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SHOTLIST ++MUTE++ 1. Wide of square near Palestine Hotel showing cement-mixing truck moving back and forth against barricade on the bottom right of screen 2. THIRD explosion (cement-mixing truck) going off 3. Ball of flame covers screen, then smoke covers screen ++MUTE++ 4. Close-up of same cement-mixing truck trying to drive through barricade with grey smoke coming out of it, then THIRD explosion goes off from vicinity of cement-mixer 5. Zoom-in plume of smoke from SECOND explosion with AUDIO of gunfire 6. Wide of square under heavy smoke after SECOND explosion with zoom-in of cement mixer moving 7. Cement-mixing truck moving (shot from window of Palestine hotel) 8. Wide of square, then zooms into square 9. THIRD explosion blowing off 10. Zoom-out from window 11. Wide of smoke of FIRST explosion with AUDIO of ambulance 12. Various of square, with AUDIO of ambulances and gunfire 13. SECOND explosion going off 14. Wide of Firdous square with cars driving round 15. FIRST EXPLOSION. Two white cars approach wall surrounding Palestine Hotel at front of screen, second car stops momentarily, then explodes (time code on screen 17:21:09) 16. Plume of white smoke 17. Wide of Firdous square, SECOND EXPLOSION at top left corner of screen, plume of thick white smokes rises (time code on screen 17:24:05) 18. Cement mixer in bottom right hand corner of screen drives through hole in cement wall and down road between Palestine Hotel and Sheraton hotel, then backs forwards and backwards several times 19. THIRD EXPLOSION. Cement mixer explodes amid huge clouds of smoke (time code on screen 17:25:42) 20. Journalists walking and running through corridor of hotel, corridors smoky with dust from blast, AUDIO of another blast 21. Journalists standing in corridor 22. Wide of smokey corridor 23. Man walking along damaged, smokey corridor 24. Journalist with blood-covered face being assisted 25. Journalist assessing damage to office 26. Injured and bandaged journalist being helped down corridor 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bob Reid, Associated Press Chief Editor, Baghdad: "Just about sunset as I was sitting at my workstation preparing to do the night's work, I heard this very, very loud explosion. You could feel the blast so I knew something had exploded very close to the hotel. Because it's a bit dangerous to run out on the balcony, we stayed inside for a minute and then I heard someone yell that there'd been an explosion somewhere round the Sheraton hotel which is in the same compound as we're in." 28. Reid assessing damage in office 29. Television screen showing blasts, pan to people watching 30. Damage to hotel entrance 31. Fallen 'Reception' sign 32. Various of serious damage to hotel 33. Injured journalist being led out 34. Various of serious damage to hotel entrance STORYLINE Suicide bombers blasted through the concrete walls surrounding the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad on Monday, injuring about five people inside the hotel and killing at least six passers-by outside. There were conflicting reports about the number of people killed in the attacks. Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie said 20 people were killed. The US military said six civilians were killed and 15 wounded. None of the dead in Monday's attack were journalists or members of the US military. A US official in Washington said there were no known deaths inside the hotel, which is home to foreign contractors as well as journalists. Al-Rubaie, said the attack - which appeared well planned - was a clear effort to take over the hotel and grab foreign and Arab journalists as hostages. He offered no evidence to support the claim, but security vision showed a definite attempt to attack the hotel. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7ab95ab77aa30145075e52a558cb13c9 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork