Скачать или смотреть Families return home after US and Iraqi troops offensive

(20 Sep 2005)

1. City gate with Iraqi soldiers at the entrance
2. People in back of pick-up vehicle
3. Various of families towards their homes
4. Iraqi soldiers giving the returnees food and water
5. House levelled to the ground
6. Various of damaged shops
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Major Khadir Ali, Iraqi army:
''The city of Tal Afar is surrounded and we are controlling the entrances of the city. We have apprehended hundreds of terrorists. The city is now under the domination of the Iraqi army.''
8. Sign reading ''Welcome to Tal Afar"
9. Tanks driving inside city
10. Families carrying their luggage
11. Families standing at checkpoint with Iraqi soldier

STORYLINE:

Residents of Tal Afar continued returning to their homes on Tuesday following the completion of military operations there by Iraqi troops and US forces.

Many families were on Sunday seen heading to the city after it had witnessed fierce battles with insurgents.

The operation began September 10, when a force of 5,000 Iraqi soldiers backed by 3,500 Americans, stormed the city to clear it of insurgents for the second time in a year.

Mopping-up operations continued Sunday with the Iraqi military reporting a total of 157 insurgents killed and 440 captured during the 10-day offensive.

The Iraqi army said that the Tal Afar, a northern city near the Syrian border is now under their control.

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