Aftermath of attacks on US convoy

Описание: (17 Mar 2004) SHOTLIST
Ramadi - 17 March 2004
1. Tracking shot (shaky) of smoke from explosion over rooftops
2. Various shots of US troops at the site of the explosion
3. Various of damaged/blackened-out car
4. Residents milling around at the site of the explosion
5. Long shot of convoy of trucks, tanks and troops
6. US flag shoulder patch and military map from damaged Humvee
7. Children holding pieces of debris
8. Close up of children stomping on US flag shoulder patch
9. SOUNDBITE: Voxpop (Arabic) Eyewitness (no name):
"The explosion hit that US military convoy as it was passing by here. It also hit a civilian car and shattered glass in houses nearby."
10. Residents pushing damaged car
Fallujah - 17 March 2004
11. Highway shots
12. Damaged US humvee being towed away
13. Damaged M1 Abrams tank being towed away by another tank
Baghdad - 17 March 2004
11. Smoke rises from site of explosion
12. Damaged US vehicle
13. Damaged military ambulance
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Colonel Peter Jones, 1st Armoured Division
"At approximately four thirty this afternoon we believe that there was a possible IED (Improvised Explosive Device) that was buried in the vicinity of a (electricity) transformer here in this neighbourhood. It exploded at about four thirty this afternoon and unfortunately injured two Iraqi boys who were playing on the street and one Iraqi young man. There was one coalition casualty but he was walking wounded and has since been treated and returned back to the FOB (Forward Operating Base)."
15. Injured treated at scene
16. US convoy
17. Injured treated at scene
18. Helicopter over site of attack - tilts to damaged vehicles
STORYLINE
Iraqi insurgents operating in the so-called Sunni triangle on Wednesday hit several US military convoys passing through the area.
In Ramadi, 80 kilometres west of Baghdad, a roadside bomb went off hitting an Army Humvee and Iraqi taxi driving close to it.
The taxi driver was injured while US casualties were unknown.
A small crowd of locals assembled at the site, clutching the pieces fallen from the damaged Humvee, including a map and a US flag shoulder patch.
Earlier on Wednesday, another improvised explosive device went off in Fallujah, slightly damaging a Abrams M1 battle tank and another Humvee.
Increasingly sophisticated, the roadside bombs have emerged as a prime threat to US forces stationed in Iraq.
Six US soldiers were killed this week in different parts of the country as their vehicles were hit.
Meanwhile, in Baghdad, US patrols were also targeted on Wednesday.
An Improvised Explosive Device exploded in the centre of the capital, causing damage to a US convoy.
One US soldier, two Iraqi children and one Iraqi man were injured in the incident, according to US officials.
The IED was placed in a disused electricity transformer.

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