All language subtitles for Abbas Fahdel - (2015) Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) 2

My brother Ibrahim

Iraqi National Museum.

Chocolate!

Dollars!

He wants tea!

You want tea?

America good!

Tell him, "No to Saddam. Yes to Bush."

You have canned fish?

- Bye!
- Good America!

My nephew Haidar.

There are many airplanes!

When we got back to town,
we saw several airplanes flying low.

You could see their shadows
on the ground.

The gardener.

A few days before the war,
you told me that you wished

for the war to go to the countryside.
And finally you went there!

We all went there.

It was fun, but my father
remained in Baghdad.

We were worried about him.
Mom was crying all the time.

We watched on TV
the bombing of Baghdad.

My mother was worried about my dad.

The radio station where Dad was working
was bombed twice.

Hit City was bombed?

Only the post office.

Three missiles struck the building.

When the first missile exploded,
everyone started crying.

Aunt Hadil ran behind her children.

We took refuge in the corridor
to avoid broken glass.

People came out to watch
the bombed post office.

Loudspeakers of mosques
recommended to avoid the post office,

for fear of further bombing.

But nobody listened.

You saw Americans in Hit?

Not in Hit, but in Baghdad,
when we came back.

Some Americans are cool,
others are wicked.

What do the wicked do?

They push kids and yell at them.

Some are nice. They play with kids.

While others shout at people, "Go away!"

You can answer them,
"This is my country, I go where I want."

They can shoot you
if you talk to them like that.

They are free to do what they want.

They are occupiers
and we can't oppose them.

Our country has become like Palestine.

- You stayed here during the attack?
- No, we went to Hit.

And you?

- We stayed in Baghdad.
- You were not afraid?

Nothing happened.

You had water and electricity?

There was no electricity or water.

What did you do for washing?

Go ahead. I'll close the door.

You don't take the direct route, Dad?

My brother-in-law Madhat.

Good-bye!

Dad, can we drop off Haidar
before picking up my friend?

Uncle, look at these Americans!
This is the new Iraq.

People say that Americans wear
special glasses to see people naked!

That is why it's recommended
to avoid them.

The other day, an American
wanted to photograph me.

I refused.

He said, "Why?" I answered, "No."

I don't like to be photographed by them.

On the left, there are the flowers
Mom told you about.

They grow tall and are very beautiful.

Bye!

- Hello, sir!
- Hello!

Film me, sir!

My friend will ride with us.
She's very shy.

I take them to school and then...

my daughter's friend's father
brings them back home.

We help each other like that.

It'd be more practical
to put the can here.

Put it here!

Many people participated
in the looting, except us.

We live by selling gasoline.

Approach your camera!

They repaired this bridge.

Cold Pepsi!

Give us two bananas.

This bridge was entirely destroyed.

We drive on the sidewalk.

The looters took everything!

This was the main Iraqi radio station.

International conventions prohibit
the bombing of radio stations.

This is why we weren't worried.

The US and its allies know
that we are civilians,

not combatants.

We didn't expect to be bombarded,

because our activity
is neither military nor political.

Our activity is civil,
and there were no privileged among us.

We were even victims of the regime.

Our monthly salary
doesn't cover a week's needs!

Despite this, bombs targeted us!

The Coalition forces
deserve a lot of blame.

My brother-in-law worked
in this station for thirty years.

Let's get out of here!

- The door next to your uncle is closed?
- Yes.

- Ammar, check it.
- I did.

I accompany Manar and Ammar
to their university.

They're preparing the final exams.

I accompany them because of insecurity.

My niece Manar.

- Faculty of Technology.
- Drop us off here.

Bye!

- Good-bye, Uncle!
- Bye!

Good-bye!

Notice to female students:

For your safety, we offer to escort you
with 12 tanks, one Apache helicopter

and one F-16 Fighting Falcon equipped
with weapons of mass destruction.

You always lose your files!

I don't know where I put it!

Calm down! Your uncle is filming you.

If you don't find the file at home,
I'll make a copy for you.

The IT department regrets the death
of the student Mayada Aïd.

May her soul rest in peace.

The Tigris River.

According to the US military
command spokesman, a soldier was killed

and four others were wounded
in an attack this morning.

Thus the number of US soldiers
killed in Iraq reaches 30,

since the US President announced
the end of military operations in Iraq.

This is my third trip today!

I first accompanied
Kanar and Haidar to school,

and then Manar and Ammar
to their university...

And now I'm accompanying
Ishtar to her workplace.

There's no more shuttle service
to take me to work.

I must ask my father
or my brother to accompany me.

Even taxis aren't safe.

I have a knife in my bag.

Look, Uncle! Looters!

They're glad to be filmed!

They said to Uncle, "Film us!"

The new Iraq! Americans everywhere!

They've set up roadblocks everywhere.

They cause traffic jams...

My brother Ibrahim.

There were more in the morning.

An American camp!

It's surrounded by barbed wire.

Uncle! What is this place?

Here is Itefiya district 1.

And Itefiya 2?

After the bridge.

We have to cross the bridge?

No.

Thanks!

This is one of the victims!

- Which one is your house?
- The one near the corner.

- The one under the palm tree?
- Yes.

- You were inside when it happened?
- Yes.

The house collapsed
and everything burned.

Even my identity documents burned.

Where do you live now?

In a van, without water or electricity.

Our situation is unbearable.

I have a paper signed by the Americans.

An American officer signed it.

This paper confirms the loss
of all your identity documents!

Yes, identity card,
passport, ration card...

- How many houses were destroyed?
- All the surrounding houses.

Our cars were also destroyed.

The houses are entirely destroyed inside.

The exterior wall was here?

From here to there.

The kitchen.

The bathroom. The rooms.

Furniture, jewelry, documents.
Everything burned.

Why doesn't Bush give orders
to compensate these families?

- They live in the streets, with nothing.
- You think Bush cares about you?

Why not? He only cares about Americans?

- What did he expect when he came here?
- What happened here exactly?

The war was over.

Baghdad was already occupied

when the Americans blew up
the ammunition here.

They didn't care about innocent families!

Baghdad was occupied for a week.

People were friendly with the Americans.
Despite that,

they blew up ammunition here!

We told them, "You'll destroy our houses!"
They replied, "Too bad for you!"

Disaster victims now live in the gardens.

- Under the sun!
- It'll be worst in winter.

We live in a van. In winter we'll be
exposed to cold and rain.

I swear if I see an American,
I'll kill him.

The explosion burned this child.

Look at his leg!

Look at his arm!

Nobody's interested in his case.

Look at his back!

He lives there.

What crime did he commit?
Did he fight the Americans?

Even trees weren't spared
from destruction.

These trees were protecting
our houses from the sun.

Our district is known for its gardens.

It turns green because we watered it.

We're trying to give new life
to our gardens.

It was all black and burned,
like the child that you just saw.

Even nature wasn't spared
from destruction!

We blame the Iraqis
more than the Americans.

There are fifteen Iraqi political parties,
some of whom lived in exile.

No Iraqi politician
is interested in our situation.

We only want our rights.

You saw how our neighbors
have become homeless!

And you can see how dangerous
it is to continue to live here!

This roof may collapse anytime.

They ask us to collaborate
with them like civilized people.

How to act in a civilized manner
when you live in a situation like ours!

I don't understand
their notion of civilization!

