Oil tanker on fire, one pedestrian killed in mortar attack

Описание: (18 Jul 2004)

Baghdad - 17 July 2004 (overnight)
1. Night shot petrol truck on fire
2. Various of truck on fire

Al-Ilam neighbourhood, southern Baghdad - 18 July 2004
3. US helicopter flying over the site where the mortar shell landed
4. Wide shot of a piece of mortar shell
5. Mid shot a piece of mortar shell
6. Various bloodstain on the ground

Ramadi - 17 July 2004
7. Exterior of damaged house
8. Holes on the exterior of a house
9. Various of damage to the house
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) House owner:
''No one attacked US soldiers from this house. The American troops destroyed my house. I'd like to know the reason that prompted them to do so. If we attacked them, they would have the right to return fire. But we didn't attack them, accordingly US soldiers don't have the right to do such act.''
11. Various damage inside the house
12. Furniture scattered on floor
13. Various damage to other two neighbouring houses

STORYLINE:

There was more violence in Iraq on Sunday a day after a spate of bomb attacks left seven people dead and over 50 injured.

On a highway in a Baghdad's Ghazalia neighbourhood, a truck believed to be a US oil tanker caught fire on Saturday night after being attacked by insurgents, locals said.

Fireballs could be seen smouldering from a burning vehicle.

There was no comment on the incident by the US army.

The violence continued on Sunday morning in Baghdad's southern Al-Ilam neighbourhood where a mortar attack killed one pedestrian and injured another.

A pool of blood and unexploded shells remained at the scene after the attack, as US helicopters flew overhead.

Meanwhile clashes were reported between US troops and insurgents in Ramadi's Husaiba district, 100 km west of Baghdad, on Saturday afternoon.

Two Iraqis were injured, one of them was seriously according to locals.

There was no immediate comment by the US army on the incident which appeared to leave damage to a number of homes in the city.

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