Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
by Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy
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Actor: General Norman Schwarzkopf, John Hurt, Ramsey Clark, Scott RitterDirector: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 64 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arab Film Distribution
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Movie Review: A PAST WHICH MUST BE CLAIMED BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF HISTORY AND HUMANITY
Summary: 5 Stars
A little known fact it is that begins this vital documentary which should be seen by everyone: many Iraqis actually welcomed the American invasion of their country in March 2002, not because it meant possible termination to the vicious reign of Saddam Hussein (although that too), but rather because an invasion would definitely have meant a shift in U.S. promulgated policy of sanctions which, from the end of Gulf War I, had been responsible for the death of over 600,000 Iraqi children. These were the most brutal sanctions ever imposed on a civilian population in modern history and held in place for the longest duration, and, as the film makes abundantly clear in words and pictures, in the minds of the material witnesses, not directly employed by the United States government, amounted to an act of flagrant genocide. Why?
The film examines U.S. involvement in Iraq from before World War II until the period leading up the second invasion. The film was actually released in late 2000. Shown in black and white and living color is the history of the West's involvement with Mid-East oil and how Iraq fits into that picture over and 80 year period; the long and serpent-winding love/hate relationship between the U.S. and Sadaam Hussein, who, in the words of one of the films commentators, still a key figure in U.S./Iraq relations, "rode to power on a U.S. train"; the full history of Gulf War I, including Bush the Elder's mysterious policy which kept Saddam in power at the close of the war, when General Schwarzkopf, who provides commentary in the film, was sweeping toward total victory; details of the extensive use of depleted uranium warheads (uranium 238), better known as DU warheads, the deadly link between radioactive DU dust and "Gulf War Syndrome" and its impact on U.S. troops who served in Iraq, suppressed by the U.S. military; details of the aftermath of Gulf War I: how genocidal sanctions imposed by the U.N. under pressure from the U.S. served to strengthen Sadaam and keep the Bath Party in power; how the illegal `no-fly' zones kept in place during the Clinton Administration terrorized the civilian population as they were butchered in random bombings over a decade long `truce'; how the Iraqi civilian population was denied basic medical supplies under the sanctions and the effects of this combined with nuclear radiation from DU munitions scattered throughout the country; and many other sorry, sordid details leading up to the current invasion and occupation.
Still proud to be an American? Please, I beg you, see this film.
Summary of Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Winner: Cine Eco International Film Festival* Grand Prize *On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era. But was this invasion a surprise in the first place? Were all diplomatic means really utilized to try to resolve the issue peacefully? Was there any threat from the part of Iraq against Saudi Arabia or against any of the other Gulf states? Why wasn't Washington's rhetoric against Saddam ever matched by any real support to the Iraqi opposition groups? What purpose can the embargo over Iraq serve if it is not to weaken Saddam Hussein, a result it has evidently failed to achieve to this day? What is true behind this mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome" that goes on affecting hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans and local populations and more and more of them every day?
A two-year investigation, "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" brings answers to all of these questions, basing itself on documents never seen before on television and backed by interviews of such prominent personalities as Desert Storm Commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Denis Halliday, former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and many others. A large selection of archival footage, moving images recently brought back from Iraq, an original soundtrack scored by acclaimed composer Fritz Heede and the narration by two-time British Academy Award-winner, actor John Hurt, all contribute to making "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" a fast-paced, informative documentary while resolutely accessible to a general audience.
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