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This program draws on more than 12 years of reporting on Iraq to explain the
history of the U.S. confrontation with Saddam Hussein. It includes how the West
armed Iraq, the mind and methods of Saddam Hussein, the origins of the first
Gulf War and its ragged end, the frustrating effort to disarm Iraq through U.N.
inspections, how Saddam survived efforts to undermine his power, and the long-
standing effort by Washington hawks to remove him.
ERC VID.
327.73056 LONG.
THE WAR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY MICHAEL
KIRK.
Off-air recording of the SBS program broadcast 11/03/03. Copied under Part 5A of
the Copyright Act 1968.
"A Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd."
Frontline examines the hidden story of what is really driving the Bush
administration to war with Iraq. The investigation asks whether the publicly
reported reasons - fear of Saddam Hussein{u0315}s weapons of mass destruction or
desire to insure and protect America{u0315}s access to oil - are only masking
the real reason for the war. Through interviews with well-placed sources in and
outside the administration, Frontline unravels a story known only to the
Washington insiders.
First released: Boston, Mass. : WGBH Educational Foundation, c2003.
ERC VID.
327.73056 WAR.
SADDAM, AMERICA'S BEST ENEMY [VIDEORECORDING] : A FILM / DIRECTED BY PASCAL
VASSELIN ; [WRITTEN] BY JACQUES CHARMELOT ; PRODUCED BY ARNAUD HAMELIN.
Off-air recording of the SBS-TV program broadcast 21/02/06. Copied under Part 5A
of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all.
At head of title: Marathon, a Sunset Presse production.
Copyright notice: Commonwealth of Australia. Copyright Regulations. 1969.
Warning.
Editing, Chantal le Baron ; researcher, Edwige Lafor{u00EA}t.
Narrator, Fraser Macnaught.
Documents a 40-year relationship between Saddam Hussein and the U.S., through
accounts given by those who were witness to and participants in those years of
violence. It is about a man and a superpower who used each other, in a marriage
of convenience between strange bed-fellows. To the U.S., Saddam Hussein was a
relatively reliable Arab tyrant, with whom they could deal. The U.S. used
Saddam's mistakes and benefitted from them. From his first steps towards power
and his final fall in the Iraq War of 2003, Saddam Hussein saw nine U.S.
presidents come and go. The U.S. sought to be the unrivalled guardian of the
Middle East, while Saddam saw himself as the master of the Arabs. Therefore,
Saddam and the U.S. were a necessary evil for each other, in a tragic
misalliance. The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Saddam's subsequent fall
marked the end of a pernicious liaison of 40 years. Saddam Hussein who wanted to
rule over an empire is now locked up, never to see freedom again. While for the
U.S., they are now prisoners of an adventure for which they see no real end.
Includes selected archival footage of Saddam's beginnings, filmed to immortalise
his exploits, at 20 years of age, in 1959. Includes also images from the film,
Saddam Hussein, le ma{u00EE}tre de Bagdad, directed by Michel Vuillermet (Zarafa
Films).
First released: [France] : Sunset Presse, c2005.
DVD.
Closed-captioned, narration in English; dialogues in English and Arabic, with
English subtitles.
ERC DVD.
327.730567 SADD.
AUSTRALIA & ASIA [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY TONI STEINBRECHER.