Baghdad AP embedded pix of US forces patrolling streets

(11 Apr 2007) SHOTLIST
++PLEASE NOTE THE AP CREW WERE EMBEDDED WITH THE US MILITARY AND SUBJECT TO US MILITARY RESTRICTIONS++
1. Iraqi and US military forces move into formation for foot patrol
2. Iraqi and US forces starting patrol
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) 1st Lieutenant Lee Small, from Houston, Texas:
"The purpose of our mission today is, we're going to go out to the Tunis area and we're going to patrol through Tunis. So it's more like a presence patrol as well as a chance to interact with the locals."
4. Patrol walking through the streets of Tunis
5. US Sergeant crossing over an exposed street while covering himself with weapon
6. US Sergeant walking past a car wreck and shops
7. US Sergeant walking past local children
8. An Iraqi Army soldier stops and points his weapon at a vehicle coming towards the patrol, he challenges the vehicle and orders the driver to reverse away from the patrol
9. Iraqi troops walking past the local mosque
10. US soldier taking up a position on the corner of a pathway, and observes the area as the local mosque calls the faithful to prayer
11. Various of Iraqi military carrying out moving and covering themselves at exposed junctions
12. Iraqi soldier and US soldier inspecting a parked car
13. Wide of snap vehicle check point (VCP) set up by US and Iraqi troops
14. US Sergeant directs his gunner to cover and protect the exposed inbound route to the city on the opposite side of the carriageway
15. Iraqi army soldier stands covering the deployed troops
16. Wide of US & Iraqi military personnel directing traffic
17. US soldier and Iraqi soldier stopping vehicle for searching
18. Iraqi soldier inspecting vehicle documents of another car
19. US Sergeant picking out another car for inspection, UPSOUND: (English) "The one to my right"
20. Medium shot of Iraqi soldier directing traffic
STORYLINE:
US soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division patrolled the streets of a Baghdad suburb this week, conducting joint security operations with the local Iraqi military.
1st Lieutenant Lee Small, who led the patrol in the Tunis area, said it was aimed at showing a presence on the ground and taking a chance to "interact with the locals".
The patrol was uneventful.
Patrols like this one have become a regular occurrence since the February 14 start of an intensified security crackdown in the capital.
Routine operations include the stopping and searching of cars and checking the identity of pedestrians.
At a jointly set up vehicle checkpoint on Route Dover in the Adhamiyah district, US personnel were seen working closely with Iraqi troops.
Iraqi troops directed traffic, picked out cars for further searching and inspected drivers' documents.
The route is a major traffic route into the city, and the main road connecting Baghdad to Baqouba.
A US intelligence Officer said that suicide bombings in the area have gone down significantly since the deployment of 82nd Airborne Division.

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