From Basra to Baghdad

Protesting the second Gulf War

From Basra to Baghdad We follow a small group of international peace activists as they attempt to prevent the US bombing Iraq. We look at the potential humanitarian repercussions of a prolonged campaign.
An entire street in Basra lies decimated, the victim of a US 'smart' bomb dropped in 1999. "We often hear 'we have no quarrel with the Iraqi people,'" explains minister and activist Neville Watson. "But when the smoke clears, it's the ordinary innocent men, women, and children who lie buried." At a children's hospital in Basra, beds lie filled with children suffering from Leukaemia, the legacy of Allied use of depleted uranium. A UN report claims that 50,000 children under the age of five die unnecessarily each year. Activists like Kathy Kelly claim it is US sanctions that are the real 'weapon of mass destruction.' One doctor bringing in basic over the counter medicines faces a $10 000 fine when he returns to the US. An interesting feature profiling the steps activists are taking to prevent war.

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