Posted on 10/15/2004 6:14:56 AM PDT by OESY
...This spring, film producers... sent 150 digital video cameras to Iraq and invited Iraqis to tape whatever they wanted -- and then pass the cameras onto someone else. The three had no idea how the victims of first Saddam Hussein and then of the chaos that accompanied his fall would react.
By the end of last month, the producers had received some 450 hours of footage, taped all over the country with some 2,000 Iraqis. The scenes in their completed film, "Voices of Iraq" (www.voicesofiraq.com), come as a shock....
But mostly, overwhelmingly, there are signs of life and optimism. Iraqis have filmed themselves in busy streets, bustling markets and a packed amusement park, the bulbs on its rides lighting up the night sky. There is a jubilant graduation ceremony at Baghdad University....
Yes, a few people tell the camera that it was better under Saddam, and in Baghdad many express fear or bitterness about the lack of security. In general, though, the Iraqis have taped each other making plans for the future: celebrating the freedom to get a passport or an e-mail address and to write, broadcast and express any opinion they like. We see people rebuilding a children's theater; artists talking about the contribution they will make to world culture....
So, too, is their ability to put even the most infamous acts in perspective. As one man says: "The Abu Ghraib scandal has shaken your country -- but those prisoners were Saddam's henchmen....
And in August, when the campaign of bombings surges in Baghdad, the people in the videos don't curse the U.S.... But most also blame their neighbors in the region, whose real target, as one man asserts, is Iraq itself....
"Voices of Iraq" is not easy to watch, especially when the voices are so optimistic....
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Especially if you are a Democrat.
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Give 'em hell, Lynndie!
Bugs me how that whole thing has effectively neutralized Rummy. Notice that he has dropped from sight. Could've been a solid rock for W in this campaign.
Excellent!:But mostly, overwhelmingly, there are signs of life and optimism. Iraqis have filmed themselves in busy streets, bustling markets and a packed amusement park, the bulbs on its rides lighting up the night sky. There is a jubilant graduation ceremony at Baghdad University....
Yes, a few people tell the camera that it was better under Saddam, and in Baghdad many express fear or bitterness about the lack of security. In general, though, the Iraqis have taped each other making plans for the future: celebrating the freedom to get a passport or an e-mail address and to write, broadcast and express any opinion they like. We see people rebuilding a children's theater; artists talking about the contribution they will make to world culture....
Here is how MOST of the the rest of the MSM would report this:
"people tell the camera that it was better under Saddam, and in Baghdad many express fear or bitterness about the lack of security."
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