If their concept of civilization
involves submission,

Iraqis don't like to be submissive.

Why do you unpack it?

We bought this weapon after the war.

The situation has deteriorated.
There are many bandits.

Without police, people are forced
to buy weapons to protect themselves.

There are no police to catch thieves.

Before the war, Saddam released
all the criminals who were in prison.

Even those who were sentenced to death.

This increased the chaos.

One of my friends went to report
the murder of his father to the police.

The policemen told him
they can do nothing.

This situation forces people
to procure arms...

to protect themselves.

There are very dangerous gangs.

They steal cars, kidnap girls...

One magazine is not enough.

If a gang enters our house,

The magazine would be emptied
in a minute.

We must always check
that there's no bullet in the gun.

The electricity's back!

As my arms aren't strong enough,
I use my foot.

Give me the magazine!

Enough, Haidar!
Don't touch the safety catch!

You're going to Uncle's house?

You must hold it this way.

Like this.

It shakes when you shoot.

Be careful! It may be loaded.

We checked it a thousand times.

Satellite antennas
were banned under Saddam.

Now everyone has one or two.

We're connected to 4 satellites.

Two Arab satellites,
and two European ones.

Where did you go during the war?

To Hit City.

I came back with my uncle and my sister.

There were two sandstorms
during the war.

The house was very dirty.
I came back to clean it up with my sister.

At first we were sad.

Then we just accepted
the reality of the occupation.

They liberated us from Saddam,
but they occupy our country.

When my friend's grandmother died,
as they were going to bury her,

Americans arrived
and started shooting at cars.

A helicopter also arrived and someone
ordered them to get out of their car.

As they tried to leave the car
with the coffin, they were hit by gunfire.

My friend's uncle lost four fingers.

Americans distributed leaflets to order
people not to go out of their homes.

They said they would shoot
anyone going outside.

Many people died
because they weren't aware.

My birthday coincided with the war.

My cousins' birthday too.

- You celebrated it?
- Yes. The same day.

My birthday coincides
with that of the Baath Party.

Every year, we celebrated my birthday

at the same time
as the Party celebrations.

Adults scolded us, saying,

"You're not ashamed to celebrate
while Iraqis die everywhere?"

Therefore we canceled the birthday party.

We just shared the cake.

We saw the bombing of Baghdad on TV.

The day of my cousin's birthday,
Baghdad fell.

What did you feel
when you saw Baghdad falling?

I couldn't believe my eyes!

A man was hitting the portrait
of Saddam with his shoe!

Daring to do that!

It was unbelievable.

The man said he had lost four
of his sons because of Saddam.

It was hard to believe, but we were happy.

In each of our school books,
there was a portrait of Saddam.

My cousin opened his book
and tore up the portrait of Saddam.

Shortly before, Iraqi pupils were asked
to send birthday cards to Saddam.

- His birthday is...
- April 28.

All Iraqi pupils were required
to send him greeting cards.

All pupils had to write to him.

My cousin said,
"See how Iraqis are hypocrites!"

Two days ago,
they were preparing greeting cards

and now they spit on his portrait!

- Did you use the diapers?
- No!

There was no chemical bombing.

Diapers were a joke.
Someone made fun of us.

Before the war, you were afraid
of aircraft sounds,

and now the airplanes fly day and night!

I saw planes for the first time
when we came back to Baghdad.

They were flying very low.

A gunshot!

We're advised not to go out
because of kidnappings!

While my brother Ammar
has the right to go out and have fun!

And when he comes home, he says,
"You're safe here.

Outside you may be kidnapped!"

You stay at home and you do nothing!

And when Mom asks you to do something,
you say yes, but you do nothing.

Only Ithar and Mom
take care of the house!

Ammar, when are your exams?

- The day after tomorrow.
- And when they will end?

July 19th.

You expect to go outside
when I will finish my exams!

Why not? So you only
have the right to go outside?

It's dangerous to go outside.

You see, Uncle! He goes out to have fun
but he wants us to stay home!

- You think I have fun outside?
- Why not?

There isn't even a pool!

You go have fun outside
and you complain!

What would you say
if you stayed at home?

Is it true that your teachers
have been threatened?

Yes. In some faculties students
have threatened their teachers.

The Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty
of Science was murdered in his office.

It's a legacy of Saddam!

Someone said on the radio

that all this is Saddam's legacy.

He invaded Kuwait
and encouraged looting.

Yet Iraqis are not looters!
Iraqis don't behave like that.

It is Saddam's fault.

He deprived people of everything.

Baghdad didn't fall in two days
because Iraqis are afraid to fight.

If people were attached to Saddam,
Baghdad wouldn't have fallen.

We've arrived!

You can pick me up at 1:00 p.m.

Tell your uncle where he can pick you up.

He will come around 12:30.
Where can he find you?

In front of the faculty.

Zionists, we will defeat you!

These protesters aren't afraid.

They are heroes.

You speak on behalf of whom?

- I'm worried about them.
- Worry about yourself.

- Why?
- You don't know what will happen to you!

- You aren't dedicated to any cause.
- He is certainly a Baathist.

He says that the Americans will shoot us!

By what right?

This demonstration expresses
the opinion of the people.

We want a government
elected by the people.

We demand freedom for Iraqis.

And liberty for our country.

We are also demonstrating
against the abuses of Coalition forces,

who practice arbitrary arrests,

particularly against
religious dignitaries.

The Iraqi people cannot tolerate this!

We want to avoid a bloodbath.

Residence of the American Governor

Americans must change
their behavior with Iraqis.

Otherwise the situation will end badly.

Americans haven't brought anything good.

They occupy our country as in Palestine,

and they'll provoke a civil war
like in Lebanon.

All ministries were looted,
except that of oil!

I know!

These protesters
are ready to die for Iraq.

They protest peacefully,
without firing a single bullet.

But they will not hesitate to fight,
as they fought Saddam.

We don't want any political party,
neither religious nor communist.

They were all members of the Baath party.

Don't condemn all parties!

Some were buried underground
by Saddam.

No party can govern us today
without the control of the Americans.

And we don't want that.

We don't want Americans!
The US must leave Iraq.

- We don't want Americans in our country!
- Bravo, my brethren, you're real men!

Ministry of Information.

Film us, my brother!

You are filming us?

In front...

Sami Kaftan, actor.

The Ministry of Information.

The cars there
were already out of commission.

As you can see, flames overran all floors.

Fire inside even blackened the exterior.

Imagine the interior of the building!
It's completely burned.

There are floors where I never went.

Looters have managed to set it on fire.

They destroyed equipment
that would have been very useful to us.

In front...

The Office of Cinema and Theater.

The building was burned.

Like many official buildings.

The office was burned because it's linked
to the Ministry of Information.

Look what the flames did!

Imagine the force of the flames
that melted the steel plates!

This is the outside.
Imagine how it is inside!

The studios...

of Baghdad.

Let's have a look inside!

This hole wasn't made
by an American bullet.

We used this hat in a movie...

about the 1920 revolt.

I played one of the main characters.

- Sahib Haddad directed the film.
- No, Mohamed Shukri Jameel.

The title is The Great Question.

I played the character
of patriot Sulayman,

who killed Lieutenant Colonel Leachman

during the occupation of Iraq
by the British.

We had hundreds of them.

All burned!

Look at all those spotlights!

All those spotlights!

