(21 May 2003)
1. Wide exterior of mosque
2. Mid shot, flag
3. Various shots of women entering mosque with children
4. Women sitting in mosque
5. Various shots of photographs of Saddam victims
6. Pan of mosque interior
7. Various shots of women sitting in mosque
8. Close-up, woman crying
9. Woman holding photograph of deceased relative
10. Close-up, woman crying
11. Woman addressing crowd
12. Mid shot of women crying
13. Close up of woman crying
14. Um Ahmed walking
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Um Ahmed, Mourner:
"Their husbands, their fathers, their grandfathers, they were killed in prisons of Saddam Hussein. (They weren't) allowed to do anything like this. Now (they are) allowed to do anything to remember their fathers and their grandfathers"
16. Exterior of mosque
STORYLINE:
Women in Iraq, who lost their relatives under Saddam Hussein's regime, have gathered to mourn their dead.
While some women knew their relatives were killed in prison, the majority of them only got confirmation that their loved ones were dead after the regime fell in April.
The scale of the executions became apparent after the US-led invasion, when locals began to unearth a number of mass graves.
One of the mourners, Um Ahmed, who lost friends under Saddam's rule, said the women had not been given the opportunity to mourn their menfolk, but now were free to "do anything to remember their fathers and their grandfathers."
The women say they intend their commemoration to be an annual event.
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