WRAP Visit by US Sec of State Rice and Rumsfeld, adds Iraqi reactions

Описание: (27 Apr 2006)
US POOL
Green Zone, 26 April 2006
1. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sitting around table with US and Iraqi officials
2. Rice and Rumsfeld
3. Various of meeting
4. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
5. Wide top shot of leaders around table
6. Pull out of Iraq''s national security adviser, Muwaffak Rubaie sitting at table talking
Iraqi Interior Ministry, 27 April 2006
7. Rumsfeld meeting US army officers
8. Rice shaking hands with US army officers
9. Various of meeting with Rice, Rumsfeld, Casey, US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and other officials
10. Rice, Rumsfeld and Khalilzad walking
11. Media
12. SOUNDBITE (English): Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"I think that it is fair to say that all of these Iraqi leaders recognise the challenges before them, recognise that the Iraqi people expect their government to meet those challenges."
13. Cameras
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary
"The first step obviously for the government is to fashion a cabinet, the heads of the various ministries soon, to demonstrate to the Iraqi people who went out voted for them that they have stepped forward to assume responsibility for their sovereign nation."
15. Reporters
16. Various of Rice and Rumsfeld leaving
AP Television
Baghdad, 27 April 2006
17. Various street scenes
18. Various people reading newspapers
19. Newspaper front page with pictures of US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld , Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani
20. Headline reading: ''''Rice and Rumsfeld discussing with Talabani and al-Maliki the handover of security in provinces''''
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Karima Hussein, Baghdad citizen
''''The visit made by US officials was in favour of the America interests. The US deems its interests above everything. That is all I can say.''''
22. Headline reading: ''''Rice and Rumsfeld calling for disbanding militias and declaring support to al-Maliki government''''
23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mansour Jawad, Baghdad citizen
''''It is a good visit and it is in the interests of the Iraqi people.''''
24. Wide shots cars passing
STORYLINE:
The US government''s chief defence and diplomatic officials were encouraged by the determination of Iraq''s newly selected leader, but the itinerary on their second day of an unannounced visit underscored the difficulties ahead for US forces and the emerging Iraqi government.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began his day on Thursday with a briefing on the latest programmes and technologies to counter
increasingly sophisticated roadside bombs that are a prime killer of US forces in Iraq.
Rumsfeld and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice later heard from US diplomats advising Iraq''s troubled Interior Ministry, which oversees security and police forces that are hobbled by corruption and riven by sectarian loyalties.
The double-barrelled show of support from Rumsfeld and Rice for Iraq''s first permanent democratic government was meant to resonate in Iraq and among Americans.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and vice presidents Tariq al-Hashimi and Adil Abdul-Mahdi met with Rice and Rumsfeld on Wednesday.
At a session with Rumsfeld on Thursday, Iraq''s national security adviser, Muwaffak Rubaie, thanked Americans for helping Iraq and spoke optimistically of substantial US troop reductions this year and next.
He did not mention specific figures.
Rice told reporters that Iraq''s leaders recognised the challenges before them.
But another Baghdad resident was more sceptical.

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