We used these spotlights during filming.

Arab countries were dreaming
of having such equipment!

And we had it!

Look!

Tripods.

Glued to the ground!

It's covered with dust.

It works like that.

Many directors sat here.

They sat here
to work on the editing of their films.

It became...

How can I say?

It looks like a war movie.
Shot in the desert.

I think this movie is The Bird of the Sun.

We might watch the film
if we had a movie projector.

Alas!

Alas!

Alas!

Alas!

Is this Iraqi cinema?

Is this our heritage?

Those who have destroyed these archives,
they might need it someday.

One can take revenge on a regime,
but why take revenge on culture?

Why?

These archives could serve us
and serve future generations!

These films may contain evidence
of crimes committed against our people,

so why destroy evidence?

They can serve as documents.

Here are conserved documentary films.

If I take one...

This film is about
the company Iraqi Airways.

When was it made?
I can't see without my glasses.

Thank God, it is intact.

This one is burned!

This warehouse

was full of clothes and accessories,

that we were using in film and theater.

You can see the coat racks
and cabinets of accessories.

Directors could find here
everything they needed.

Many Iraqi and Arab artists
sat in these chairs.

And now everything is destroyed!

The chairs seem to ask us,

"Where are the spectators?

Where are the films
that were projected here?"

If these chairs could talk,

they would tell us the history of cinema,

better than I could myself.

But... Alas! Alas!

This corridor,

I used to come here
dozens of times a day.

Passing back and forth

to discuss our film projects,

to discuss with a director in his office,

or to enter the studio here

to record the sound of a movie,

or enter here to chat
with an assistant director.

But I never expected to see this place
plunged into such darkness!

The task of the artist
is to light the way.

But alas, some have succeeded to plunge
this place of light into darkness.

But I hope the darkness won't last,

and that Iraqi cinema
will come back to life,

as well as everything
that has been destroyed.

We will make new films.

Beautiful films that will please everyone.

Welcome to Al-Jazeera!

The commission charged
by Congress to investigate

the September 11 attacks
has just revealed its report.

The report points to the lack
of foresight by the CIA and the FBI...

According to the President of
the Security Council of the US Senate,

the attacks could have been foiled

if the security services
had been more aware.

These are the two towers

whose collapse caused the disintegration
of many universal values.

110 floors transformed
into a pile of ruins.

This event caused controversies

and was used to justify
US military actions,

presented as war against terrorism.

It was in this context that President Bush
pronounced his famous statement,

"Whoever doesn't support our war
against terrorism, becomes our enemy."

And while US public opinion believes
that the attacks could have been avoided

if the security services
had more foresight,

The US government gave itself the right
to pursue anyone who threatens.

US security and interests,
whoever he is and wherever he may be.

However, it's still necessary
to define "terrorism,"

and whether it applies
to the events of September 11th.

Haidar!

Wake up, Haidar!

Haidar! Wake up!

It's seven o'clock!

Why did you sleep here?

It's too hot inside the house

and on the terrace
there is the noise of helicopters.

Wake up! It's seven o'clock.

City of Hit.

My brother-in-law Abu Widian.

This was the house of the prefect.

It was dynamited because
the prefect has rallied Americans.

The rest was demolished later.

Do you remember
when the post office was bombed?

We were watching
the bombing of Baghdad on TV.

My sister and my aunt
were crying and reciting the Koran.

When we heard the first explosion,
we all took shelter in the corridor.

The next day, we found
a hole filled with water.

They launched three missiles

on the post office.

Look at the ruins!

They said the third missile
didn't explode.

In order to discourage people
from approaching the post office.

Cemetery.

Life in Iraq was better before oil.

Oil became a curse.

You know how Baghdad fell?

Basra resisted 17 days before falling.

Baghdad fell because
of Saddam's treachery.

He was betrayed.

No, it's he who has betrayed the people.

Baghdad didn't resist a single day!

Americans entered without
encountering any resistance.

Yet a provincial town
has resisted 17 days!

There were fighters in Baghdad.

When the regime fell,
the fighting stopped.

It didn't happen like that.

Saddam told the fighters to put on
their civilian clothes and go home.

Many of them died.

Saddam fled Baghdad
before the Americans arrived.

If he had stayed,
Baghdad wouldn't have fallen.

There would still be fighting.

But he left Baghdad and fled.

He should commit a suicide attack.

Yes, die while committing
a suicide attack.

- People no longer want him.
- He won't come back.

Stand back!

You heard the sound, Uncle!

It will attract Americans!

- Shall I shoot?
- No!

- Why?
- It can explode in your face!

No, Haidar!

He may get burnt.

Stop panicking!

Stop, Haidar!

My tower, Haidar!

The Eiffel Tower!

For over thirty years,
Iraqis lived in a state of schizophrenia.

At all levels.

Engineers, doctors, teachers...

Journalists, writers, historians...
they all lived as schizophrenics.

Saying one thing in front of Saddam
and the opposite behind his back!

One discourse at home,
and another outside.

Because if someone dared to say
a part of the truth about the regime,

he ran the risk of disappearing forever.

In Iraq,
because of oppression and censorship...

we have become schizophrenic.

Don't stop!

This building dates from when?

It's hundreds of years old.

They also looted and burned down
the Bank of Credit.

Why destroy a public property?

You saw the perpetrators?

They acted in broad daylight.

They would have killed me
if I had tried to intervene.

When I told them
not to loot public property,

they threatened me with their weapons.

Someone who loves his country
wouldn't act that way!

Looting continues.

In broad daylight.

Due to insecurity,
shops close at 3:00 p.m.

Whereas before,
we used to work until night.

Abroad, they would have preserved
these buildings as national heritage.

Seeing these buildings
in this condition breaks my heart.

In each country, there are
good and bad citizens.

They shouldn't be treated the same way.

This market was also looted.

I noticed something.

Looters, the "Ali Baba,"
as the Americans call them.

The looters aren't interested in culture.

They didn't steal books.

They used as decoration
the few books they have stolen.

Culture doesn't interest them.

The building that you are filming

was one of the palaces
of the Abbasid Caliphs.

Their palaces were situated
along the right bank of the Tigris River.

From the district of Bab-Al-Moatham

to the Al-Ahrar bridge.

In this neighborhood were gathered
all the official institutions.

Iraqi resistance will be declared

in response to the exactions
of the US occupiers.

There's no government
to protect citizens and their property...

to provide them with water,
gas, electricity and medicine.

All of this will exacerbate

the anger of Iraqis.

Iraqis are friendly by nature.

They are also welcoming and patient.

But if you humiliate them,
hurt their pride

and disrupt their existence, they revolt.

We are Sunni and Shiite brothers!
We will not sell our country!

They buried a martyr here.

When Americans arrived in Baghdad,

they killed all those
who tried to resist them.

This tomb has been marked
so as not to be trampled.

On the road to the airport,
there are many graves of martyrs.

They were buried here
and covered with earth.

Several graves.

One of those kids saw an object
on the ground and thought it was a toy.

But when he touched
the object, it exploded.

It was an explosive weapon.
The kid lost one of his arms.

A kid of their age.

This handicapped child
is a victim of the embargo.

He needs to have surgery abroad,
but his family is too poor.

He will remain like this all his life.

He can't walk much. He falls.

The Americans mocked him
when they saw him.

My nephew Ammar.

