Aftermath of airstrike, clashes which killed six, hospital shots

(20 Apr 2008) SHOTLIST ++IN-TIME INCORRECT-TRUE IN-TIME = 11:25:02++ 1. Wide of smoke rising from blackened building, onlookers gathering 2. Mid of smoke rising from building 3. Various of damaged buildings with charred windows 4. Onlookers looking at damaged building 5. Two men carrying refrigerator out of damaged shop 6. Various of men removing charred debris out of damaged shop 7. Hole in wall 8. Men walking on rubble 9. Various of bombed sites 10. Crater caused by blast with damaged cars 11. Damaged car with people around 12. Damaged car with boy cleaning debris 13. Various of damaged cars 14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Um Hussein, resident: ''Why do aircraft and missiles pound us? They destroyed our houses and our properties. They damaged my son's cars. Why?'' 15. Mourners taking coffin out of house 16. Men securing coffin on top of minibus 17. Man crying and beating his chest 18. Minibus with coffin on top driving towards cemetery 19. Women in black beating their chests 20. Various of another minibus carrying coffin on top driving towards cemetery with mourners walking by 21. Corridor at Sadr hospital 22. Injured Iraqi lying on bed with relatives around 23. Woman sitting next to her injured child 24. Close up of injured child 25. Wide of injured people in beds 26. Corridor with people STORYLINE: Six people were killed and other 15 wounded as a result of an air strike and sporadic clashes in the Sadr City area of Baghdad, police and residents said on Sunday. They claimed the air strike also set fire to a building, destroyed several vehicles and damaged homes. Clashes between US-backed Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen have been ongoing in the area, that is also home to an estimated 2.5 (m) million Shiites. AP Television footage showed smoke still billowing from a damaged building covered with soot. Several wrecked vehicles were also visible, while the injured from the air strike were seen being treated in Sadr hospital. One local women told AP Television she was at a loss to understand why her people were being attacked. ''Why do aircraft and missiles pound us? They destroyed our houses and our properties. They damaged my son's cars. Why?'' Um Hussein said. The footage also showed residents holding a funeral procession for two victims. On Saturday, the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued a "final warning" to the Iraqi government to halt the US-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." A full-blown uprising by al-Sadr, who led two rebellions against US-led forces in 2004, could lead to a dramatic increase in violence in Iraq at a time when the Sunni extremist group al-Qaida in Iraq appears poised for new attacks after suffering severe blows last year. 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...