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Series 1: 2. Insurgency. Lt Colonel Nate Sassaman and Iraqi civilian Alaa Adel reflect on the Iraqi insurgency. 59 mins. Series 1: 3. Fallujah. The battle of Fallujah is told by...
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With this spring marking the 20-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, “Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah” tells the story of the battle to retake the key city of Fallujah from a violent insurgency that was taking root across Iraq after the U.S. ousted Saddam Hussein.
Jul 13, 2020 · Waleed Nesyif was 18 when George Bush gave Saddam Hussein just 48 hours to leave Iraq. He was, like many Iraqi teenagers at that time, infatuated by the West. But while many of his generation...
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- James Bluemel
- November 24, 2021
The series chronologically covers the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein, and its subsequent occupation of Iraq (2003–2011); the first phase of the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006); the Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008); the post-US withdrawal insurgency (2011–2013); and the War ...
The story of the Iraq war and the chaos that followed, told by Iraqis who lived through it. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support you...
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Once Upon a Time in Iraq. The infamous battle of Fallujah is told by eye-witness accounts from journalists, soldiers and civilians. CIA analyst John Nixon is the first person to interrogate Saddam Hussein after his capture.
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Jul 20, 2020 · Insurgency: Directed by James Bluemel. With Andy Serkis. The Iraqi insurgency is examined through Lt Colonel Sassaman's descent into the darkest regions of his psyche. Alaa Adel was 12 years old when she suffered life-changing injuries from a roadside bomb.
