Once Upon a Time in Iraq (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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The story of the Iraq war and the chaos that followed, told by Iraqis who lived through it.
That Albasheer boy from the beginning, that's the highest level of self h@te,low self esteem, identity crisis, all of that.
Look at what America did to this beautiful country 😢😢
Never celebrate when America comes pretending to be a saviour, there will endless crying 😭
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Documentário maravilhoso! Discursos políticos sempre cheios de palavras, mas vazios de significado e verdade. O de Bush foi apenas mais uma prova dessa lição que a vida não para de nos dar … Abraço forte ao bravo povo iraquiano ❤
The voices of Iraqis take center stage in “Once Upon a Time in Iraq,” an unprecedented, two-hour FRONTLINE documentary special. They share their personal accounts and lasting memories of life under Saddam Hussein, the U.S.-led invasion of their country and the years of chaos that followed — from sectarian violence to the rise and brutal reign of ISIS.
Short version of this: "We were locked n a human zoo, safe and content in our limited existence, then the bad westerners came along, opened the cages and removed the staff, so we killed each other and blamed everyone else.
The irony of people complaining others were doing atrocities in the name of god, while themselves mentioning god in every sentence is just mind-blowing.
The US made mistakes, but the biggest one was believing that people with a medieval mindset are going to know what to do once they are free.
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I thought Borat immediately too.
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"I think it as very good" ugh i really hope theyve executed this dog by now how could you do those things to people
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he sounded just like borat lmao
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@mohammedmmdoh1014Interesting that most of us invasion if not all on a country of Middle East has the ultimate goal to bring chaos to the local enemies of us-zionist. The US coalition brought mayhem, destruction and suffering to Muslims and Catholic Christian communities in the Middle East. Al-qaeda, the civil war, ISIS is a direct consequence of the demonic us invasion of Irak. "They did all that just to get rid of one person?"
@carloslugo5057Rest in peace the child Abeer Qasim al-janabi and her beautiful family of the village of Mamuhdiya, Irak.
@carloslugo5057San Francisco 49ers.
@DanielOtero-o7sAtlanta falcons.
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@DanielOtero-o7s50:41 I wonder if that actually happened, imagine if they did that.
@populistrevolution5197@mohamed khaleej les français nationality
@MohanmedKhalleejThis one has a lot of silly crap before we even see fellujah
@Truck_personThe story of every country that USA puts his feet on their land...when do they want to stop this?
@Hese_khoob1The old problem of Tyranny vs. Anarchy. Which is worse? Are you sure?
@tb88651:01:40 💔
@gaelle0-038:00 💔
@gaelle0-0The problem with these people is that they think the united states are coming to liberate them. Same thing happening in iran at the moment.
@Anisio1May Americans feel the same way these people have felt.
@AarefaKagdiWe learn from your endurance, people of Iraq ❤Much love, from an Iranian
@arinasinghMust seen.
My heart is with Iraqi people who stand and pass through all these heartbreaking experiences.
God Bless Iraq.
@roohmeethis is a very horrible . Iran is in the same situation or maybe much more worse then Iraq . USA is not coming for fredom. it is just come to gain money . USA can not invade the other countries . its the imperialism. the context of USA is this .
@mojganlotfi9619and now Iran
some lessons that people haven't learned through history is that there is no good in invasion! whatever is the reason
Alaa is drop dead gorgeous
@jameseffThey start the sale thing in Iran.
@timotheeamini90385:03 bro you sounded exactly like borat 😂
@jeffarnett4791:22:35 what does he mean snoring of the dead?
@SuperInfection_JayImmense.
@00govan00Moral of the story: never allow ameriKKKa to fight your battles....or else you'll find yourself with no place to call home 😢😢😢😢
@nikkinompilojade-o3jWar never changes
@SeoFerGood luck to iraqis, as we pakistanis are fighting against terrorism too. now days its concern to see what Usa and Israel is doing in Iran, it will absolutely effect the neighboring countries too.
@SalmanMoodyWell ladies and gentlemen, I am here to sign the register for obvious reasons. Today is 04-March-2026, 4 days after Israel and USA bombed Iran to do regime change.
@ndumisomtshali383And here we go again but back in Iran this time doing Israel’s dirty work killing innocent little girls at a school. Shame on Israel! Shame on trump & the American government & shame on any European leader who stands by Israel & trump! Starmer you weak fool! And for the people who lived through this never forget! Did America help Iraq? Iran? Afghanistan? No they did not & they never do. No more to pointless wars & no more doing Israel’s bidding 🚫☮️❤️
@Aria224953/4 india co.
@bigdukeenergyThe older woman is an Angel without wings May the Iraqi people have a bright future without suffering and dispair
@JaapDepundertfreedom was a hefty price they paid but, all they found, was suffering, and from that suffering they learn the value of peace. "Peace is more important than freedom."
I guess that was the moral of this documentary for me.
This is an amazingly touching documentary. Bush was a complete idiot, but not half the idiot we have ‘running’ things now.
@undrtow0515The bbc version was more
@amirrezaahmadi-iz5codon't trust the Americans
@9tailedfoAnd this is the plan they try to implement in Iran too. 😢
@Mary14114Thank you for this documentary. It is so useful, it is so moving, thank you
@maputomylove994Look and see who are the Iraqi traitors. The Iraqi munafiqoen traitors are happy that dictator Bush and shaitaan rumsfeld invade Iraqi and rob, steal and ruined Iraq. Shame on you cheap Iraqi people to kiss the ass of American soldiers who rape your country. More then 20 years later Iraqis crying about Saddam Hoessein. Saddam is a real gangster who knows very wel how middle-east politics works. Allah yargmoe. He died with the words: la illah illah allah mohammed an rasoelah. He is the winner of this nasty game. The betrayal of Saddam Hussein wil forever curse Iraq. And the Americans and the zionist have reached there goals.
@marceldonkers873