Nation Of Tears - Iraq

March 2011

Iraq continues to be dogged by violence. In the face of an ever worsening situation the people are losing patience with the incumbent government. Will Iraq be the next country to rise up?

"Look at the child. Film it! Show the world!" A man screams at the camera, his face red with emotion, as he stands beside the mutilated body of a young boy. Yet the boy's mother and father have no energy for anger, they can only weep. This is daily life for the people of Baghdad. Everyday there are more explosions and more deaths. "This is our life - we bury the dead then come to play", says Bilal in a Baghdad pool room. He has watched his friends and family die, he is out of work and lives in a tiny space with his mother and two brothers. He is just one of the many who see no hope for the future of Iraq. "They came with sweet-talk; where are they now?",one man says of the government as he sits on a pile of rubble. The people here are trying to reclaim the few possessions they have from the site of a bombing. They are all full of anger at Iraq's politicians, because the situation has not changed. The bombings, killings and burials continue and it is taking a terrible toll on Iraq. As the anger and resentment builds no one can tell what will happen next.

A Film By SBS
Distributed By Journeyman Pictures

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[dancewater2]

this is so tragic.... from the moment a US soldier stepped into Iraq until today, Iraq has been overwhelmed with violence and destruction. What the US government did to Iraq is monstrously, hideously, and massively EVIL.

[Boutdonow14]

Great journalism. This should be on the national news.

[pinklipstickx19]

mitt romney not concerned about the poor

[pinklipstickx19]

that guy in 3.12 is sexy 

[alnarweeg92]

@Gr33Elite AQ is not the only ones who can execute such attacks you know

[Gr33kElite]

Majority of the Youth Muslim support Al Qaeda and many other groups in their path and this is what they want to achieve a result of destruction this is sick...

[abuaimen23]

God explained to us in his holy koran that he never destroy a nation unless they destroy themselves.Muslim world became corrupted and left their faith so they are paying the consequences. Saddam was evil who killed more than 100,000 ppl for his 30 year old rule.and after that the worst came The US which is responsible the deaths of 2 million Iraqis ,what will be next Iran,Turkey.we don't know only i can say pple of iraq repent to your god and come to Quran and Sunna for solution

[Silvoleon]

it's sad how many people suffer in this world. people just don't get along; even when we all are playing for the same goal. a game in which we all want to be happy. we have enough food in this world to feed everyone, yet people die of hunger everyday. humanity has failed itself.

[HEAVENLYFATHER3000]

Look @7:19 the lady on the left...she is so young buy have lost her front teeth. OH MY GOD ...OH MY GOD ...I want to help these people so bad even though they had bombed churches and the innocents