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Iraq War Multimedia

Iraq, Tony & the truth
Reveals how several of the claims made in public by Blair during the build up to the war - and afterwards - conflict with what we now know was going on behind the scenes, as evidenced for instance by government officials and documents
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Eugene Jarecki - Why We Fight
What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine. Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd & intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions
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Secret US plans for Iraq's oil
Greg Palast reveals how the Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil

Peter Kosminsky - The Government Inspector
A drama based on extensive original research (although fails to include all the facts) that tells the story of the late Dr David Kelly, an expert caught in the crossfire between the British government and the BBC over the war in Iraq. Kelly was one of the govt's foremost experts on WMD. The Drama depicts his time as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq in the 1990s and through the frenetic weeks and months in which the Blair govt attempted to persuade a doubtful nation of its case for war
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Torture: The Dirty Business
In this programme Andrew Gilligan examines the CIA's practice of abducting terrorist suspects and transferring them to states such as Egypt and Syria, where torture is routine. The programme also exposes the British government's refusal to condemn the use of torture by the government of Uzbekistan, for the sake of the 'evidence' it produces: "selling our souls for dross", in the words of the former British ambassador
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The History Channel - Promises and Betrayals
Documentary on how British double-dealing during WWI ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East. This film pieces together a disturbing picture of a cynical and duplicitous war time govt.
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BBC Money Programme - The War for Oil
The advocates of war insist it's not about oil. But global oil production is on the brink of terminal decline and when the West begins to run short of supplies - Iraq could be a lifeline
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Michael Burns - Preventive Warriors
A documentary project that takes a look at the US National Security Strategy 2002, its goals, origins and potential consequences. The film outlines how the US response to international crises in a unipolar world might very well impact the course of human history

BBC Panorama - The War Party
Panorama investigates the "neo-conservatives", the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House
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U.S. Conspiracy to Initiate the War Against Iraq
Even before the first day of the Persian Gulf crisis George Bush and the Pentagon wanted to wage war against Iraq.

Bremner Bird and Fortune - Between Iraq and a Hard Place
The Channel 4 satirists' take on the war with Iraq, full of factual information.

Spoils of War
The importance of Iraq's oil supplies and who will control them after a war.

Ramsey Clark  - former US attorney general
'Regime change needs to begin at home'

Donald Rumsfeld & Saddam Hussein
In 1983 these criminals met to discuss chemical & biological weapons sales.

BBC News  - US ready to seize Gulf oil in 1973
Recently made public British government documents show that the US were considering using force to seize oilfields in the Middle East during an oil embargo by Arab states in 1973
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BBC Newsnight - Theft of the Presidency
How the Bush brothers stole the 2000 US election by removing black Democrats from voter lists in Florida


BBC News 'Hardtalk'  - Saddam's Weapons
The former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix doubts whether WMD will ever be found in Iraq

BBC News 'Hardtalk'  - Iraq: Scott Ritter
An interview with Scott Ritter, discussing the latest ISG report on WMD in Iraq

BBC News 'Hardtalk'  - Oil as a Weapon
An interview with the President of OPEC, discussing the relevance of Iraq's oil

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
This documentary shows how the US government has manipulated the Gulf to ensure a secure supply of oil, including how the CIA installed their puppet Saddam Hussein
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Dr Colin Campbell - Peak Oil
In 2000, oil industry expert Dr Colin Campbell lectured in Germany on the peak of world oil production
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Short interview with Campbell
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America's Defense Monitor  - The Making of a Dictator
The arming of Saddam, by, amongst others, George Bush snr.
produced in May 1993
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Robert Greenwald  - UNCOVERED: the whole truth about the Iraq war
This documentary by 'moveon.org' takes a detailed look at the spin and distortions given by the Bush administration to justify the war.

Stephen Pelletiere - CIA analyst (ret. prof at the US Army War College)
'The predicament Mr Bush and the Pentagon hawks have gotten us into'
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Channel 4 News  - Doubts over Dr David Kelly's suicide
A British television news item about medical experts who have doubts over whether Kelly killed himself.

Simon Robson - What Barry Say's
An animation constructed around a monologue by Barry McNamara, criticizing US foreign policy and the Project for the New American Century

ITV John Pilger - Breaking the Silence: Truth and lies in the war on terror
Mainstream documentary exposing the real reasons for the war on terror, raising the issue of rising fascism
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C-Span  - interview with Greg Palast
The upcoming US presidential election, US policy in Iraq and other topical issues

CBC News - the World According to Bush
Excellent documentary on the inner-workings of the Bush administration. Aims to show how the Bushes have not only dined with the devil, but have often invited themselves to his table.

Greg Palast - BBC Newsnight and the Guardian newspaper
Alex Jones and Sacred Cow Productions interview Greg Palast. They discuss civil liberties in the US, the Bush crime family, the Project for the New American Century, Iraq and Oil
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Michel Chossudovsky - professor of economics, University of Ottawa
Disarming The War Agenda

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario - September 25th 2003 lecture
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Paul O'Neill, the Democrats and regime rotation
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BBC Newsnight  - General Jay Garner
Greg Palast interviews the former US administrator in Iraq, who describes Washington's long-term vision of Iraq as an American political and military base in the Middle East

Spoils of War
The importance of Iraq's oil supplies and who will control them after a war

Channel Four - Mark Thomas: Weapons Inspector
Mark takes on the role of UNTHOM weapons inspector, and sets out to find WMD - not in Iraq - but in Britain and the US
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