MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
1 hour 30 minutes
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Loosing heart and mind
BBC Four
Seven months after President Bush declared the war over in Iraq and "Mission Accomplished", British journalist and documentary filmmaker Sean Langan armed himself with a camera and set off to find out what life was really like in the newly occupied territory. This film shows how U.S. counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq have helped turn an underground Sunni resistance into a popular uprising. Shot over three months in Baghdad and in the surrounding towns of Fallujha, Ramadi and Samara, the documentary features extraordinary access to members of the Iraqi resistance. The film also features interviews with U.S. soldiers on patrol in Ramadi and Fallujha, and the 28th Combat Surgical Hospital in Baghdad. Langan also tracks the growing resentment of Iraqis and includes interviews with families and ex-prisoners outside the now notorious Abu Ghraib prison, who make allegations of sexual torture months before the rest of the world took notice.
"I've grown to hate the locals," admits one U.S. soldier candidly. "You can't trust them so you've got to hate them."
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