Elections: Basra build up

Elections: Basra build up; IRAQ: Basra: EXT Young boy pushing cart through muddy neglected street in poorest part of Basra Woman towards Man along and past on cart Bare footed child standing in sewage on the street TGV Children standing next to puddle waving Women along with belongings carried in baskets on their heads Vox pop with local man about the upcoming elections (translated) Hilsum along with British patrol and Iraqi children GVs Iraqi children (2 shots) CS Iraqi man Hilsum talking to group of young men CMS Young men talking Banner supporting Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani with burning candle on it People walking down muddy track of a street LA Feet walking over rubbish strewn street with goats pawing at the rubbish PULL OUT Vox pop with local man about the upcoming elections (translated) Iraqi military police officer guarding polling station at a school i/c outside election centre Police officer showing gun British officer asking if gun is officer's own SOT PAN to interpreter saying it is the officer's own gun Major Mohammed Ali (Basra police officer) interveiw SOT - Talks about already starting security procedures / Talks about assigning police officers to polling stations and are carrying out night patrols Sistani supporters campaigning from the back of trucks fitted with megaphones as driving through traffic (3 shots)