You know how the Americans
killed your neighbor Uday?

He was carrying an ignition coil.

Americans saw him and shot him.

Then the police arrived
and asked us who killed him.

We replied, "American soldiers."

Five minutes later,
they carried him to the morgue.

- The ignition coil had something special?
- No.

They shot him
when they saw it in his hand.

An ignition coil doesn't look like a bomb!

There are electric cables.

You know how old he was?

27 years old.

He was young!

Yes, still young.

How did his parents react?

How do you want them to react!

They are devastated.

He left home at 10:00 a.m.

Fifteen minutes later,
his brother came to tell me that...

Americans had just killed an Iraqi.

I said, "May God support his parents!"

You know why the Americans killed him?

Some people say...

that he was carrying a gun!

How could he have one
while we have no weapon at home!

Not a single weapon.

They killed him for no reason.

Everyone is convinced of that.

They shot him in the back!

Two bullets.

Suppose he was carrying a gun...

He had his back turned,
so why shoot him?

If he was really carrying a gun,
as they claim...

they could threaten him
by shooting in the air.

The first bullet didn't kill him.

It entered through the back
and went out through the side.

They could encircle him
and take his weapon.

So why did they kill him
with a second bullet?

They don't offer you compensation?

Does compensation replace a brother?

- Would it make him come back to life?
- No, of course not.

Did they apologize to you?

- No.
- Because they have the power.

- They took the place of Saddam.
- They have the power.

Saddam was acting the same way.

My wife cannot go on the porch
since they settled in front of our house.

They spy on us.

We can no longer stand on the terrace.

They spy on people with their binoculars.

Under Saddam, one could walk outside
at three in the morning.

Nowadays, nobody dares go out
after 9:00 p.m.!

Shopkeepers in our neighborhood say
that since the death of my brother

they can no longer work.

A restaurant owner in the neighborhood

stopped sending his son
to deliver sandwiches

because he's afraid that
the Americans will shoot his son.

The death of my brother
will not remain without revenge.

I cannot say more.

Although I'm a woman, if I had a gun,
I would use it for revenge.

I would personally kill them.

But I have no weapon.

A bullet impact.

Another one.

This one scuffed the roof.

Here too.

Another one here.

It doesn't matter.

What to do?

I chose silence.

I stay at home,

waiting to see
what destiny prepares for us.

The other day,
in the Al-Adamiyah district,

a woman was in her car with her daughter.

The story was told to me by Salah and...

Engineer Kassim.

You know engineer Kassim?

Anyway!

While the woman was parking her car,

an armed man tried to take her car
and her daughter.

The woman begged the man
to let them go, but in vain.

One of the onlookers was armed.

The onlooker said to the woman,
"Let him take your car. This is democracy!

Leave him your daughter and your car."

The woman protested again. In vain.

Then the onlooker said to the bandit,

"Take the car and the girl.
This is democracy."

As the bandit installed himself
behind the wheel,

the onlooker shot him in the head.

Before he switched on the ignition.

People in the neighborhood
applauded and embraced the savior.

Then the savior told the woman to leave.

When I see girls in the street,
I worry for them.

The situation is a little better now.

Although there is still no government.

The government will be
announced in two weeks.

Without a presidential election!

We will return to the monarchy.

- Great!
- Monarchy is better.

- A monarchy is better than a Republic.
- And better than democracy.

Dad, monarchy isn't good!

Our life would be better under a monarchy.

You don't know what a monarchy is.

Under the monarchy,
people could sleep without worry.

- Iraqis were seven million.
- Six million.

Baghdad was composed of a few districts.

This is my mother!

She looks like you!

Hello, ma'am! May God grant you health!

He says you look like your son.

She wears glasses.

- You wear glasses too.
- Yes.

Where does she live?

She has her own house.

- She lives alone?
- My brother lives with her.

- He is unmarried and sick.
- I've seen him here, right?

No, you don't know him.

Poor boy! Where does he live?

He lives with our mother.

- Their house is in the neighborhood?
- Yes, in front of the market.

If an elderly person
doesn't own a house...

She lives in humiliation.

She could become homeless.

I saw old people thrown
into the street by their sons.

Uncle Samir was very young!

Yes, he was still a child.

They forbade us to hold
a funeral service for him.

They even forbade us
to wear mourning clothes.

Three months later,

they came to arrest
his younger brother Samir.

They accused Samir of claiming at school

that he'd avenge his brother.

Eight security thugs came to arrest him.

They surrounded us.

Samir had just had his lunch.

He was taking a nap in his room.

Security men stormed the house.

We told them that Samir was sleeping.

They ordered us to wake him up
so they could interrogate him.

He came down wearing his pajamas.

They grabbed him.

We asked them what crime

a 13-year-old schoolboy
could have committed.

They promised to bring him home
after the investigation,

but we never saw him again.

For years, we tried to find out
where he was. In vain.

We thought
he was imprisoned somewhere.

Then recently, we discovered...

that he had been executed and buried...

in the mass grave of Husseiniya.

He did nothing wrong.

That's the whole story.

Grief made me lose
my health and eyesight.

Two innocent kids murdered!

My poor kids!

They saw nothing of life.

Haidar's grandmother
will die six months later.

According to Sérgio de Mello,
the UN representative in Iraq,

the first meeting
of the Provisional Council of Government

is a historic step.

On this occasion, Sérgio de Mello

called on the council to respect
the will of the Iraqi people.

The council was created
by the US administration,

which appointed its members,

pending the holding of the first
democratic elections in the country.

According to the US Army's spokesman,

an American soldier was killed

and four others were wounded
this morning during an attack.

This attack comes
a day after a declaration

by the US Secretary of Defense,
Donald Rumsfeld,

predicting a likely increase
in attacks this month.

July coincides actually

with several events
related to the Baath Party,

which was led by the deposed
president Saddam Hussein.

The Baathists resigned
since the fall of Saddam.

They are out of the game.

But America accuses them purposely
of being the initiators of the attacks,

in order to cause discord between
Baathists and other citizens.

They divide the people
in order to provoke massacres.

The Baathists
have nothing to do with the attacks.

They don't leave their homes.

Attacks are individual acts
and aren't organized.

Arab leaders hate Saddam
because he is not a traitor like them.

TV channels defame Saddam

by claiming that he gave Iraq
to the Americans.

He's not a traitor and he
didn't give Iraq the Americans.

It is the Arab regimes that
delivered Iraq to the Americans.

They helped the Americans
to defeat Saddam.

Arab regimes are responsible
for the current situation.

I hope that Saddam will come back
to restore law and order.

Myself, if Saddam comes back,
I would not dare sell weapons.

We only obey force.
Democracy isn't for us.

What about Saddam's mass graves?

The mass graves are the result of killings
between Shiites and Sunnis in 1991.

No! There are even Kurds
buried in those graves.

Saddam executed only
thieves and vicious people.

Do you know why he used
chemical weapons in Halabja?

My uncle was two years older than me,
and Saddam sentenced him to death.

There must be a reason.

My uncle was returning from school
when they arrested him.

Saddam didn't execute
people for no reason.

- My uncle did nothing.
- Why didn't Saddam execute you?

The guy there, he's carrying a gun!

- Which guy?
- Near the car there.

He's a thief.

You see his gun?

- Why are you carrying a gun?
- Why? Because of insecurity.

