Posted on 10/17/2004 8:14:58 AM PDT by lward99
I just spoke with a few friends of mine in Iraq. I sent his unit 100 DVD's of the WMD Movie. He said he could not describe the emotion, and sense of pride it brought when they watched it.
I suggest every one buys a copy http://www.wmddvd.com and show it to all doubters about the war. You will win them over.
People have to know the truth about Iraq.
Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com Monday, Oct. 18, 2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Weighing the human and economic toll of going to war against a tyrant in Iraq, a new film answers the question millions of Americans are asking before going to the polls: Has the war been worth it?
That’s the essential question asked in a new documentary film by Brad Maaske, a Central California businessman who hastens to distance himself from “Hollywood types” voicing opinions that he says lack foundation.
Contrary to Moore's claims, this film shows that George Bush was right when he confronted axis of evil member Iraq -- and liberated the Iraqi people using armed force.
Alarmed by the wellspring of criticism of the Iraqi war and the American policies backing it, particularly Michael Moore's recent film blasting President George W. Bush, Maaske sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the war, America’s military engagement, Iraq’s links to global terrorism, and in particular, the under-reported acts of atrocity committed directly by or under the command of Saddam Hussein.
“WMD – The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein,” released theatrically in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles on October 8, followed by release in theatres in other major markets and on DVD.
Central to the story are eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen footage of chemical attacks, murders and torture leveled against the Kurdish population of Iraq dating from Saddam’s corrupt rise to power and spanning more than two decades.
Pivotal to Maaske’s decision to develop “WMD” was his meeting with Jano Rosebiani, an award-winning Kurdish movie director who had documented the atrocities in his film “Mass Graves.”
Rosebiani, himself, had lost family members during “Anfal”, Saddam’s carefully orchestrated campaign of genocide targeting Kurds in Northern Iraq from 1986 to 1988.
“When I saw Jano Rosebiani’s film, it broke my heart,” Maaske said. “I knew this was a story that had to be told, but until now, no one had stepped up to the plate to tell it.”
Also important to the visual story are scenes from “Chemical Ali,” a documentary by Kurdish filmmaker Kawa Akrawi who assisted in the production of “WMD.”
At least 182,000 Kurds in Iraq were murdered or are missing and presumed dead. Authorities on Iraq estimate that 1.3 million people have died as a direct result of Saddam Hussein’s acts of terror since 1979, the year he bullied his way into office.
In addition to the stories told by the survivors of Saddam’s regime, Maaske draws on the study, experience and objective viewpoints of academic historians.
Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Dr. Judith Mendelsohn Rood, Chair of the Department of History, Government and Social Science at Biola University, offer a picture of regional history and a social and political context for the personalities and events that have stirred conflict in the Middle East for centuries and have polarized public opinion in the West for generations.
Also featured in “WMD,” and contributing to an understanding of how uninformed and off-balance popular sentiment on Iraq can be are interviews with bystanders and protesters conducted by Evan Coyne Maloney whose comically biting short films are a pillar of his website, bainterminal.com.
In one segment Maloney surprises “contestants” of an on-the-street “game show” with quotes of support for the war in Iraq from such unlikely voices as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore.
In another segment, Brad Maaske asks his audience to recall the horror of September 11, 2001, and consider how as a nation, the U.S. has pulled away from its unified determination to address global terrorism wherever it threatens human freedom and security.
“I find in showing scenes from 9-11, people are amazed by how quickly they’ve forgotten the horror of that day,” Maaske says.
“In ‘WMD,’ I want people to realize there’s a tremendous cost to apathy, especially when it comes to dealing with terrorism, whether it’s inflicted on our shores or half a world away.”
Rudolph Guilliani, the former mayor of New York, is seen in the documentary offering a modern history of terrorism, and declaring Saddam Hussein, himself, to be a weapon of mass destruction.
In the stirring conclusion to “WMD,” townspeople of Exeter, California, gather on a high school football field for the memorial service of Army Specialist Daniel Unger who was killed in action in Iraq.
The wife of his commanding officer reads an account of Daniel’s bravery, and his parents speak privately of their son’s sacrifice for freedom.
Clearly, if every voter in America saw this film, or even if it got the attention Michael Moore's fanatically anti-Bush movie received, there is little doubt who would win on November 2.
“WMD – The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein” is the co-production of Brad Maaske, The Iraqi Truth Project, and Earl Grizzell of Grizzell Productions in association with distributor Stonegate Media Group of Hollywood, California.
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I found it at http://www.wmddvd.com/
Now correct me if I am wrong, aren't there three movies out right now, WMD, Farenhype and Celsius something? I believe all three justify the war in Iraq.
