VOICED Army officers paid, Fallujah council meeting, plus funeral

(15 Jul 2003) VOICED BY VERA FRANKL Baghdad 0000 Various of former army officers in queue 0013 Group of former officers standing in shade 0015 Former officer with umbrella 0020 SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Razzaq Mohammed, former Lt. Colonel in Iraqi army 0034 Mid shot queue 0037 Wide shot queue Fallujah 0041 Wide shot tribal council meeting 0045 Mid shot members raising hands 0049 Man addressing meeting 0052 Wide shot meeting 0056 Various of voting in progress Haditha 0114 Wide shot funeral procession 0123 Wide shot pan of cemetery to funeral procession 0133 VISION ENDS STORYLINE: High ranking army officers from the former Iraqi regime got paid on in Baghdad on Tuesday for the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April. But another small milestone in the rebuilding of Iraq was marred by further violence, and fresh divisions over who should govern the country. VOICE-OVER: 0002 For hours, they queued in the summer heat - high-ranking army officers from the former Iraqi regime. Waiting for them at the front of the line, 120 U-S dollars in cash. It's the first time they've been paid since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Many complained that the payment was too low. 0020 SOUND UP 0022 Abdul Razzaq Mohammed was a colonel in the Iraqi army. I was in the military for 30 years, he says. Now i'm getting a salary that's lower than a civilian with no qualifications. 0034 Complaints about Tuesday's payout reflect a wider discontent among Iraqis. The country's new interim governing council, which met for the first time last week, is already facing its first hurdle. 0045 In the volatile town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a new tribal council has refused to accept the authority of Iraq's new governing body. Tribal leaders are unhappy with the ethnic and religious makeup of the national council - perhaps not an insurmountable problem, but one which reflects the challenges the U-S faces in trying to cater for Iraq's many ethnic groups. Supporters of Iraq's deposed royal family have also distanced themselves from the Interim Governing Council. 0114 And while new divisions emerge over who should run Iraq, the violence continues. On Tuesday, an Iraqi policeman buried his son, who died when angry neighbours set the family home alight. The reason - the policeman had invited U-S soldiers into his home for a meal. 0132 VISION 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...