WRAP Car bomb in Najaf, 5 people reportedly killed in Basra attack

(8 Nov 2010) SHOTLIST Basra 1. Emergency vehicles arriving at scene of car bomb 2. Officials walking towards scene 3. Machinery lifting debris 4. Close-up of damaged car, pan to machinery 5. Pan across damaged car 6. People gathered at scene 7. Tilt down from damaged building to ground 8. Pan across scene 9. Close-up of blood, pan across to abandoned shoe 10. Wide of scene 11. Various of soldiers 12. Damaged car Najaf 13. Iraqi troops at scene of blast 14. Various of burnt out vehicles 15. Blood stains on ground 16. Close-up of burnt out bus 17. Damaged building 18. Troops at scene 19. Various of burnt out cars STORYLINE Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded in the southern city of Basra on Monday, killing at least five people and injuring 15. It was the third car bombing to hit a Shiite city on Monday. Police and hospital officials in Basra say the bomb exploded near a restaurant in the southwestern part of Iraq's second largest city. Car bombs also struck the country's two holiest cities for Shiite Muslims, Karbala and Najaf, killing 16 people. The attacks are a reminder that insurgents remain determined to destabilise the country. Militants hit the three Iraqi cities as the leaders of major political blocs met for the first time on Monday after an inconclusive election in March. The talks aimed to break the eight-month deadlock over forming a new government. 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...