Middle East in WWI: Blood and Oil (2/2) - Inecom (2006)

http://www.janson.com/dvdcatalog/2010/03/01/blood-and-oil-the-middle-east-in-...
"Blood and Oil - The Middle East in World War I" exposes the Western greed and political intrigue which laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts, oppressive dictators and military interventions in today's Middle East. Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, modern Turkey and other hot spots are born as the British and French divide the "fruits of victory" in World War I.
The film examines the devastating conflict and Western political intrigue that laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts and military interventions in the Middle East. After the end of World War I, most of the Ottoman Empire was carved up into "spheres of influence," controlled mostly by the British and French. The remaining territories became the modern state of Turkey in 1923 - after a five-year struggle by Turkish nationalists against Western domination. Written and produced by Marty Callaghan ("Archives of War," "Remember Pearl Harbor: America Taken by Surprise"), this feature-length documentary film follows conflict from the Ottoman Empire's entry into the Great War in October 1914 to the Allied victory and declaration of the new Turkish Republic in 1923, and the hostilities that have plagued the region since. The 112-minute DVD also features extended expert commentary.

Category:

Education

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• Blood
• oil
• Middle
• east
• mideast
• Palestine
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Jordan
• Iraq
• Turkey
• British
• French
• Ottoman
• Empire

[Clausewitzz]

@Delta4ms

Last year Egypt stopped being an oil exporter and was just able to supply itself, this year Egypt has become an oil importer.

And what has happened with the country in the mean time...

US intrest (fundings) to the regime dropped and the economic situation in Egypt got an extra blow ontop of the global debt terrorism, the regime fell and now the country seems to be increasingly unstable.

And this coincedently started when Egypt stopped being an oil exporter.

[Delta4ms]

Unfortunatly countries with large populations like Egypt do not have large deposits of oil.

[BrotherWoody1]

Superb American doc. on not only the war itself but its aftermath that is very much still raging today. Not to be missed!