Filmmaker James Longley spent almost three years in Iraq gathering over 300 hours of footage of daily life. The result was the documentary Iraq in Fragments, which is now showing at the Sundance Film Festival. This week on War News Radio, we talk to the director about his unique cinematic…
Iraq’s professors have dealt with years of sanctions, looting, low pay, and endless bureaucracy. This week on War News Radio, we hear about what’s keeping faculty in Iraq, or driving them away. We also speak with an international expert about divisions between Iraqi insurgent groups. And, we hear news of…
How do you teach a war that’s still ongoing, and that carries so much political baggage? This week on War News Radio, we hear about a curriculum available that brings Iraq to high-school classrooms. And, as politicians strike a deal to outlaw inhumane treatment of prisoners in American custody, we…
This week on War News Radio, we hear about the Iraqi film industry from an aspiring filmaker in Baghdad. And we look at the images Americans are getting – and not getting – of the Iraq war. Last, we visit with an Iraqi artist about how he improvised in order…
This week on War News Radio, we review the President’s “Plan for Victory” and the reaction it has received. Also, Reuben Heyman-Kantor chats with a soldier’s mother who has started her own blog. Then, Wren Elhai gets the scoop on the Iraqi Stock Exchange from its CEO. And, an update…
This week on War News Radio, should we stay or should we go? Congress debates if troops should come home or sit tight in 2006, we take a look at Congressman and veteran John Murtha’s call for immediate withdrawal. We also bring you the story of Walter Jones, one of…
This week on War News Radio, we take a look at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and why, even after Vietnam, it still often goes untreated. Also, we examine the results of the recent off-year elections and how the War in Iraq played into campaign strategy. And we check in on…
The President says we won’t leave Iraq until Iraqi forces can fend for themselves. How are they doing? This week on War News Radio, we hear about how Iraqi Army recruiting efforts are going. Then we take a look back at how the army operated in Saddam’s Iraq – and…
This week on War News Radio, we investigate a few of the paths that lead young men and women to Iraq. Reporter Tevye Kelman tries to sign up at a recruiting station in Philadelphia. Also, John Williams talks to Individual Ready Reservists who never expected to get called up for…
This week on War News Radio, Iraq most likely has a constitution, but what next? Sunni politician Adnan Pachachi gives WNR his prediction of key issues for the December elections. Is instability spreading to Iraq’s neighbors? Reuben Heyman-Kantor gets an international perspective on new friction between Syria and the U.S.…