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On "Scream Bloody Murder," Christiane Amanpour takes up perhaps the hardest subject of all: genocide. In the two-hour documentary, she examines how the world has fallen short of stopping genocide since the Holocaust.

The program looks at atrocities in Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur. Amanpour balances the horror by focusing on stirring figures who spoke out -- and spotlighting the way the Internet is changing the way the world responds. The program is timely: President-elect Barack Obama's choice for United Nations ambassador, Susan Rice, is a fierce advocate for taking action against genocide.

A highlight is Amanpour challenging President Bill Clinton on "constant flip-flops" on Bosnia. He was furious, and that's the point. "Scream Bloody Murder" is about speaking truth to power. And Amanpour's stirring, instructive style is the main reason to enrol in this difficult history course.

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[IstalkBananas]

I´d love to know what goes through people´s minds when they kill someone because of their religion or race. I just can´t understand such stupidtiy and cruelty.

[Avetisahkyans]

In 1909 the Ottoman Sultan was overthrown by a new political group: the 'Young Turks', eager for a modern, westernised style of government. When the First World War broke out, the Young Turks supported Germany, which brought the country into conflict with Russia once again.

[77buzen]

i hear all this talk about genocide,,about pol pot,the jews and armenians,,,,,,now thses people still have there land and a flag to wave,,,,,there used to be a country in the black sea which was taken by the turkish ottomons,,,,my grandfathers were slaughterd and we lost everything,,,now this is a real genocide,,,when the total existance of a race is wiped out,,,,,WE ARE CALLED GREEK PONTIONS........

[nightofhalo]

here is a difference between Hilers genocide and Pol Pots' genocide. Hitlers genocide was not sloppy. he managed to persuade his entire country that jews were bad, and he carried out his plan very quickly. Pol Pot over worked and starved his people. his plan was to make an idealistic society that could never be. While both were bad, WW2s holocaust was much worse.

[nevadanevada]

thank you very much for uploading this documentary @ignoredvoices

[191x7]

@temokam Obviously nobody shows the true side of genocide when the country that did it is the most powerful and most influential on the planet. Just saying. (P.S: Im an American)

[temokam]

WHAT ABOUT THE GENOCIDE OF THE NATIVES OF AMERICA , YOU AMERICANS HYPOCRITES MURDERERS , IT IS EASY TO POINT FINGERS AT OTHERS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NUMEROUS GENOCIDES COMMITTED BY THE AMERICANS ALL AROUND OF WORLD FOR OIL , LAND OR NATURAL RESOURCES ?

[SlovenskyRaj]

@IstalkBananas And nearly all thinkers realize that all humans have the capacity to do great harm to another. Though sociopaths and the abused are more easily violent. None of us are really that different than all the people who were Nazi rank and file.

[SlovenskyRaj]

@IstalkBananas You asked "What goes through people's minds," so I'm giving you a psychological-based answer. Have you ever read Viktor Frankl's works? He's a death camp survivor who talks a lot about the difference between those who were the monsters and those who were the humans.

[IstalkBananas]

@SlovenskyRaj ,Sorry I don´t quite understand. A child making fun of another child is not the same as an adult killing a fellow human.

[SlovenskyRaj]

@IstalkBananas It's the same thing that goes through a child's mind when thoughtlessly making fun of another for being different. These aren't complex and mysterious motivations or emotions here. Adults are just more resigned and have learned to distance themselves from their emotions (compartmentalize and suppress).

[IstalkBananas]

@USMCSRIG ,I know. Awful!