WRAP Clashes between Sadr militia and US forces

(2 Oct 2004) SHOTLIST

1. Various of US armoured vehicle on fire (seen through window)
2. Militiaman firing gun in a main square of Sadr City, AUDIO of gunfire, gunman dives for cover then runs, more gunfire
3. Militia fighter lying on ground, AUDIO of gunfire
4. Various of militants in street, dust visible as bullets strike ground, AUDIO of gunfire
5. Militia fighter lying on ground, AUDIO of gunfire

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6. Two shots of US jet fighter flying overhead
7. Various of militiamen, firing over wall
8. Various of damaged US tank being hauled away in Sadr city
9. Wide of US tanks on road
10. US soldiers searching ground
11. Various of Sadr City residents cheering with remnants of US military uniforms, including bloody boot, hanging up

STORYLINE

US forces on Saturday clashed with insurgents in the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City.

The US military said two of its soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb slammed into their armoured personnel carrier.

The soldiers were evacuated to a medical facility after the attack, according to a spokesman for the 1st Cavalry Division.

An AP Television News cameraman saw intense fire from a heavy machine directed against two rebels who were running along a street and then dropped to the ground.

One escaped but the other lay dead on the ground after the barrage.

The fighting came after American warplanes and tanks attacked militants holed up in the neighbourhood overnight.

A hospital director said 12 Iraqis were killed and 11 were wounded in the earlier strikes.

The US military, which maintains casualties are often exaggerated by Iraqi hospital sources, said only one armed insurgent was killed.

Sadr City remains a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr whose al-Mahdi Army is targeted by US forces.

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