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Battle For Haditha
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Thanks for the recommendation Jim V...
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i didnt get to see the more4 thing but i'll watch it when it repeats.
There was especially an issue with the translation, which left some of what the Iraqis were saying a little flat, much less eloquent than what they were really saying.
Not sure if that's been corrected now, but overall a really good piece of film-making. I'm hoping to see Redacted soon, but part of me can't face it. After all this is a balanced film about the cost of a war to everyone, whereas Redacted supposedly screams with fury, anger and horror at what the Americans have done (unsurprising given the basis for the film).
The one moment I can't get out of my head though is that first strike from the air, with the grainy footage of a guy walking with a trowel, then suddenly he's wiped from exsistence...
Watched them both.
That was incredibly horrible - then later in the film we had a whole troop of them wiped out in one.
One thing though the video is shown as being made by the insurgents as propaganda and the girl interview is coached while the real news reports state that it was made by a human rights activist. I'm not sure which one was true but it did end up casting doubts for me about other similair stories.
If you haven't seen it and you're with Virgin Media, its available to watch for another five days on TV Choice, 4 On Demand.
There are disputes about the truth, but he was probably the most vehement when arguing about this - clearly it was something he felt he was almost certain about.
That makes things clearer.
Know you mean about the drone, it made it seem like a computer game. Scary stuff
fucks sake