(26 Sep 2003)
Baghdad
1. Mourners carrying al-Hashimi's coffin
2. Men holding banners
3. Men chanting
4. Coffin being carried
Road between Baghdad and Najaf
5. Top shot of convoy with coffin
6. Long shot of car with coffin and escort
7. Travelling shot of convoy
STORYLINE:
Iraqi leaders are preparing to bury Aquila al-Hashimi, one of three women on the 25-member Governing Council, who died on Thursday of wounds suffered in an ambush near her home on September 20.
A convoy carrying al-Hashimi's body left the capital on Friday for the funeral in Najaf, a Shiite holy city 180 kilometers (110 miles) to the south.
Al-Hashimi, a Shiite Muslim, was the first member of the council targeted for assassination and was the leading candidate to become Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations.
She was to have attended the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York this week.
The council declared three days of mourning that began on Thursday.
The current council president, Ahmad Chalabi, blamed her death on Saddam loyalists.
Huge crowds gathered as the convoy carrying al-Hashimi's body left the capital on Friday for the funeral in Najaf.
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