(28 Dec 2003)
Baghdad
1. Wide shot of sheiks dressed in formal clothes
2. Medium shot of sheiks
3. US military
4. M16 rifle
5. Saddam's portrait
6. Old sheik
7. Wide shot of conference room
8. Saddam's portrait upside down
9. Saddam's portrait upside down
10. Sheiks talking to US officers
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheik Abdul-Al'al al-Qureishi:
" We did not step on it (the portrait). We turned it upside down. We are not like him. He will
see his wrong doings and how his acts harmed him."
12. Saddam's portrait
13. Various sheiks

Najaf
14. Wide shot of procession with flags
15. Medium shot of procession
16. Shiite youngsters beating themselves with chains
17. Man with a sword heading the procession
18. Banner with name of Mohammed Al-Sadr
19. Various of chain beaters
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sayid Hassan Al-Batat, Shia cleric:
"These processions came all the way from Ammara (south of Najaf and 360km south of Baghdad) and are proud to be able to offer condolences to the family of this Shiite leader and hero, Mohammed Al-Sadr."
21. Wide shot of women all in black following procession
22. Symbolic coffin of Al-Sadr
23. Wide shot of procession

STORYLINE:

Heads of the Iraqi tribal council on Sunday made a symbolic demonstration of the end of the Saddam Hussein's era by turning a portrait of the former president upside down.

The sheiks met in Baghdad under the protection of coalition forces.

They discussed matters relating to the future of the country and made a symbolic show of the end of Saddam regime.

During Saddam's time, tampering with the former president's image was punishable with prison or even death.

Meanwhile in Najaf, south of Baghdad, 10-thousand Shiites celebrated the fifth anniversary of the death of one of their main leaders, Mohammed Sadiq Al-Sadr.

Al-Sadr was assassinated in 1998 in an attack many Shiites have blamed on the Saddam regime.

The imam was an outspoken opposition to Saddam and his persecution of the Shiite community.

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