the militants with artillery and mortars, and warplanes fired on the city's main street and market as well as the insurgent stronghold of Jolan, one of several neighbourhoods where troops were skirmishing with militants.

At least 71 militants had been killed by early Wednesday, the third day of intense urban combat, the military said. As of Tuesday night, 10 US troops and two members of the Iraqi security forces had been killed.

Marine reports on Wednesday said 25 American troops and 16 Iraqi soldiers were wounded. There was no new report Wednesday on US military deaths.

Fallujah, 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of Baghdad, is the centrepiece of the Sunni Muslim insurgency that has stymied US efforts to secure Iraq and prepare for national elections that are scheduled for January.

Most of Fallujah's 200,000 to 300,000 residents are believed to have fled the city before the US assault. Civilian casualties in the attack are not known, though US commanders say they believe the numbers are low.

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