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Four u.s. troops were killed in the attack on that convoy and five american troops were captured. and the ones who were captured were then paraded on iraqi television. these were effectively prisoners of war being forced to appear in propaganda videos that were then broadcast all over the world. iraqi tv broadcasts also broadcast the bodies of images in that group. but this video of them parading american prisoners, this was sort of a shock to the american people in the very first week of the iraq war in march, 2003. when it happened it prompted a very direct and very stern warning at the time...

Shia, and these are sunni extremists. but you are talking about a neighborhood that collectively is anti-u.s. across the board, and a terrorist training ground. bill: bret, thank you. live in d.c. thanks. path few anna? patti ann: it's been a long battle to liberate iraq. congress agreed to u.s. involvement in 2002. that was followed by president bush signing authorization of military force. then in march 2003, shock and awe. the united states launching strikes against baghdad after the deadline for saddam hussein's exile expired. fast forward to 2007, president bush announced the surge, the d...

To as much oil as we wanted if we could carry on building weapons of mass destruction. >> if britain, we have two major oil companies, bp and shell, they were asked what if you asked the british government for in relation to the iraq war and both the oil companies and the blair government said, we haven't even talked about it. absolutely no meetings on the subject. so, i managed to get documents which recorded five meetings that took place between bp and shell and the british government between october 2002 and march 2003, five meetings. one of the meeting was between bp and the british foreig...

In relation to the iraq war? and both the oil companies and the blair government said, we haven't even talked about it. absolutely no meetings on the subject. so, i managed to get documents which recorded five meetings that took place between bp and shell and the british government between october 2002 and march 2003, five meetings. one of the meeting was between bp and the british foreign office and the opening sentence was "iraq is the big oil prospect. bp are desperate to get in there" so you had bp, the blair government both saying in public, although we don't talk about this, we are not t...

Veterans. we see things that aren't really there. we tell ourselves that we're doing things that we're not really doing. we have a poetry in this country about our love and respect for veterans that is not matched by the prose of how veterans are actually treated. i mean, we hit peak magnetic yellow ribbon on your suv time in this country in march 2003, which is the month when we did start the invasion of iraq. and in march of 2003, the same month the invasion started, the house of representatives passed a budget that month to cut $14 billion out of veterans health care. the same month, wrap i...