Troops fighting in Fallujah

Описание: (15 Nov 2004) SHOTLIST
Please note: Marines can be heard swearing at times
1. UPSOT: (English) US Marine " Red one, red one, this is raider one."
2. Marines running through smoke and into building AUDIO of gunfire
3. Back shot Marines running towards another building through smoke
4. Marine firing machine gun
5. Marine firing javelin missile from on top of building
6. Distant shot smoke rising from building
7. Marine firing javelin missile from ground pans to his target
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Ryan Sparks, Platoon commander, 3rd Battalion, 1st marines
"You know you hit pockets as you go along, you go blocks with nothing then you'll hit a pocket (and) it'll take a couple hours, then you move along. But it's going about the way I thought it would.
9. Marine looking at distant explosion through binoculars
10. Marine removing roadside bombs which had been hidden
11. Close up two roadside bombs strapped to front of truck
12. Explosion, a roof is blown off
13. Tank in foreground, street behind with AUDIO of firing
14. Marine tracking a sniper, he fires
15. Another Marine shooting down street
16. UPSOT: (English) US Marine
"You see how he was trying to shoot that RPG (rocket propelled grenade launcher)?"
17. Shot down street, firing at sniper
18. UPSOT: (English) US Marines talking to each other
"You got him."
"Yeah (swearing) "
"There he is, yeah, he dropped his RPG."
"He's point his RPG at the tank, there he is , you got him, he dropped his RPG, watch him pick it up again. He's got some more guys in there with him. You (swearing) clipped him. You (swearing) got him".
"Good shot."
STORYLINE:
As the battle for Fallujah entered its final stages, US forces have spread throughout the city.
But American officials say it could take several more days of fighting before the city is secured.
The Platoon commander of the US Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st regiment said progress was intermittent with pockets of resistance still being met at regular intervals.
At least 38 American troops and six Iraqi soldiers have been killed in the fighting in Fallujah.
The number of U.S. troops wounded is now 275, though more than 60 have returned to duty. U.S. officials estimated more than 1,200 insurgents were killed in the weeklong fighting.

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