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(10 May 2003) SHOTLIST Shalamjah border crossing, Iraq/Iran border 1. Crowd in no-man's land between Iraq and Iran waiting for return of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (brick arch marks entrance to Iraq) 2. High shot of crowd waiting for al-Hakim's convoy 3. Front of al-Hakim's convoy crossing no-man's-land (metal arch in background is Iranian border crossing) 4. Coach inching past chanting crowd 5. One car comes past, pan to second, thought to be one carrying al-Hakim, man climbs on top and is pulled off 6. Car by arch Basra, Iraq 7. Wide pan of crowd in open stadium, waiting for al-Hakim to arrive 8. Poster of al-Hakim in crowd 9. Crowd Basra, Iraq 10. al-Hakim being mobbed as he makes his way up steps to stage 11. Wider shot 12. Men around al-Hakim trying to make crowd move back so he can speak 13. Crowd as al-Hakim begins to speak Basra, Iraq 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq: "We defended you, all the people of Iraq, and you Kurdish, and we will continue to defend you. (Pause) Therefore I repeat, yes, yes, for justice (crowd echoes), yes, yes, for freedom (crowd echoes) yes for justice and civilisation." 15. Crowd waving arms in air 16. Crowd performing Shiite chant 17. al-Hakim being mobbed as he leaves stage 18. Wide shot of stage as crowd starts to disperse STORYLINE The leader of the largest Iraqi Shiite Muslim group opposed to Saddam Hussein returned to Iraq on Saturday after two decades in exile. Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, rolled across the Iranian frontier into Iraq at the Shalamjah border crossing. At the border, about two thousand supporters, including some clerics, had gathered with the green flags of Islam and portraits of al-Hakim. When the ayatollah finally crossed into Iraq, they swarmed his car, climbed on it and chanted: "Yes, yes, Islam! Yes, yes, al-Hakim!" and "We sacrifice our blood for al-Hakim". As his 100-vehicle convoy rolled off toward Basra, some tossed flowers at it and fervent men threw themselves at al-Hakim's car. The ayatollah arrived in Iraq to expectations that he will figure prominently in the future of the country he was kept from for so long. The son of another grand ayatollah, he had been in exile in Iran and under protection of its Shiite religious leaders since fleeing there in 1980. Many have compared his return to that of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who spent 14 years in exile in Iraq before returning to lead Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and lead its clerical regime until his death in 1989. As the ayatollah reached the southern city of Basra, Iraq's second-largest, al-Hakim was welcomed by a crowd of about 10 thousand who cheered as he took to a podium to address them. He called for Iraq to become an Islamic state - but condemned religious extremism. He rejected any foreign-installed government for his homeland, although he did not mention the United States directly, and said Iraq must be governed by Iraqis, not foreigners. After spending about a day in Basra, a Shiite stronghold, al-Hakim plans a visit to Najaf, a centre for Shiite Islam scholarship, and to the Shiite holy city of Karbala. Al-Hakim's group, whose English acronym is SCIRI, wants Iraq's future to be governed by Islamic law. He had said in recent days that SCIRI seeks to "realise the will of the Iraqi people", rebuild the country and establish good relationships with neighbours. 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...