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I really have no idea what her politics are, but I think it's strange to just assume the worst about somebody you don't even know.

I also googled around a bit, and couldn't find a single indicator of her politics.

She may have been an old-school documentarian who records events independent of her own political biases. She was embedded with US troops in Afghanistan recently, but I don't know what sort of work came out of it.

Besides, the whole East Timor thing that made her famous, did not have much of a pro-American or anti-American angle to it. We pretty much stayed out of that one.

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She may have been an old-school documentarian who records events independent of her own political biases.

Could be. I know I'm cynical, but:

Michael Moore is an independent film-maker.
Michael Moore wins awards for his work.
Michael Moore's work has recently focused on US invovlement in the Middle East.

You could substitute this woman's name for Moore's and the statements would still be true. I admit I'm making assumptions, and maybe I shouldn't. But if a lisping man came up to you and said he was an Interior Decorator, what would you assume?

It's true that not every award-winning Independent film-maker is anti-American.
It's true that not every lisping Interior Decorator is homosexual.

But most of 'em are.

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There is nothing I can see that indicates that her documentary is anything other than fairly straight forward from what I can see of the reviews I see on line. But I am suspicious because the references I could find to her work seemed to be on lefty websites.

Frankly, I do think that the anti-America left doesn't understand that the Islamizakis aren't their friends and I think it is entirely possible that this lack of understanding might be a factor in explaining what has happened to her.

I decided to google her name after seeing your post to clearcaseguy to see for myself, so I didn't make any assumptions until I had done that search. Specualtion as to her motives may be distasteful or unseemly, but it did make me curious about her. In a few days we will probably learn more about her and I am willing to admit that I could be wrong about her, but I don't think my point about the left's "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" attitude is incorrect (whether or not it applies to her).