WRAP Emergency evacuation drill at oil refinery, more

Описание: (24 Sep 2002)

Un-disclosed location in the Kuwaiti desert - 23 September 2002
1. Wide shot of oil refinery
2. Close shot of gas flame
3. Wide shot of refinery tanks
4. Emergency worker setting up warning signs for civil defence exercise
5. Various shots of refinery workers and emergency workers
6. Firemen standing beside water plume, one speaking on radio
7. Emergency worker beside warning signs, speaking on radio
8. Various shots of rescue workers putting on equipment and gas-masks
9. Long shot, fireman speaking on radio as he walks away from camera
10. Rescue workers running, carrying man on stretcher to ambulance crew
11. Ambulance crew carry stretcher to ambulance
12. Ambulance driving away

Kuwait City - 24 September 2002
13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Colonel Mustafa Shaban, Commander of Civil Defence in Kuwait:
"There is an agreement between specialist teams in Kuwait , America, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Kuwaiti army and the National Guard. If any aggression on Kuwait was to take place, God forbid, by chemical and biological weapon, we are trained to deal with these weapons."
14. Close shot of Civil Defence badge on uniform
15. Wide shot of Shaban working on computer in office

STORYLINE:

The tiny Gulf state of Kuwait has been preparing its defences against any chemical or biological attack.

Civil Defence forces were drilled in emergency procedures on Tuesday at an oil refinery at an undisclosed location in the Kuwaiti desert.

Civil Defence commander Colonel Mustafa Shaban, told APTN that specialists from the Kuwaiti emergency services, army and national guard were training with the help of specialists from the US and Europe.

At the end of the Gulf War, sparked by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, oil wells and refineries across the country were set on fire by the retreating Iraqi forces.

Iraq disputes ownership of some oil fields near the border between the two countries, and Kuwait fears it could suffer retaliation if Iraq were to come under attack by US-led forces trying to topple Saddam Hussein.

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