Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The cover art for season two of Blowback. The first season of the show was a ten part series dedicated to the Iraq War. [4] Throughout the show audio clips from MSNBC and CNN and readings of news reports are provided as well as satirical skits performed by H. Jon Benjamin. [5]
Morally devastating experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan have been common. A study conducted early in the Iraq war, for instance, found that two-thirds of deployed Marines had killed an enemy combatant, more than half had handled human remains, and 28 percent felt responsible for the death of an Iraqi civilian.
Once Upon a Time in Iraq is a 2020 British documentary television miniseries directed by James Bluemel and narrated by the British-Iraqi actor Andy Serkis. [1] [2] Composed of five episodes, it features interviews with Iraqi citizens, American military personnel and international journalists about the Iraqi conflict and its effects on the Iraqi people.
The Iraq War (Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, [84] [85] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein.
Released on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, "Trenches" compiled three archival stories about Americans at war: The first takes a listen to tape recordings from 1966 made by an American soldier who was killed in action in Vietnam; The second excerpts 1989 interviews with African American soldiers who dealt with racism, both in Vietnam and ...
The Iraq War left the entire region in shambles, creating a power vacuum that resulted in the rise of ISIS, or the Islamic State, which has established a totalitarian "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria ...
Baghdad has a dark history with Syria-based Sunni fighters, thousands of whom crossed into Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion and fuelled years of sectarian killing before returning again in 2013 ...
Inside Iraq: Eyewitness to History: January 29, 2006 070: War Stories Investigates: Deception in the Pacific: February 12, 2006 071: Hollywood Goes to War: March 5, 2006 072: The Battle for the Huertgen Forest: April 23, 2006 073: The Remarkable Life and Mysterious Death of General Patton: April 30, 2006 074: Women of World War II: May 14, 2006 075