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(20 Aug 2004) SHOTLIST Najaf 1. Wide shot entrance to shrine with people sweeping up in mosque courtyard 2. More of people sweeping up debris 3. Man drinking water with other men resting on steps behind him 4. Men in mosque courtyard 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Ahmed al-Shaibany, Muqtada al-Sadr's Spokesman in Najaf (speaking into mobile phone): "Because Mr Muqtada al-Sadr had ordered the surrender of (the keys to) the holy shrine to the highest religious authority and as you know, Najaf is now a hundred per cent free from a highest religious authority or a prominent religious figure who he can surrender (the keys of) the holy shrine to." 6. Damaged mosque window 7. Wide of street near the mosque 8. Group of men with guns sitting on the ground 9. Various of US tanks on streets 10. US soldiers sitting in room, some of them asleep 11. Close-up soldier holding gun Kufa (town adjacent to Najaf ) 12. Wide shot of tiled entrance Kufa mosque 13. Close-up entrance to Kufa mosque 14. Men praying in mosque courtyard with golden dome in background 15. Mid shot men praying 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Sheikh Jaber al-Khafaji (delivering a message from Muqtada al-Sadr at the mosque: "My wish and request from the highest religious authority that it accepts that the old part of Najaf would be under its control alone, not under the control of the Mahdi army." 17. Wide shot Sheikh Jaber al-Khafaji with people listening to his address Mansour district, Baghdad 18 Wide shot of demonstration with people marching through streets 19. Various of men marching and chanting at demonstration Khadmiya, Baghdad 20. Wide shot tiled entrance to Khadmiya mosque 21. Interior mosque courtyard - crowd of worshippers listening to cleric Sheikh Raed al-Ashadi 22. Man holds newspaper with photo of Muqtada, chanting 23. UPSOUND (Arabic) crowd chants: "We are ready to lay down our souls for sayeed Muqtada." Sadr City, Baghdad 24. Interior Hikma mosque with cleric addressing the crowd, small picture of al-Sadr attached to podium 25. UPSOUND (Arabic) crowd chanting: "We will never be humiliated again." Basra 26. Protestors holding up banner reading "The people of Basra call for the bloodshed to stop in Najaf" 27. Wide of demonstration with banners STORYLINE In an attempt to end two weeks of devastating fighting in Najaf, Shiite militants removed their weapons from the Imam Ali shrine where they have sought refuge - and offered to turn over the keys to top religious leaders . But by late Friday, the fighters loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr were still in control of the mosque. The apparent decision to vacate the shrine came as a surprise, just a day after the militants rejected an ultimatum by the US-installed Iraqi leadership to withdraw or face a massive raid into the walled compound. A peaceful pullout - mediated by religious authorities - offered both the insurgents and the government a face-saving way out of the dangerous crisis. An aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric said on Friday that he would take control of the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf if militants currently holding it departed and handed his office the keys. But aide Sheikh Hamed Khafaf told The Associated Press that up until Friday evening, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani had not received them. The current round of violence has spread to other Shiite communities throughout Iraq, killed scores of civilians and wounded hundreds more. Sporadic explosions and gunfire were still heard in the streets of the holy city Friday, but the clashes were far fewer and less intense than in 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...