(21 Jul 2004)
Duluiyah, north of Baghdad
1. Wide shot of locals at the site where the blast took place
2. Residents showing parts of US vehicle
3. Crater caused by the blast
4. Various of the site
Samarra
5. Various of damage to houses
6. Hole in the roof of a house
7. Various of scattered furniture with damage inside the house
8. A man showing parts of rocket, with UPSOUND: ''This is an American rocket that destroyed the house''
9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox pop:
''My house was destroyed and four of my family were injured. Is this sovereignty, Iyad Allawi?''
10. A hand holding a metal piece
11. More shots of damage with teddy on the floor
12. An injured child sleeping
13. A girl with scratches in her face
14. Women gathering at the site, beating their heads
15. Residents in car firing in the air while holding funeral procession to their victims
16. Coffin in car and residents chanting ''God is great''
STORYLINE:
A roadside bomb exploded in Iraq early on Wednesday killing one US 1st Infantry Division soldier and taking the number of US military dead to 900 since the beginning of military operations in March 2003.
Major Neal O'Brien of the 1st Infantry Division said the most recent soldier killed was on patrol in a Bradley fighting vehicle in Duluiyah, 45 miles (72 kilometres) north of Baghdad, when the bomb detonated shortly after midnight Wednesday (2000gmt Tuesday).
On Tuesday two US marines and two US soldiers were killed in action in Anbar Province, a Sunni-dominated area west of Baghdad.
In Samarra 100km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, US forces engaged in battles with Iraqi insurgents, destroying two homes, the US military said.
Residents in the area were seen picking through the debris.
A hospital official said four Iraqis were killed.
The fighting near Samarra, a hotbed of violence, began on Tuesday evening and continued into the night, according to an official from the Tikrit-based 1st Infantry Division.
US officials said Iraqi insurgents attacked US troops, firing mortars from a house and small arms fire from a nearby mosque.
US troops returned fire and destroyed the house, while a US warplane flattened another house after hitting it with a 500 pound (226 kilogram) bomb.
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