(19 May 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Mid shot, US Deputy Secretary of State, Robert Zoellick (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (right) walk down to podium, zoom out to wide of podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraqi Prime Minister
''Among the many security measures that we are intending to do are files of detainees. So, a number of detainees have been released, and we did coordinate with the multi-national troops to set free a big number of detainees swiftly. The Sunni detainees of Mosques' preachers will be released. Moreover there are a series of steps that will be taken regarding the security domain.''
3. Cutaway wide of podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Zoellick, US Deputy Secretary of State:
"The insurgents wanted to stop the election and they failed."
5. Wide of presser
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Zoellick, US Deputy Secretary of State:
"Everyone in Iraq, muslims and every other group are targets because they want to destroy. So it is very clear that that is an evil that wants to destroy a democratic Iraq."
7. Zoellick and Hassani leave podium with officials
8. Close up of Iraqi flag
9. Wide of Iraqi flag
STORYLINE:
Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Thursday that a number of detainees are going to be released by Iraqi authorities.
Al-Jaafari was addressing the media along with US Secretary of State Robert Zoellick after the two had held talks at the Council of Ministers building in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad.
He said a series of steps regarding security will be taken and that a number of detainees, particularly Sunni clerics, will be released in coordination with the coalition troops.
Zoellick's one-day visit to Iraq comes at a time of rising sectarian tension between majority Shiite and minority Sunni Arabs.
He said it is very clear that the insurgency is an evil that wants to destroy a democratic Iraq.
After meeting Jaafari, Zoellick said they talked about "the process of creating a new constitution, and how important it is to be inclusive and reach out to all the communities of Iraq, especially the Sunnis."
Nearly 500 people have been killed since the country's new Shiite-dominated government was announced on April 28.
Several Shiite and Sunni Muslim clerics were among the victims, raising fears that sectarian tensions could ignite a civil war.
Just four days ago US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited Baghdad and expressed support for the new government.
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