CPA admin chief, Bremer, visits mass grave site

Описание: (27 Jun 2004) SHOTLIST

1. Former Saddam Hussein Mosque now the Hillah University for Humanitarian, Scientific and Religious Studies
2. Sculpture of hand coming out of ground, part of memorial
3. Two-shot of troops on guard
4. Military guards
5. U.S. administrator in L.Paul Bremer and Sayyed Farqad al Qizwini looking at photos of mass graves
6. Armed military guards inside room
7. Bremer and al Qizwini being shielded by aggressive security
8. Bremer and al Qizwini leave room
9. Men walk outside to memorial
10. Wide of memorial with Iraqi flag
11. Bremer and al Qizwini talking
12. Memorial with hands open cradling skull with reeds - signifies the mass graves which were amongst reeds
13. Close up Bremer
14. Wide of memorial
15. Bremer and al Qizwini and others posing for photo, pull out wide
16. Bremer and al Qizwini meeting people working at Democracy Centre
17. Bremer and al Qizwini amidst crowd waiting for helicopter

STORYLINE:

The US administrator in Iraq L.Paul Bremer flew to Hillah on Sunday to visit the resting place of 75 victims of what's known as the Mahaweel massacre which was carried out during Saddam Hussein's rule.

The unknown victims are now buried outside the former Saddam Hussein Mosque, now part of the Hillah University, which also displays an exhibition photos of the grave sites.

The victims were killed during the 1991 Shiite uprising against Saddam in the town of Mahaweel, 100 kms (62 miles) south of Baghdad.

Bremer was shown the grave photos by Sayyed Farqad Al Qizwini, who founded the Democracy Centre in Hillah, which adjoins the university.

The centre is designed to promote democracy through South Central Iraq.

Bremer's visit took place just a few hundred metres from last night's bomb attack and heavy security was in force throughout the visit.

This is expected to be Bremer's last trip outside Baghdad, as he steps down when power is handed back to the Iraqi's at the end of June.

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