GWT: British troops in centre of city

(6 Apr 2003)
WARNING CONTAINS SOME SWEARING
1. British tanks on the road to Basra
2. Wide of Basra with smoke in the distance (from top of a tank)
3. Wide of Basra
4. Wide of building on the outskirts of Basra
5. Locals waving at troops heading into Basra
6. Wide of static tanks on a road
7. Close up of tank
8. Two locals carry goods on a trolley
9. British soldiers take up their positions
10. Wide of soldiers moving into position
11. Close up of soldier issuing orders
12. Wide of soldiers by sandbags with poster of Saddam Hussein in background
13. Close up of soldier
14. Wide of tank moving with the sound of gunfire in the background
15. Iraqi flag on pole
16. Tank outside Basra Ba'ath Party headquarters
17. Soldiers throwing down weapons - Kalashnikov AK47
18. Soldier issuing orders to another
19. Soldier in tank issuing orders (++contains strong language++)
20. Soldiers running (++contains strong language++)
21. Close up tank moving
22. Soldier clearing rubble off tank
23. Soldier running followed by camera
24. Soldiers running through a building
25. Soldiers wearing gas masks in a group
26. Soldiers entering a building
27. Soldier looking down a corridor and running off
28. Tanks manoeuvering
29. Pan down from Saddam Hussein photograph to soldier stood by a door
30. Close up weapon and bullets
31. Soldiers find empty boxes
32. Soldier stood by photograph of Saddam Hussein
33. Wide of desk
34. Close up of papers
35. Soldier thumbing through a book
36. Soldier stood by bookcase of papers
37. Wide of soldier behind sandbag on a street
38. Wide of tank in street with locals walking by
39. Locals shaking hands with journalist
40. Close up of local girl
41. Wide of vehicles driving by, exposing roundabout sign with Baghdad on it

STORYLINE:

British forces stormed into Basra on Sunday, destroying the Ba'ath Party there and pounding the headquarters of a militia loyal to President Saddam Hussein.

Three British soldiers were killed in the fighting.

A column of more than 40 armoured personnel carriers and tanks plowed deep into the city, where British forces and
Iraqi fighters have waged exhaustive battles for control since the war began.

The 7th Armoured Brigade launched an attack from the west and battled their way toward the city centre, killing an
unknown number of paramilitary fighters and taking others prisoner.

The brigade, known as "Desert Rats" were joined by elements of 3 Armoured Brigade that had come up from the south and were on the edge of the old city of Basra.

It was the deepest British forces have moved into the southern city, Iraq's second largest with a population of
1.3 million. Previously, British forces have remained on the outskirts of town and staged raids and incursions from
those positions.

British forces faced some resistance, but were able to move freely in the city.

People were seen moving furniture out of the Ba'ath Party headquarters, but it was not clear whether they were
members or looters.

The incursion came a day after coalition aircraft bombed a compound in Basra belonging to Saddam's notorious cousin General Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali".

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