original story: G00436

Iraq in June

Iraqi troops assisted by US forces spearheaded "Operation Lightening", a new offensive the government hoped would cut the number of insurgent attacks in and around the capital, Baghdad. Troops searched houses in the nearby village of A'jil al-Sharqiyah in the early morning, looking for bomb-making equipment, weapons, and other material which could be linked to the insurgency. Several suspects were detained.

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Shamiyah - 1 June 2005

A'jil al-Sharqiyah village, Shamiyah district southwest of Baghdad, June 1, 2005

Night shots

Group of soldiers in doorway - detachment moves into house

Soldier stands over women and children during search

Soldiers searching house

Soldiers with suspects

The Iraqi tribunal investigating the crimes of the Saddam Hussein's regime released videotape of their investigations, including one of Saddam himself being questioned. the Iraqi tribunal was released on Monday. Iraqi authorities said Saddam would be tried on 14 well-documented cases relating to alleged crimes committed during his 23-year rule, including: the killing of rival politicians, the gassing of Kurdish civilians in the northern town of Halabja in 1988, invading Kuwait in 1990, and ordering the killing of tens of thousands of Shiites and Kurds who rose up against him in 1991. The former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz, Saddam's brother-in-law Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan, and a senior Saddam-era official, Saber Abdulaziz Al-Douri, were also shown on videotape being questioned by the tribunal.

Since his capture in 2004, Saddam had been kept in custody at a US military prison near Baghdad airport. Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who had been assigned to Saddam Hussein's guard detail for 10 months reported to US newspapers that during his imprisonment the former dictator insisted during this time that he was still President of Iraq. He also worried about germs, and liked 'Doritos' corn chips but hated 'Froot Loops' cereal. The soldiers reported that Saddam had told them he admired former US President Ronald Reagan, thought former US President Bill Clinton was "ok" but considered both Presidents Bush to be "no good."

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Iraqi Special Tribunal

Unknown location and date

(Mute)

Close up Saddam Hussein talking

Pull out member of court

Medium of Saddam seated, another man in background

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Iraqi Special Tribunal

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Wide of man wearing white garment sitting on a chair, as person off camera asks for his name, UPSOUND (Arabic) "Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan, Saddam's brother-in-law."

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Iraqi Special Tribunal

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Saber Abdulaziz Al-Douri seated

Iraqi flag

Tariq Aziz seated, saying "I was Foreign Minister in 1991, and Prime Minister"

Thousands of people took part in a solemn funeral procession in Rashidiya for an Iraqi politician who was killed in a car bombing with three others. National Assembly legislator Dhari Ali al-Fayadh and his son were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into theirs as they traveled to parliament from their farm in Rashidiya, 32 kilometres northeast of Baghdad. Two of al-Fayadh's bodyguards were also killed and four more wounded in the attack. Al-Fayadh, a Shiite in his late 80s, was the eldest member of the new parliament and had acted as temporary speaker. He belonged to the country's largest Shiite political party, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the senior partner in the governing coalition.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for al-Fayadh's assassination on an Islamic Web site.

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Rashidiya - 29 June 2005

Various of crowd carrying coffins of Iraqi MP Sheikh Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, his son and two of his bodyguards who were killed in a suicide bombing on Tuesday

Various of funeral procession with mourners holding up their guns and chanting

original story: G00436

Iraq in June

Iraqi troops assisted by US forces spearheaded "Operation Lightening", a new offensive the government hoped would cut the number of insurgent attacks in and around the capital, Baghdad. Troops searched houses in the nearby village of A'jil al-Sharqiyah in the early morning, looking for bomb-making equipment, weapons, and other material which could be linked to the insurgency. Several suspects were detained.

451904

AP Television News

Shamiyah - 1 June 2005

A'jil al-Sharqiyah village, Shamiyah district southwest of Baghdad, June 1, 2005

Night shots

Group of soldiers in doorway - detachment moves into house

Soldier stands over women and children during search

Soldiers searching house

Soldiers with suspects

The Iraqi tribunal investigating the crimes of the Saddam Hussein's regime released videotape of their investigations, including one of Saddam himself being questioned. the Iraqi tribunal was released on Monday. Iraqi authorities said Saddam would be tried on 14 well-documented cases relating to alleged crimes committed during his 23-year rule, including: the killing of rival politicians, the gassing of Kurdish civilians in the northern town of Halabja in 1988, invading Kuwait in 1990, and ordering the killing of tens of thousands of Shiites and Kurds who rose up against him in 1991. The former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz, Saddam's brother-in-law Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan, and a senior Saddam-era official, Saber Abdulaziz Al-Douri, were also shown on videotape being questioned by the tribunal.

Since his capture in 2004, Saddam had been kept in custody at a US military prison near Baghdad airport. Pennsylvania National Guardsmen who had been assigned to Saddam Hussein's guard detail for 10 months reported to US newspapers that during his imprisonment the former dictator insisted during this time that he was still President of Iraq. He also worried about germs, and liked 'Doritos' corn chips but hated 'Froot Loops' cereal. The soldiers reported that Saddam had told them he admired former US President Ronald Reagan, thought former US President Bill Clinton was "ok" but considered both Presidents Bush to be "no good."

452959

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Unknown location and date

(Mute)

Close up Saddam Hussein talking

Pull out member of court

Medium of Saddam seated, another man in background

453177

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Unknown location and date

Wide of man wearing white garment sitting on a chair, as person off camera asks for his name, UPSOUND (Arabic) "Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hassan, Saddam's brother-in-law."

454278

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Unknown location and date

Saber Abdulaziz Al-Douri seated

Iraqi flag

Tariq Aziz seated, saying "I was Foreign Minister in 1991, and Prime Minister"

Thousands of people took part in a solemn funeral procession in Rashidiya for an Iraqi politician who was killed in a car bombing with three others. National Assembly legislator Dhari Ali al-Fayadh and his son were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into theirs as they traveled to parliament from their farm in Rashidiya, 32 kilometres northeast of Baghdad. Two of al-Fayadh's bodyguards were also killed and four more wounded in the attack. Al-Fayadh, a Shiite in his late 80s, was the eldest member of the new parliament and had acted as temporary speaker. He belonged to the country's largest Shiite political party, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the senior partner in the governing coalition.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for al-Fayadh's assassination on an Islamic Web site.

454422

AP Television News

Rashidiya - 29 June 2005

Various of crowd carrying coffins of Iraqi MP Sheikh Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, his son and two of his bodyguards who were killed in a suicide bombing on Tuesday

Various of funeral procession with mourners holding up their guns and chanting