We are afraid to walk in the street.
Americans don't ensure security.

And we don't know why!

Anything can happen.

Everyone runs the risk of being attacked.
Even at home, we are not safe.

We must arm ourselves.

I have four weapons.

It can be dangerous for children, right?

No. Iraqis are accustomed to arms.

Two months later, these two guys
will be killed by a rival gang

I have weapons at home and in my car.

The Americans searched my car
without finding the hiding place.

Bandits attacked me in broad daylight
and took my car.

The car cost me five million dinars!

I don't go in the street
without ammunition.

- They're dead?
- It's not yet confirmed.

They didn't confirm the news.

- They arrested them.
- Then why didn't they confirm the news?

They must first negotiate.

- Dad, listen to the news!
- Turn it up!

Turn it up!

- They were killed in Mosul.
- Saddam and his son.

A press conference by the US
Secretary of Defense is expected.

The conference has been delayed...

Sit here, Dad!

Before commenting on the information,

the White House is probably
waiting for its confirmation.

If it appears that this arrest
is due the reward of $15 million,

this could be considered
as a consequence of bad relationships

between Saddam's family
and the Iraqi people.

Dad, what does "his offspring" mean?

- What does "his offspring" mean?
- His sons.

According to the Secretary of Defense,
Donald Rumsfeld,

the fact of showing the corpses
of Uday and Qusay,

Saddam Hussein's sons,

didn't violate the Geneva Convention.

Rumsfeld also said
that the Iraqi Governing Council

asked to see the corpses
to be certain of their death.

Look, there!

We can also shoot!

Can I test our weapon?

You want to kill someone?

I know how to use it.

You can empty the magazine
and let me shoot ten bullets only.

Uncle! My mother is worried.

Uncle!

Come inside, Uncle!

Come inside! Mom is terrified!

Manar, come inside!

Come inside, Uncle!

All the neighbors fired yesterday.

Everyone fired yesterday.

They arrested Saddam.

I'd have liked to try our submachine-gun.

Everyone took the opportunity
to test his weapon.

Uncle, you know who taught Iraqis
to act like that?

Uday.

Whenever the Iraqi soccer team
wins a match,

the gunshots illuminate
the sky of Baghdad.

Yesterday, it was nothing in comparison!

You should see what they do
when the national team wins a match!

They shoot like crazy.

Saddam's son taught them to act this way.

Be careful! The car is coming out.

I'm going to the store
that provides food rations.

You filmed me when I went
to get rations before the war.

Rationing is different now.

They don't give us the same foodstuffs.

The oil they used to give us
wasn't good for our health.

We avoided using it.

Now they give us a better quality.

The price also changed.

Before it cost 2000 dinars. Now it's free.

It must be for free.

The people need rations,
as many are unemployed.

People depend a lot on the rations.

- Did you shoot yesterday?
- No.

Were they shooting in your neighborhood?

They were shooting like crazy.

- In our neighborhood too.
- Why? What happened?

- Uday and Qusay have been killed.
- Really?

Al-Jazeera showed the photos
of their corpses.

Was it really them?

Yes, the information has been confirmed.

- By whom?
- Their cousin denounced them.

They found four bodies... disfigured!

They've been identified by DNA.

The news was announced by Al-Jazeera.

The Pentagon hesitated
before confirming it.

Americans killed them?

Yes. They were denounced
by their cousin.

- Their cousin revealed their hiding place?
- Yes.

- Why did he betray them?
- They deserved it.

- They died long ago?
- Yesterday.

So why did it take time to identify them?

It was necessary to examine
their DNA to be sure.

It could be their doubles.

It may not be them.

There may be an error!

DNA excludes error.

Saddam and the Americans
brought us nothing but misfortune.

We were occupied by the Tikritis
and now by the Americans.

Your bag is pierced!

- Your bag is pierced.
- Really?

No luck even with bags!

If someone gets hit with this!

The neighbors' son fired a lot yesterday.
He could have killed someone.

Everyone fired yesterday.

In front of our house,
there are plenty of bullet casings.

Here too there are many.

- In front of the shop?
- In the street.

- Is the electricity functioning?
- It functioned a bit today.

- For how many hours?
- An hour or two.

Today it functioned for four hours.

Today only.

In our district, it functioned
for only half an hour.

Some days it functions for two hours.

It's better than nothing.

Frequent power cuts
screw up electrical appliances.

Once you connect an apparatus,
the electricity cuts off!

Our life is punctuated by power outages,
as in provincial towns!

Is this milk?

You have two cans.

- Oil cans?
- Yes, two.

Ammar, this oil smells bad!

No.

This oil smells bad. People resell it.

It smells bad.

It smells fishy!

This is fish oil?

No, soybean oil. The bad smell won't last.

People don't use it.

They resell it.

Hold his picture.

Hold his picture.

Put it in place.

Put it in place.

He's our father.

He's our father.

With the lovely face.

With the lovely face.

You know this song, Uncle?

It is about Saddam.

Look at his picture!

The English book is full of his photos.

He issued orders
to cut off the ears of deserters!

They had a reason to desert.
Their weapons were obsolete!

They couldn't even shoot a bird with it!

How could they fight in these conditions?

Yet many of them fought for their country.

Not for Saddam, but for the country.

Some even volunteered to fight.

Saddam made them see hell!

A teacher, member of the Baath party,

told us to tear out Saddam's photos
with respect.

A pupil replied, "Why with respect?
After what he did to us!"

Then some pupils tore up the photos

and threw the pieces on the floor,
in front of the teacher.

My nephew Ammar with a friend
whose father was recently killed.

As required by the forensic medicine,

the corpse of my father
was taken to the morgue.

In murder cases,
the law requires an autopsy.

At the morgue, I saw the corpses of ten
other people also killed by car thieves.

Innocent victims.

Their cars were not even new.

Cars over thirty years old.

Cars that date from the 80s.

Old cars with no commercial value.

It isn't the value of the car
that motivates bandits,

but the act of stealing itself.

They probably steal the car
to use it in further criminal acts.

My father was visiting friends.

He was expecting to stay with them
for one hour or two.

He ate and drank with them.

He was then seen in the Karada district,

an hour before he was killed.

The curfew was beginning
at eleven o'clock.

That didn't leave me enough time
to search all of Baghdad.

Baghdad is a big city.

I was desperate.

At the police station,
they told me they could do nothing.

They asked me
to come back the next morning.

The next morning I didn't go.

I went out at 6:00 in the morning
to go find my cousins.

We decided that each of us choose
certain districts where to look.

We also went to the airport
to inquire with the Coalition forces.

They might have arrested him if they
had surprised him out after curfew.

We continued searching...

Then...

Take a break, Hussam!

We stayed awake all night,

without eating or drinking.

We were worried.

The next day also
we couldn't eat or drink.

My mother suffered a lot
because of this tragedy.

Why kill innocent people?

My father was a devout and kind man.

The reconstruction of Iraq
is not an easy task.

But the Coalition forces are actively
working on this reconstruction,

in collaboration
with the Iraqi people and NGOs.

Thus, while the Coalition forces
are working to restore security,

several international organizations

are preparing to send their employees
to Iraq to help people,

particularly concerning
nutrition and health...

In Basra and other cities
of southern Iraq,

NGOs are already working
in different sectors,

such as water purification,
housing reconstruction,

and instruction of people
about the dangers of mines.

