VOICED Bremer says Iraqi fighters are changing tactics

(26 Nov 2003) VOICED BY VERA FRANKL LIVEWIRE QUALITY Udain, near Baqouba - 24 November 2003 00.00 US soldiers going into house, UPSOUND (English) "US forces, come out" 00.11 US soldiers checking trunk 00.15 Soldier checking AK47 rifle 00.19 Soldier throwing seized items of floor 00.25 UPSOUND of soldier 00.28 UPSOUND of plastic handcuffs being put on suspect 00.32 Suspect led away 00.35 Suspect put into back of vehicle 00.40 SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel David Hope Baqouba - 22 November 2003 00.52 Wide shot of damaged Iraqi police station 00.57 Car which held car bomb Baghdad, 25 November 2003 01.02 US Chief administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer at podium 01.09 SOUNDBITE: (English), Ambassador Paul Bremer, US Chief Administrator in Iraq: LIVEWIRE QUALITY Udain, near Baqouba - 24 November 2003 01.34 US military vehicles 01.39 ENDS SUGGESTED LEAD-IN: The US chief administrator of Iraq on Tuesday said Iraqi insurgents had shifted from attacking coalition forces to attacks on Iraqis who are working with the U.S.-led occupation. Paul Bremer said the fighters had failed to intimidate coalition forces and so had changed tactics He was referring to a series of recent attacks including two car bombs last weekend at police stations, the assassination on Saturday of a police colonel and the killing on Sunday of a police chief near Baghdad. VOICEOVER: 00.00 UPSOUND (English) "US forces, come out" 00.05 Troops swoop on houses in the town of Udain, just north of Baghdad. 00.10 They're looking for weapons ... 00.12 ... and before long they're successful. 00.17 Along with rifles they find detonators, batteries and other bomb-making materials. 00.25 UPSOUND of soldier saying "Is there a limit on wires and electronic components you can have?" 00.28 UPSOUND of plastic handcuffs being put on suspect 00.34 Eleven people are detained. 00.40 SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel David Hope: "(We have) got a lot of bad people we're looking for. We'll continue to push them down. We'll do more joint operations with the Iraqi police. We are still recovering from the car bomb we had the other day, but the Iraqi police are doing well." 00.53 On Saturday, a car bomb exploded by the police station in nearby Baqouba. 00.58 Four policemen were killed. 01.02 The US chief administrator in Iraq says the attack shows the fighters are changing tactics. 01.09 SOUNDBITE: (English), Ambassador Paul Bremer, US Chief Administrator in Iraq: "The former regime loyalists and jihadists have always pursued a policy of intimidation. They have failed to intimidate the coalition. They have now began a pattern of terrorising innocent Iraqis in an effort to drive them away from the goal they share with the coalition, a democratic and peaceful Iraq. They will not succeed" 01.30 UPSOUND of helicopter 01.32 The US says it also expects Iraq's democratic bodies to be increasingly targeted. 01.39 ENDS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...