Documentaries Tagged “iraq”
WIkileaks War, Lies and Videotape
WIkileaks War, Lies and Videotape
“WikiLeaks: War, Lies and Videotape” by Luc Hermann and Paul Moreira airs on Discovery Channel audiences this Sunday. One of many Wikileaks movie projects, this Wikileaks film and documentary includes Julian Assange interview footage as well as coverage of Wikileaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg who has since defected from Wikileaks,...
Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own
Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own
After the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans suffered toxic reactions, neurological damage, and rare cancers due to exposure to 2,4,5,-D and 2,4,5-T dioxin that was used in the form of the defoliant Agent Orange. Unfortunately, the U.S. military denied the problem and failed to heed any of the lessons of this chemical ...
Wars In Peace
Wars In Peace
Afghanistan, war in the Hindu Kush, a war fought by the Soviet Union to prevent the spread of Islamic Fundamentalism. Like Vietnam, a conflict dominated by the helicopter gunship. Unlike Vietnam, a hit and run guerilla war not all rebels could agree how to win and one fought under often atrocious conditions for which the soviets were u...
Private Warriors
Private Warriors
What’s a little suprising is that the army corp doesn’t rely on soldiers for protection; they’ve outsourced the job. The security company, the army corp hired, is not even American. The company, Arenas was founded by ex-members of British Special Forces and hires an assortment of ex-soldiers and retired policemen from South Africa, Ame...
Iraq’s Missing Billions
Iraq’s Missing Billions
The British and American coalition which had overthrown Saddam Hussein was given a very special responsibility by the United Nations. It was given trusteeship of more than 20 billion dollars that belonged to the people of Iraq. Over the next 40 months, it spent almost all of it. Yet, no one can account for where it all went. Literally ...
Iraq: The Reckoning
Iraq: The Reckoning
Peter Oborne, political editor of the Spectator, reports on the West’s exit strategy for Iraq. He believes the invasion of Iraq is proving to be the greatest foreign policy failure since Munich. Oborne argues that the plan to transform Iraq into a unified liberal democracy, a beacon of hope in the Middle East, is pure fantasy. Reportin...