Medical equipment was also delivered

to several hospitals
in Basra and Baghdad...

The reconstruction of Iraq isn't easy,
but with the cooperation of all,

Iraq will regain its place
within the international community.

The whole house has been destroyed.

It was shelled.

All these houses were shelled.

This house for example
is completely burned.

Entirely destroyed.
Nothing could be saved.

Not even a spoon! Everything has melted.

Fortunately the inhabitants
haven't been injured.

- Where do they live now?
- In their daughter's house.

- They lost everything!
- Yes.

Even the fan has melted!

- Only the prayer's turbah didn't burn.
- They were pious.

God saved their lives.

They will rebuild the house
with their own efforts.

With their own efforts? It isn't fair.

They have no more home. Is this fair?

They were not fighters.

No way to live in peace,
nor under Saddam, nor after him!

Americans fired shells at the house.

However, there were no fighters here!

- These are tank shells.
- Yes.

Their flour ration!

The gas cylinder exploded.

The cradle of civilization, our country
has become the latest country colonized!

Is this acceptable?

Their soldiers didn't come to free us.

They came to enslave us
and exploit our country's resources.

Iraqi munitions were hidden here.

Americans came and instead
of taking the munitions away,

they took a box of explosives.

They placed it on the pile of ammunition,
and then they blew up the whole thing!

Watch this grenade!

We don't know if it's dangerous or not.

People told them not to explode it here.

Americans responded
that it isn't their responsibility.

And so they caused the destruction
of all the surrounding houses.

The school yard.

Even the school has been destroyed.

Six families were living
in the house there.

Look at the house!

Six families! They now live in a tent.

And there, a shelter of Fedayeen Saddam.

It was full of munitions.

And there, the car of the Fedayeen.

The thieves stole the motor and the tires.

Only the school sign remains!

This one has exploded!

Children play with these explosives.

There are a lot all over the place.

DShK.

- Mortar.
- Heavy machine gun.

DShK.

Machine gun.

Machine gun.

DShK. Heavy machine gun.

Flare.

What exam do you have today?

Mechanics.

It's the penultimate exam.
There'll be another one.

Manar finished her exams two days ago.

You finished before yesterday?

- Sunday.
- She finished Sunday.

I'll take my final exam on Saturday.

We need to rest after a year of study.

Why are you going to college today?

To present my master's thesis.

Dad, why don't you pass
by Al-Qaid Bridge?

Because there's too much traffic.

- How do you know?
- I saw it this morning.

- And the road by Al-Masbah?
- It's too congested.

Even the road by Al-Masbah?

We went out at 8:15.

It's rush hour.

We've arrived.

You got enough for your money.

Bye!

You're dressed elegantly
to present your thesis!

Hussam is here!
He'll clear off if he sees us.

They blew up a car.

A photo with us, pretty boy!

I was in the frame?

There were only three newspapers.
Now there are fifty-eight.

They cost almost the same price.

Saddam is touring in Baghdad!

It's written in the newspaper.

Saddam is touring in Baghdad.

It's true. He was abroad.

And he came back
with biological weapons.

He entered by Diyala
and now he is in Baghdad.

He is touring in Baghdad.

The 17th of this month,
Baghdad will be evacuated,

because Saddam intends to bombard
the city with biological weapons.

Two percent of oil revenues
will be distributed to Iraqi citizens

Saddam, star of action movies.

Under Saddam, the Faculty
was provided with everything.

After the fall of the regime,
the Faculty has been looted.

Iraqis stole everything.
They left the Faculty entirely empty!

He comes with a camera
and wants to shoot inside!

- Don't get upset!
- The Faculty isn't yours!

Why is it forbidden to film here?

Permission is required.

- From who?
- From the director.

Saddam has fallen. On behalf
of which authority are you acting?

- Saddam has fallen, so what?
- It's your father who has fallen! Get out!

We want to shoot in the Faculty.
It belongs to everyone.

Ask him if he wants a bribe!

- Ask him if he wants money!
- We want to enter.

- Give him money and he'll let you enter.
- My brother and sister are students here.

- Give him money!
- Give me!

To him.

What makes you laugh?

Repeat what you just said!

If I don't give you money,
you won't let me get out!

Yes, I swear!

You make me ashamed in front of
my uncle! Why do you act like this?

All students take photos
on such occasions.

- You passed?
- Yes.

- What grade did you get?
- I don't know yet.

- You're so beautiful today!
- Really?

Yes, very beautiful.

You too. All my friends say you're cute.

Are taxi drivers still targeted
by armed bandits?

Yes, I saw some get killed.

I also saw cars getting shot at.

And I saw a car shooting at another car.

The road alongside Al-Rashid camp
is especially dangerous.

The camp is surrounded by a wall.

Posing as a client, a bandit stops a taxi.

Then accomplices come out
from behind the wall

and force the driver to give them his car.

Stop, darling!

Stop, Haidar!

Enough, Haidar! I'm cleaning the carpet.

Enough!

Darling!

My brother Ibrahim.

Look at the statue of Saddam!

People have destroyed it.

Saddam liked to erect statues
of himself everywhere.

This is the building
of the Special Security,

which was headed by Qusay.

It has been also destroyed.

Here too there was a statue of Saddam.
Look what's left of it!

This is the Ministry of Planning.

It has been burned
after the end of the war.

The building of Al-Sadoun Street.

Another building of the Special Security.

US tanks targeted it
during fighting on this bridge.

Americans on the bridge!

This is Al-Ferdaous Square.

Former president Abd al-Karim Qasim
erected here

the monument of the Unknown Soldier.

Saddam demolished the monument

and replaced it with his own statue.

When we saw the statue torn down,
we knew the regime was finished.

This is the district of Al-Mahawil.

The largest mass grave in Iraq
was discovered here.

Victims of the uprising against Saddam
in 1991 were buried here.

Among the victims,
there was your childhood friend Mohsen.

In your previous film,
we told you he was missing.

We couldn't tell you that he had
been arrested by the regime.

It was risky to tell the truth.

The remains of Mohsen were found
in the mass grave near here.

He had committed no crime.

Mowafak, a childhood friend.

We are going to visit his brother Hassan,
the only survivor of the family.

The whole family has been exterminated.

Even the father has been executed.

This is Hussein. He was an engineer.

Saïd, a teacher.

Rabih, a teacher also.

Mohsen.

An engineer.

And Mohamed, a student.

They were executed in 1983.

Only Rabih was executed in 1987.

My father was arrested several times.

After the execution of his sons,
he remained alone.

He began to speak.

He couldn't silence his grief,
so they arrested him.

Saïd became the father
of a girl he couldn't see.

She was born while he was in prison.

Rabih's woman was pregnant.

She has been imprisoned too.

She gave birth in prison.

Photos of people
executed after the revolt of 1991.

This is the photo of my brother.

They confiscated our house
and deported our father.

They also executed my brother,
without giving us his death certificate.

For two months, they tortured
my three brothers and I.

We were schoolboys. It was in 1981.

The school principal
tried in vain to plead our case.

They accused us
of having written on the walls

that the regime had arrested our father.

My father was over sixty years old.

Who runs the city now?

Does the mayor have real powers?

Of course! He even has
bodyguards and official cars.

Does he have a budget
and an administration

to solve the problems of the city?

Only the Americans
can answer your question.

They've been here for four months.
What have they done for us?

