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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.