Obama and Rev. Wright
Davey D. on Obama and his reaction to the firestorm over Reverend Wright  11 hours ago view

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Iraq's lost generation
A short film courtesy of Guardian Films  11 hours ago view

context links | In the final instalment of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's series of films to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, he travels to an orphanage in Sadr city, where children speak of their hatred of America. A generation of Iraqi children have been radicalised and anti-westernised by the war.

Bush and protests mark anniversary of Iraq war
AP news item on 5th anniversary of Iraq war  11 hours ago view

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Crisis in Tibet
Aijaz Ahmad: Dalai Lama caught between China and independence groups  5 min ago view

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College students polled on Iraq war
AP on students reaction to Iraq war  10 hours ago view

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Baghdad's killing fields
A short film courtesy of Guardian Films  1 day ago view

context links | In the second of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's series of three films he visits Baghdad's killings fields on the edge of Sadr City. The scene of thousands of sectarian murders over the last three years, it is a desolate and evil place: "Only the killers and the killed ever come here" says Abdul-Ahad. Here in the thousands of unmarked graves lie the victims of the Shia militia gangs.

Norman Lear on God, patriotism and morality
Lear says progressives must be part of the conversation about values, Obama's speech historic  1 day ago view

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Senate hearing: GDP fails to measure progress
Martin Collier: We are what we measure and GDP does not measure what we value  1 day ago view

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Baghdad: City of Walls
Is the surge working? A short film courtesy of Guardian Films  18 Mar 08 view

context links | transcript | In the first of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad's extraordinary series of films to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, he investigates the claims that the US military surge is bringing stability to Iraq. By travelling through the heart of Baghdad he exposes how, by enclosing the Sunni and Shia populations behind 12ft walls, the surge has left the city more divided and desperate than ever.

Journey to Baghdad
Baghdad is more divided than ever - A short film courtesy of Guardian Films  18 Mar 08 view

context links | On the fifth anniversary of the US/British-led invasion of Iraq, the Guardian's award-winning foreign correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has teamed up with ITV News to bring us a series of extraordinary films for the ITV News and guardian.co.uk. In these unprecedented films he, as an Iraqi, goes where foreign journalists can no longer go - to the heart of Baghdad's most dangerous sectarian zones. He uncovers Iraq's own killing fields where only the "killers and the killed" can visit; and he reveals the desperate truth of the trafficked children of Iraq.

Why the US sees Iran as a threat
Aijaz Ahmad: The main reason is the geopolitics of the region and the global economy view

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Clinton vs Obama on Blackwater
Winter Soldier: Jeremy Scahill discusses why no presidential candidate plans on fully leaving Iraq view

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Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan
Testimony and interviews from Washington DC  18 Mar 08 view

Winter Soldier: Fight to Survive
Winter Soldier: Garrett Reppenhagen Iraq vet and anti-war blogger view

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Winter Soldier: Jesse Hamilton
Hamilton: Death blossoms in Iraq view

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Eagles Up protest Winter Soldier
Vets in support of current war policy protest against Winter Soldier testimonies view

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Has corporate media forgotten Iraq?
Winter Soldier: Phyllis Bennis on the loss of media interest in the Iraq war view

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Winter Soldier: An Iraqi perspective
Iraqi journalist Salam Talib describes the divide between the American and Iraqi perspective of the war view

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Verifying Winter Soldier
Jose Vasquez talks about the process of verifying the stories of those testifying view

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Winter Soldier: Adam Kokesh
Kokesh: On rules of engagement view

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