There's a lack of gas, of gasoline...

They reduced the food rations.

What can we do
with two kilos of rice per month?

How can we feed our children
if we remain without work?

Look where I live!

If the owners hadn't allowed me
to build a room,

I would be sleeping in the street!

We don't want charity, but work.

The only work that I've found
is as a toilet cleaner!

- How many kids do you have?
- Five.

- Five, plus your wife and you.
- Seven in all.

You live in the room, there!

- These are your children?
- Yes.

The owners allowed me to build this room.

I applied to work as a policeman.

They responded by accusing me
of being Baathist,

While I had worked
as a night watchman for nine years!

Who told them that you were Baathist?

Thieves I had arrested in the souk.

They were sentenced
to 15 years in prison.

They wrote that I am harmful!

The so-called...

I was a grassroots Baathist.

Who wrote this report?

A police officer.

This candidate is a harmful Baathist.

His candidacy can't be accepted.

Candidacy rejected.

The thief that I caught in the souk
told them that I was Baathist.

They demanded a testimonial
confirming that I wasn't Baathist.

But when I brought them the testimonial,
they told me that it was too late.

And I have all these kids to feed!

You see all this garbage!

Saddam was generous
only with his relatives.

He gave them fancy cars
and left us to ride on donkeys!

I had to work hard in order to pay back
his army and police.

- This is the main entrance to the house?
- Yes.

One suffocates when entering here!

We are eight, living in this small room!

There are no stairs or patio!

Were the government buildings
looted in your city?

Not many.

- Would you loot one of Saddam's palaces?
- No.

- If you do it, I can't blame you.
- Yes.

Some people here...

when the looting began...

I set a checkpoint with my five brothers.

We stopped the cars.

We forced the looters
to leave their booty.

Then we deposited the booty
at the fire station.

Friends said to me,
"You have nothing. Help yourself."

I replied, "Never."

I prefer to live poor rather than
stealing someone else's belongings.

The looters were poor people?

Most were poor.

Most of them live in complete poverty.

Not all of them.

Some were not poor.

They even had cars.

You think they carried the stolen
refrigerators on their backs?

Before these events,
they didn't even have a bicycle!

There isn't a single house in Iraq
without an electric fan, except mine!

Despite the heat!

Yet I'm not complaining.

Anyway there's nobody
to listen to our complaints.

When I went to City Hall,
they called me a Baathist.

Okay, I am a Baathist...

Who called you a Baathist?

When I went to the City Hall...

they asked me, "Aren't you a Baathist?"

I replied, "Yes, but do you know that five
of my relatives were executed by Saddam!"

One of them, my uncle,
was the first martyr in Hillah.

The first martyr in Hillah.

- He was also buried in the mass grave?
- No.

He was a member
of the Islamist party Al-Dawa.

His death sentence is mentioned.

Court of Babylon.

Name of the deceased:
Hamza Abdel-Hussein Kadem...

Here's his photo.
The first soldier martyr in Hillah.

Sentenced to death by hanging.

Section of Heavy Sentences.
Cause of Death: Hanging.

Here's his photo.

The date?

April 26th, 1980.

He was executed because
of his membership in Al-Dawa Party?

Or because he deserted the army?

Because of Al-Dawa Party.

We were under surveillance.

Look at the ceiling!

Come see the inside!
Everything is made of cardboard!

The room is empty!

There isn't a single house
like this in all Iraq.

Made of cardboard.

In winter, rain gets in
through the ceiling!

Too much water, we don't know
even where to put the buckets!

Did you see a house like this in all Iraq?

It's unhealthy.
Everything is made of cardboard.

And the house is empty.
All we have is what you see.

Did you see the palaces of Saddam?

Saddam's toilets
are better than my house.

Saddam's toilets
are better than my house.

Is this a house worthy of a Muslim?

These are the tires
of my donkey carriage!

I earn my living by
driving a donkey carriage.

Fancy cars for Saddam's relatives,
and a donkey carriage for us!

What do you do when it rains?

We collect water in buckets
and empty it in the street.

- Are there sewers here?
- No.

There is this pit.
We empty it when it is full.

- Where do you empty it?
- In the street.

When it rains, we can't protect ourselves.

And if a fire starts,
no way to extinguish it.

Have you ever seen a house like this?

Look at the roof!

The Americans came here the other day.

They were chasing someone.

They couldn't believe their eyes
when they saw this roof.

They were afraid to walk on it.

If we built something with bricks,
the roof would collapse.

Can someone find a solution for us?

Come and see our house!

We are tenants and the landlord
is harassing us to recover the house.

We've lived here for eight years.

Without the generosity of our neighbors,
we wouldn't even have an electric fan.

Their situation is really hard.

Her son was with me in the army.

He's still missing.

Her son was with me in the 111th brigade.

Are you filming me?

Sir, film me!

It's my turn!

She's my cousin!

You didn't film me!

- Abu Assia, you were a Communist?
- Yes.

- An active member?
- Yes.

I am an old militant.

Are you a leading member?

No, a mere member.

The late lamented Rafik
was also a Communist.

Rafik, Hassan's father...

and Mohamed's father.

Rafik is dead.

His son Hassan has been executed.

He was a teacher.

- Saddam executed him?
- Yes.

- Because he was a Communist?
- Yes.

He was an important figure in the party!

- Rafik?
- Yes.

The whole family was Communist.

All were Communists.

Even the youngest son, Mohamed.

- You're in which party now?
- Always the same.

Who leads you now?

I will continue to believe
in Marxism until my death.

A donkey-drawn cart!
Bush should see this!

I ride on a donkey!

- Bush isn't responsible for that.
- Who then?

Someone should find us a solution!

You say nothing about Saddam!

Saddam, that's him: My donkey!

He gave cars to his relatives
and let us ride on donkeys.

Your record is scratched!
You should change it.

This is the first time we're going out
since the end of exams.

Why the first time?

It's dangerous to go out alone.
We need to be accompanied.

Even me...

I avoid going out because of insecurity.

I go out as little as possible.

Armed attack!

There are many armed attacks.

Car robberies...

There are also...

junkies who act abnormally.

They're in line for gasoline.

There's a serious shortage of gasoline.

In addition to water
and electricity shortages.

You see the traffic anarchy!

There's no order and no agents
to regulate the traffic!

We're going to the office
that provides food ration cards.

Following the embargo instituted in 1991,

the ration card became indispensable.

The regime took this opportunity
to subject people.

He deprived of rations
all families related to army deserters.

Myself, I was confronted with a problem
when I returned to Iraq in 1999.

I didn't have a ration card.

When I made a request to get a card,

I encountered a big problem.

The allocation of cards
was dependent on the place of birth.

The problem is that I was born in Hillah.

Hillah was blacklisted by the regime.

After the revolt of 1991,
the regime created a blacklist

including the cities
which rebelled against Saddam.

As punishment, these cities
were deprived of public services.

For this reason, when I came to Baghdad,

I couldn't get a ration card.

Because my identity card
mentions my birth in Hillah.

I tried everything,
including paying bribes.

Without result.

I even met a senior official
of the Ministry of Commerce.

He told me that I can
get a card only in Hillah.

Despite the fact that
I live and work in Baghdad!

I tried everything. In vain.

Now that the regime has fallen,

it's become easier.

Every citizen can get his rights.

