FRONTLINE | Bad Voodoo's War Apr. 1 @ pbs.org/frontline

FRONTLINE teams up with director Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes) for a "virtual embed" in Iraq with the Bad Voodoo platoon in "Bad Voodoo's War" coming April 1 to PBS and online at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/badvoodoo/

In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves "The Bad Voodoo Platoon" was deployed to Iraq. To capture a vivid, first-person account of the new realities of war in Iraq for FRONTLINE and ITVS, director Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes) created a "virtual embed" with the platoon, supplying cameras to the soldiers so they could record and tell the story of their war. The film intimately tracks the veteran soldiers of "Bad Voodoo" through the daily grind of their perilous mission, dodging deadly IEDs, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears.

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[George6736]

I'll be watching.

[disneyvisite07]

Will definitely be watching on April 1st. If Bad Voodoo is as good as the trailer, it should be excellent.

[EmmyKat22]

What does Nuking accomplish?

[292x1]

I think we should leave Iraq. AFTER we nuke Mecca and Medina.

[chemicalculus]

this is worth watching. i get to see how missions are carried and people's experience in the war. best wishes to see the brave men alive. i began to wonder why they are in iraq.

[MomOfSailorOnUSSKH]

We should not even be in Iraq. Afghanistan I can understand, since they were given chances to hand over Bin Ladin and didn't. But, may I add, I dont think we can ever get the muslims to change. They just wont! What we should do is control our borders, build them up safely and be very strict.

[PrettyPinkStrat]

These guys are so brave. They do need to come home now! And everyone else over there. I am greatful for Deborah for bringing this Platoon to our attention. I learned alot.

[jeepers2655]

I watched it tonight on pbs.....May they all come home safe.....

[cman6983]

Definitely*

[cman6983]

My brother is in Bad Voodoo Platoon...I'll defenitley be watching!

[StephanAOTTO1]

Frontline's doing what ALL AMERICAN MEDIA should be doing:asking questions, getting answers, taking names, then sharing it with us in a raw, unblinking form, from which we can't, as usual, turn away.