| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Host, Robert MacNeil ; reporter, Martin Smith. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the television program America at a crossroads and as a special Frontline report in 2007. |
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Region 1, anamorphic widescreen format; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Takes a hard look at the four-year effort by America and its allies to train Iraq's new army and police forces and make them capable of bringing security to the country. Follows U.S. advisory teams working with Iraqi forces during two months in the fall of 2006. Shows the obstacles faced by these U.S. soldiers and the challenges of ending the violence, torture, and murder on the Iraqi streets. Examines the history and events that led to the current sectarian crisis, why the Iraqi elections didn't curb escalating Shia-Sunni sectarianism, and how top Iraqi officials have downplayed or denied the growing sectarian militia forces. |
| Contents |
Introduction : powerless to stop the killing -- Standing up the Iraqi Forces : mixed results -- Cultivating a nationalist feeling -- Badr Corps infiltrate Iraqi government -- Shia police vs. Suni [i.e. Sunni] civilians -- Al Qaeda bombing in Samarra -- Iraqi Army better than its police? -- Changing US strategy. |
| Note |
Special features include: discussion guide (PDF). |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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Police -- Iraq.
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Police. |
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Iraq. |
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Iraq -- Armed Forces.
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Armed Forces. |
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Insurgency -- Iraq.
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Insurgency. |
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2003- |
| Subject |
Police -- Violence against -- Iraq.
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Police -- Violence against. |
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United States. Army -- Military life.
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United States. Army. |
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- |
| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Added Author |
Gaviria, Marcela, screenwriter, producer.
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Smith, Martin (Martin E.), screenwriter, reporter.
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MacNeil, Robert, 1931-
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Eaton, Leo, producer.
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WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
America at a crossroads (Television program)
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Frontline (Television program)
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| Music No. |
ACRO604 PBS Home Video |
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