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LONDON FEED INTV/W ECONOMIST GEORGE JOFFE ABOUT PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S EFFORTS TO GAIN ALLIED ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR HIS MILITARY BUILDUP IN SAUDI ARABIA 13:06:11 CLIP OF A TALL HEROIC PORTRAIT OF IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN BESIDE A BUSY ROAD IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ TIGHT SHOTS OF PHOTOS OF HUSSEIN WS OF THE BAGHDAD SKYLINE SLATE 13:12:05 IRAQI TELEVISION SOUNDLESS FTG OF HUSSEIN POSING FOR A PHOTO OP WITH IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ AND A DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION IRAQI TALK SHOW MATERIAL 13:23:38 SLATE 13:28:46 ITN EDIT MASTER ON THE IRAQI PUBLIC REACTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC BLOCKADE OF IRAQ INCLUDING VS OF PEASANT WOMEN WRAPPED IN BLACK CHADORS CHANTING AS THEY HARVEST CROPS AT A COLLECTIVE FARM, BAGHDAD MARKET SCENES, CLIP OF CROWDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING, CLIPS OF A COUPLE BUYING MEDICINE AT A PHARMACY, VS OF PATIENTS BEING TREATED AT THE SADDAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, CLIP OF HUSSEIN PRESIDING OVER A WAR COUNCIL AND SCENIC SHOT OF THE SUN SETTING OVER THE TIGRIS RIVER 13:34:08 BLANK SLATE 13:37:09 ITN EDIT MASTERS ON EFFORTS TO EVACUATE FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM KUWAIT INCLUDING CLIPS OF EUROPEAN ENVOYS ARRIVING AT AN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD VS OF CHILDEN DRAPED WITH IRAQI AND LEBANESE FLAGS PARADING PAST EUROPEAN EMBASSIES BLANK VS OF REFUGEES FROM KUWAIT RECEIVING WATER AND FOOD AT A DESERT CAMP 13:41:49 SLATE 14:06:01 TWO SHOT OF JOFFE WITH THE REPORTER HE EXPLAINS BUSH IS MOTIVATED TO SEEK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM WESTERN ALLIES PARTLY DUE TO THE HUGE COST OF THE OPERATION AND PARTLY TO DILUTE THE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTION THAT THE US IS ACTING AS A WORLD POLICEMAN, DISCUSSES US AND JAPANESE FRICTION OVER THE SIZE OF THE JAPANESE CONTRIBUTION TO THE OPERATION AND EXPLAINS THE RELUCTANCE OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO BE TOO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE US INITIATIVE 14:15:57 JOFFE ARGUES BUSH REDUCED HIS CHANCES FOR OBTAINING FOREIGN SUPPORT BY MAKING AN IRAQI WITHDRAWAL AN ABSOLUTE GOAL OF HIS INITIATIVE, AND LISTS COUNTRIES WHICH BENEFIT BY THE US INTERVENTION AND THEREFORE WILL BE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE 14:21:28 SLATE TIME CODE LEAP 14:45:12 INTV/W A MIDDLE EASTERN OFFICIAL, KEPT ANONYMOUS BY BACKLIGHTING, ABOUT HUSSEIN'S MOTIVATIONS FOR INVADING KUWAIT 14:54:00 SLATE 14:58:52 IRAQI TELEVISON CLIPS OF TANKERS MOORED IN A HARBOR AND IRAQI SOLDIERS RUNNING BEHIND A TANK IN KUWAIT CLIPS OF UNSPECIFIED ORIGIN OF THE KUWAIT CITY SKYLINE AND IRAQI DEFENSIVE POSITIONS SLATE FILM TRANSFER FTG OF IRAQI SOLDIERS WEARING CAMOUFLAGE FATIGUES LOITERING BEFORE A MOSQUE VS OF WORSHIPPERS ATTENDING A PRAYER SERVICE INSIDE CLIPS OF IRAQI SOLDIERS DRIVING TANKS ITN EDIT MASTER ON THE KURDISH REVOLT DURING THE IRAN / IRAQ WAR INCLUDING FILM TRANSFER FTG OF KURDISH GUERILLAS FIRING MACHINE GUNS AND ROCKETS AND MARCHING IN NORTHERN IRAQ, B&W NEWSREEL CLIPS IRAQI TELEVISION FTG OF GULF WAR BATTLE SCENES CI: PERSONALITIES: AZIZ, TARIQ PERSONALITIES: BUSH, GEORGE (ABOUT) PERSONALITIES: HUSSEIN, SADDAM PERSONALITIES: JOFFE, GEORGE DEMONSTRATIONS: IRAQ HUMANKIND: IRAQ HUMANKIND: REFUGEES, KUWAITI MILITARY: IRAQI INVASION, KUWAIT MILITARY: OPERATIONS, SAUDI ARABIA STREET SCENES: IRAQ WAR: IRAN/IRAQ