Dispatches~Iraq: The Legacy 2008 12 13 (Ch 4)

Dispatches~Iraq: The Legacy 2008 12 13 (Ch.4) 00:48:21 379 MB XviD Political commentator Peter Oborne returns to Iraq in a followup to his Dispatches film, Iraq The Betrayal, broadcast earlier this year, to find out whether - as President-elect Obama hopes - it is now 'safe' for Western forces to leave. Oborne begins his investigation into our legacy in Iraq when he accompanies Foreign Secretary David Miliband on his first visit to Iraq at the end of last year. Together they witness the handover ceremony at Basra airport, as British forces pass provincial control to the local Iraqis. ... At the start of October, responsibility for the Awakening program, under which around 100,000 Sunni militiamen are paid to keep the peace in their localities, passed from the Americans to the Iraqi government. It has been credited with dramatically reducing the levels of violence in Iraq, and the next step is for the militiamen to be integrated into the Iraqi army and police. But Oborne investigates whether this is happening fast enough to stop the Sunnis returning to violence... . On the streets earlier in the year, he encounters a transformed Baghdad, following 'the surge' by American forces which flooded difficult neighborhoods to oust insurgents. Greater security it created was supposed to allow significant political progress. . The signs are not encouraging..... The Oil Law, which governs foreign investment and the division of Iraqi oil revenues within the country, is stalled in parliament. And there's big opposition to the government's proposed deal with the Americans which sets out the rules for how they operate and when they are to leave. As British and American forces prepare their final exit from Iraq, this edition of Dispatches analyses the legacy of the invasion. And as many of the same tactics are about to be transferred to Afghanistan, are we about to make the same mistakes again? http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/iraq+the+legacy/2880557 shunster ex http://www.thebox.bz/details.php?id=60998 Other active torrents/uploads at: http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=11