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(17 Aug 2003) SHOTLIST Roberts International Airport 1. Various, control tower at airport, US helicopters arriving at airport 2. US troops outside airport 3. Various, helicopters landing 4. US troops disembarking from helicopters 5. Monrovians watching from airport building 6. Various, troops carrying gear 7. Various, John Blaney, US Ambassador to Liberia, with troops 8. Soldier greeting Deputy Director of airport 9. SOUNDBITE (English) John Blaney, US Ambassador to Liberia: "I feel very good today, I think this is going to be a very important step to help the people of Liberia as President Bush has said, and underline, we want to help those who are suffering here, and there are quite a number of them. And by working with ECOMIL (ECOMIL is the acronym for the West African bloc's Nigerian-led peace force in Liberia) we're going to make it happen." Monrovia Port 10. Various, people carrying away looted goods 11. Armed man trying to drive away looters 12. Same armed man escorting a looter 13. Child out of control with large knife Gabriel Tucker Bridge, also known as New Bridge, which marked front-line between government and rebel forces 14. West African and US peacekeepers on bridge 15. Various, crowds celebrating (on government side of bridge) Roberts International Airport 16. Various, US troops walking across tarmac 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, US Marine "We're going to do some efforts at the port, primarily engineering efforts to help the humanitarian relief effort get the port open as soon as possible so we can relive the suffering of the Liberian people Gabriel Tucker Bridge, also known as New Bridge, which marked front-line between government and rebel forces 18. People gathered behind US Humvees on government side of bridge 19. Pull out from US flag 20. Helicopter landing on bridge 21. LURD leader walking onto bridge to greet head of West African peacekeeping force 22. LURD leader formally ceding power to head of West African peacekeeping force 23. People running across bridge cheering 24. People celebrating 25. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Liberian Citizen (Q: How do you feel about the bridge re-opening today?") "Well, I want to first of all thank almighty God, we want to say thank you to George Bush, thank you to the air force, thank you for all of you who have come out today to set us free." 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Liberian Citizen "Oh, my brother, this is finally peace now, I am sure of that, the final peace coming to Liberia. There'll be no war." (Q: Why do you say that?) "I am saying that because since from the beginning of the war, Americans have never been involved in the war, in the peace process in Liberia. But this is the first time America has been involved." Monrovia Port 27. Various, West African peace keepers guarding entrance to port 28. Various, US troops securing port area 29. Various, West African and US troops around port STORYLINE Rebels lifted their siege of Liberia's capital on Thursday and 200 American troops landed in support of a growing West African peace force. The rebels had pledged to pull out of Monrovia at noon local time on Thursday, as soon as their demands that warlord president Charles Taylor leave Liberia and that West African peacekeepers deploy had been met. US President George W. Bush - authorising the first US peace mission to Africa since fighting in Somalia killed 18 US troops in 1993 - likewise had ruled out deploying any significant American force until Taylor departed. Clutching M-16s, marines ran out in flak vests, helmets and jungle green camouflage. 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...