So I made a request,
and I'm going to see if my card is ready.

I hope the official is there.

Citizens who come here...

they all have problems
with the ration card.

You come to film while half
of the officials aren't here!

- They aren't here?
- Many are absent.

There should be two desks: One here
and one for the principal's office.

Good morning!

I made a request for a card,
for my wife's family and me.

Your request has been accepted.

We have searched your name.

Apparently you weren't in Iraq,

because your name
wasn't registered anywhere.

I registered your name.
Within a week, your card will be ready.

So next month, you will get your ration.

Your card is almost ready.

Thanks a lot!

You came to see me some time ago.

I sent your request to the Ministry.

They searched your name
on their computers.

They consulted
all their computers in Iraq.

And they didn't find your name.

How can we work without electricity?

Our work depends on computers.

All our work depends on electricity.

You have to wait until the Director
comes back to sign your request.

All these fields bordering the road
were owned by relatives of Saddam.

His sons, cousins, bodyguards.

It was forbidden to pass by here
and take pictures.

Thousands of people were assigned
to the protection of these fields.

Every night they were celebrating,
singing and dancing.

A life of pleasure, while many people
don't even have a roof!

A beautiful area!

Green, close to the river...

Saddam transformed it
into a military zone.

Occupied by thousands
of useless soldiers.

Film this!
Blocking the street to build a house!

April 26th.

There were explosions.

A missile landed here.

At 8:30 in the morning.

There were six dead
and nine wounded in my house.

This house was also destroyed.

Nine other nearby houses were damaged.

The missile hit at 8:15.

People were having their breakfast.

After the explosion,
we found the breakfast dishes,

but no sign of the inhabitants.

People fled after the explosion?

They ran bleeding.

Even on the street there,
people were bleeding.

His whole body is covered with scars.

Six members of my family died.

My brother Khazal...

He was married and this is his son.

My brother Hassan and his wife also died.

Ammar and Khadija also. Six died.

With the help of neighbors,

we disinterred the corpses
from under the concrete blocks.

One of the girls is now disfigured.

She was washing her hands.

The explosion catapulted her
through the door.

Her face was entirely shredded.

She's fourteen years old.

You should not remain silent!

To whom can we talk?

Even a humanitarian organization,
the Red Cross, advised us to go rob!

To loot like other Iraqis!

I told them that we aren't thieves.
They replied that it's our problem.

The Americans have proven
to be worse than Saddam.

They promised us security and prosperity,
and we got only chaos!

We dare not go out
in the street after sunset.

Because we're afraid
of both Americans and Iraqis.

- You're afraid of thieves?
- Of thieves and murderers.

There is no security.

If someone fires a bullet on Americans,
they react by shooting everyone.

They don't even spare
women and the elderly!

Uncle!
Who will compensate these people?

And where will they live?

Nobody cares about these people.

No government official has come
to inquire about their situation.

Men condemned to unemployment,
when they have families to feed!

Do you think the attacks are made

by people whose homes
were destroyed by the Americans?

If someone destroys your house,
what could he expect?

You will fight him until your last breath.

In Ramadi, they attacked
the Americans with rockets.

It's nothing.

How nothing?

If popular resistance organizes itself...

and if the people revolt
against the occupation,

the situation will change.

Americans will no longer dare
move into town.

They will stay away.

They will dare move only by helicopter.

They proved that they are even more
incompetent than Saddam.

In everything.

They don't understand
the mentality of the people

and don't know how to run the country.

They're unable to resolve any problem.

Even the electricity
worked better under Saddam!

They rob cars.

A neighbor who works as a taxi driver
got attacked by armed bandits.

They pointed a gun at his temple.

They stabbed him in the heart,
then killed him with a bullet.

He's telling the truth.
Armed robberies happen in broad daylight.

My apprentice has a cousin.

He was driving his taxi
when bandits attacked him.

As he refused to give them his car,
they killed him.

The cousin of my apprentice.

He was killed 42 days ago.

Fourteen days ago,
my wife was about to give birth.

I wanted to take her to the hospital,
but there were no taxis.

I then asked my neighbor
to take us in his car.

He was afraid of the Americans.

I confided my two daughters
to the neighbors,

and then went with my wife in the car.

But on the way, we had to stop
at an American checkpoint.

I told them we were going to the hospital,

but they ordered us to turn back.

I explained to them that
my wife was about to give birth.

They responded by threatening us.

They didn't speak Arabic,
but I understood their gestures.

Finally I returned home with my wife.

And a neighbor midwife
helped my wife to give birth.

If complications had occurred,
my wife would have died during delivery.

Why are they so afraid of us?

We are peaceful.
Why are they so afraid of us?

When they pass by here,
they point their guns at us.

I sell motor oil on the sidewalk.

Why do they point their guns at me?

I'm harmless. Why are they afraid of me?

They haven't kept any of their promises.

If someone doesn't keep his promises,

it means that he is a liar. Doesn't it?

And we can't trust liars.

They promised
to transform Iraq in two weeks,

and to make Baghdad look like Tokyo!

Where's their Tokyo?
We want to recover our former Baghdad.

All this is a consequence
of the occupation.

They occupy our country.

They exploit our natural resources.

And in return,
they leave us without electricity.

At the time of Hussein Kamel,
electricity was restored in 45 days,

despite the fact that electrical
installations had been bombed.

This time the installations haven't been
bombed, yet electricity doesn't work!

Americans are liars, that's all.

I passed.

Uncle, the principal wants to talk to you.

You're as beautiful as a bride!

He's filming us!

You only got 70 out of 100 in History?

The exam was difficult
and I didn't study well.

And it was too hot.

So what!

Wait!

Cross!

Why are you waiting to cross?

- Do you have any cold drinks?
- Yes.

- How much for a can?
- 750 dinars for two.

Give us three, quite cold.

Hurry up, Kanar!

I got good marks.

Except in History, I got 73.

- How much?
- 73. It's my only result below 80.

Why?

The exam was difficult and the teacher
didn't explain the questions.

The program was extensive
and we didn't have time to finish it.

- Dad, got any money?
- In the car.

In the glove box.

Buy a watermelon.

Ask the seller to make sure
it's red and sweet.

And if it isn't sweet?

Don't buy it. Tell him before he cuts it.

We don't want a cucumber!

A red cucumber!

Do you want to see my school report?

I have very good marks.

- What did you get in French?
- 99.

- And in English?
- 81.

- You got better marks in French?
- Yes.

- Why?
- French is easier.

Where did you learn French?

I worked with the French for 25 years.

Show me!

Here are the final marks!

Very good!

Bravo!

Congratulations!

The Americans!

The Americans arrived.

They arrived?

There!

Where are the Americans?

Where did they go?

They went dancing?

Shall we dance?

We'll go and see your mom.

Who said she has small eyes?

Your sister!

You see her, Abbas?

We can pierce her ears
if you have earrings.

She looks like her grandmother!

She has a mark on her cheek!

It is the mark of forceps.

It will disappear in two days.

On April 4th, 2003, a missile
destroyed the house of little Dina.

Her father, her mother, her sister
and her two aunts died.

The explosion threw Dina
outside the house.

She miraculously survived.

Sisters Hospital.

It is an error to go through
this intersection,

but it shortens the trip.

We're supposed to take another road.

This road passes by Al-Rashid camp.

- Wounded!
- Uncle!