GWT: Arrests, British run radio station, first call to prayers

(4 Apr 2003)

Az Zubayr
1. UK troops searching cars
2. Suspect in white robe and red headdress being led away by soldiers
3. Suspect is made kneel by car
4. Suspect is searched and personal effects removed
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Major Johnny Bowron, First Light Infantry:
"As part of a routine patrol in this town of Al Zubayr we came across a couple of men at a vehicle checkpoint, they may have been involved or may have information concerning the disappearance of some of our soldiers. We're taking them in for further enquiries. This is a campaign against the regime, not the people of Iraq. As you may have seen they were wearing civies which makes it that bit harder."
6. Man is detained in personal carrier, guarded by soldiers
7. Door closes

Outside Basra
8. Close-up of announcer for British radio, delivering messages in Arabic to Iraqis
9. Wide shot of announcer
10. Close-up of microphone
11. Close-up of desk
12. Zoom into Aerial
13. Exterior of cartoonist's tent
14. Various close-ups of anti-Saddam Hussein cartoon
15. Zoom out from leaflet reading "This time we won't abandon you"
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) British Army Cartoonist (no name given):
"There's absolutely no deceit involved. We tell the truth and the reason we tell the truth is because it's absolutely critical that we retain credibility with the Iraqi people."
17. Various of Arabic speaking men from the British army talking to a villager
18. Villager's house
19. Various of villager talking
20. Various of Basra civilians praying

South Iraq
21. Wide shot of back alley with sound of Muslim call to prayers
22. Mid shot of Iraqis talking to one another in the streets
23. School being repainted to get rid of images of Saddam
24. Set up of spokesman
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins, Royal Irish Guards:
"We've been here for almost one week and since liberating this town we've seen fear disappear, they've handed in over 200 weapons and the lights and water have come back on again. But the substantial changes are that schools have started again, the children are back and worship has begun."
26. Various of barber cutting hair
27. Customer waiting for hair cut
28. Iraqi boys talking to UK soldiers
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Andrew Cullen, Royal Irish Guards:
"We're simply here to help them, we can't play God almighty and we can't enforce our own societal values on them. So the way I see our job is to facilitate their rebuilding of their community."
30. Mid shot of courtyard
31. Two men talking in courtyard

STORYLINE:

An Iraqi man was arrested for allegedly playing a "significant role" in the deaths of two British soldiers, said ITV News reporter Tim Ewart embedded with UK forces.

The man was detained at a road block set up by British troops at Al Zubayr, 15 miles outside Basra.

On March 23 Sapper Luke Allsopp, 24, of north London and Staff Sergeant Simon Cullingworth, 36, from Essex of the 33 (EOD) Engineer Regiment, a specialist bomb disposal unit of the Royal Engineers, went missing after an attack on military vehicles near Al Zubayr.

Their bodies were later shown on Qatar based satellite broadcaster al-Jazeera, prompting condemnation from coalition commanders and politicians.

Meanwhile a British operated radio station in Iraq, known as Two Rivers, continues to broadcast confident military messages to try persuade Iraqis that coalition forces have toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Out in the desert its antennas are pointed straight towards Basra, a city of 1.2 million people.
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