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So this movie can not be bought at any video store?
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I looked and only found it online http://wmddvd.com/
Yes, I think your right..
Celsius 41.11.. *The trailer is graphic*
http://www.citizensunited-interactive.org/c41.11/
Now correct me if I am wrong, aren't there three movies out right now, WMD, Farenhype and Celsius something? I believe all three justify the war in Iraq.Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 has ENERGIZED conservative film makers.
Here are a few of the rebuttals to MM's fraudulent propaganda:
www.Celsius4111.com - point-by-point analysis of F9/11 lieswww.FahrenHYPE911.com - also very good, similar to Celsius 41.11
www.MichaelMooreHatesAmerica.com - VERY GOOD analysis of what a documentary SHOULD be, and exactly why Michael Moore's crap is NOT a "documentary"
www.WMD-theMovie.com - the MOST powerful, emotional history of why we MUST be in Iraq
Saddam's 'mass destruction' put on film by Moore critic
["WMD" to open in Texas, California, DC]
Washington Times ^ | October 16, 2004 | Heather Carlson
Posted on 10/16/2004 7:51:37 AM PDT by RonDog
The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com
Saddam's 'mass destruction' put on film by Moore critic
By Heather Carlson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published October 16, 2004
A California real-estate agent, frustrated by Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11," made his own documentary film detailing the mass murder of Iraqi Kurds by Saddam Hussein and previewed it for reporters at the National Press Club yesterday.
Brad Maaske sold most of his property and mortgaged his home to finance the $300,000 production titled "Weapon of Mass Destruction: The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein."
Mr. Maaske said he decided the American people needed to see another side to the Iraq conflict.
"We put together a film that we believe is the truth about Iraq and we think everyone should see it," he said. "I believe it's a pro-American film. I believe it's a pro-military film. I believe it's the truth."
The release of Michael Moore's controversial film "Fahrenheit 9/11" last summer, which offers a critical view of the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq, inspired Mr. Maaske to produce a conservative counterfilm detailing the chemical attacks, murders and torture conducted under Saddam's regime.
"Twenty-five million people saw a film called Fahrenheit 9/11," he said. "I hope that 25 million people watch my film, even if I never make a penny."-- snip --
About 10,000 DVDs of the movie will be sent to American troops serving in Iraq, Mr. Maaske said.
-- snip --
In the next few weeks, the film will open in 23 movie theaters across the country, including Washington, D.C., Friday at the Loews Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas 6 theater.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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We need to try to get these videos into video stores such as Blockbuster to at least let people who go in to rent fahrenheit 911 know that there is a counter side to moore's propoganda. Has the distributor of this film attempted to get this video into video stores, or are there plans to do so after its theatrical release?
Unfortunately, they said it would be 3 weeks before it arrives. That's AFTER the election.
Saw the trailer.....buying the DVD!
Send 'em a whole bunch of beer and "Team America". If they can survive their own laughter, they'll be charged up and ready to go.
I can just see 'em blasting away the krud in Fallujah singing "America, F%$# Yea".
Victor Davis Hanson
Senior Fellow
Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Hanson was a full-time farmer before joining California State University, Fresno, in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991 he was awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek and Latin. He is currently a professor of classics at the university.
Hanson was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California (1992–93), a visiting professor of classics at Stanford University (1991–92), a recipient of the Eric Breindel Award for opinion journalism (2002), and an Alexander Onassis Fellow (2001) and was named alumnus of the year of the University of California, Santa Cruz (2002). He was also the visiting Shifrin Chair of Military History at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland (2002–3).
Hanson is the author of some 170 articles, book reviews, and newspaper editorials on Greek, agrarian, and military history and essays on contemporary culture. He has written or edited thirteen books, including Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece (1983; paperback ed. University of California Press, 1998); The Western Way of War (Alfred Knopf, 1989; 2d paperback ed. University of California Press, 2000); Hoplites: The Ancient Greek Battle Experience (Routledge, 1991; paperback ed. 1992); The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization (Free Press, 1995; 2d paperback ed. University of California Press, 2000); Fields without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea (Free Press, 1996; paperback ed. Touchstone, 1997); The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer (Free Press, 2000); The Wars of the Ancient Greeks (Cassell, 1999; paperback ed., 2001); The Soul of Battle (Free Press, 1999, paperback ed. Anchor/ Vintage, 2000); Carnage and Culture (Doubleday, 2001; Anchor/Vintage, 2002); An Autumn of War (Anchor/Vintage, 2002); and Mexifornia: A State of Becoming (Encounter, 2003). His new book, Ripples of Battle, will be published by Doubleday in autumn 2003.
(2003)
Web Site Address: www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/hanson.htm
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