Roadtrip Iraq | Al Jazeera World
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2013
- The incidental casualties of war are the individuals who lose family, property, limbs and lives. But sometimes collateral damage can describe what has happened to an entire nation.
Ten years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq still suffers from the damage in the overthrow of the dictator and the chaos that followed.
Now, as Iraq adjusts after the withdrawal of American troops, what is the new reality of everyday life? What are the daily struggles for the ordinary people of this extraordinarily diverse country?
Roadtrip Iraq asks how far Iraq's authorities have been able to deliver justice, prosperity and the kind of security needed for any kind of normal civilian life.
From the mainly Kurdish north, through the predominantly Sunni middle belt, and ending in the Shia-majority south, a film crew takes a roadtrip by bus, gathering stories of ordinary people as they jump on and off for their part of the journey.
Artists, warlords and widows are among those who share their sorrows, reveal their problems and describe their dreams. We discover just what the country looks like through the eyes of its war-weary sons and daughters.
We meet activists, among them Zahid Mahmoud, who sums up his perception of the state of the country:
"We didn't have freedom under Saddam's rule, but we didn't live in hunger either. Today - we do have freedom but people are starving. Most people are poor. Thousands of new graduates can't find a job. The leaders are monopolising the job market for the benefit of their entourage."
Another resident's wishes sum up the yearning of the divided country.
"Our wish is that we get a just ruler. Someone who can reconcile our differences and listen to everyone whether Sunni, Shia, Kurd, Arab or Christian," Taha Kamel from Fallujah says.
A dictator was taken down at a very high price to the Iraqi people. A price that it seems they will continue to pay for many years to come.
Roadtrip Iraq crosses the country from north to south, taking the pulse of a nation that is no longer at war but neither at peace.
Editor's Note: This film by Feurat Alani originally aired on July 31, 2013.
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Iraqis no matter you are Sunni or Shia you are a lion!🇮🇶🇮🇶
Truly sorry for the deaths of the innocent civilians. This unnecessary war definitely shouldn't exist in the first place.
Not only was unfair war also, zionist jews israeli who had leadership of american forcess , order only keep oil field safe but empty all the historical musames of Iraq from 5 thousand years ago, also banks also saving of any gold , and any other trasure in iraq,run to market , Jews zionsit in western country for auction, also zionsit Jew Europe can make new history in Irsrael just so can destroy mother of civilization Iraq, and Iran , history,
thank you for posting this.. it makes me have more compassion for the people in the middle east.... our main streams news is so corrupt in the USA. this was refreshing to watch....
素晴らしい番組ですね。今後も期待しています！
I am Japanese. This program is very nice. I can understand this program by the caption of English. UA-cam is very good! I am expecting the update of Al Jazeera program.
Such a great documentry, keep them coming. It really brings a new perspective on different side of the war. All we see on tv are of how bad Iraqis is and how America is hero but this really open my eyes. I really hope things get better iraq, keep the peace going and stay strong.
me to !! this is great far better of then our "news" here in west who only tell how many people who are dying and not how manny who lives !
That's not what most westerners think. Most people in the US and Canada hate the idea of the war or any war. It's not up to them to go to war. It's up to the corrupt govt to do send their troops. America isnt the hero, everyone knows that. The soldiers are sent there to fight, they dont ask questions. When people say America is the hero, they arent talking about America as a whole or the govt, they are talking about the young American soldiers who were sent to die for nothing and kill people that didnt need to be killed. Most soldiers were against the war after the first year cause they knew it was wrong. Of course not all Iraqis are bad. Maybe you watch to much FOX and NBC. Stop being ignorant.
Asotdaze clearly anti American spin. To the tale that normally has an anti Iraqi spin. Go figure that the anti American spin is coining from Al Jazeera aka the Qatari leaders.
Let’s be fair about it.
Both sides have done terrible things
I love the kurdish people got alot of respect for them there's alot that live in the northeast East of England, I have a few kurdish friends there always happy and welcoming they've suffered alot over the years which is such a shame as kurdistan should be recognised as a proper country.. respect to my kurdish friends and their families that live back home
Peace is not easy but in war there are no winners. Everyone losses!
I like that quote
+Humanity 234567890 Thank you. Invading Iraq will be stain on the American conscience like Vietnam. God have mercy on us for this. History has spoken and George W. Bush is still the worst president and is the most murderous of them all.
+mercytoday Yeah, Bush makes past presidents like Reagan and Nixon look like Super heros.
there was not war, it was just invasion
@@PhsycoEarthling the only winner was Israeli who plane such war, for profit their weapons inudstry, also practice their new weapons, also by excuse middle east war have 100 billions american taxpayer money for free, when american sleep in street also in car, at the same time american lost life and went to bankruptcy, and Iraqi lost life brocken economy and destroy their country,
Much love to Kurdistan ❤️❤️❤️
One of the best documentary ever. Keep up the great work
I like to hear the other side other than American media. I pray for all the Iraqis and hope things work out better for everyone.
So much of your report contains information and pictures of towns and villages that reflect the devastation during and after the war. Your report brings to light the painful, horrific, unspeakable effects of in-fighting among relatives and neighbors who differ only in minor religious doctrine.
There have been no real winners coming from this war.
There has been too much killing, maiming, and destruction of entire civilizations that had co-existed peacefully for thousands of years before this senseless fighting began.
Thank you for taking the serious risks to your own safety, so as to bring us this insight.
I hope to go to iraq one day. I am American and Ive been to Dohuk and Erbil but i want to go there and I hope that people will accept me.
Brent W so be it and offer your blood on them to atleast reduced the pain from your arrogant fellow american
kurd are people with common sense, of course there are kurdish jews sale the kurd to israeli
An awesome initiative by the channel to make the whole world to be a part of a completely different world within the same.....
Wow.. amazing documentary, thank you
love iraq
Sad! And very powerful documentary.
The so-called "coalition," hahaha good one!
this is so sad
great documentary
It’s was all reality thanks from your stuff. This is a great ducmentry about Iraq’s
please stop talking shit to each other and help humans .look at those people .put ur self in there shoes and feel the pain.please help or pray for everybody.
Western white people are not capable of having empathy
Here in 2013 they were unaware about worst was yet to come their way in 2014 .. 🤨😒
Amazing film
Excellent
At least they have buses and trains, in canada there is no such way to get around the country
Of all the people in the video I feel particularly sorry for the football player, It hurts when your dreams are shattered this way, life is cruel
Apart, Iraq seems far from stability and prosperity, perhaps in this life time.
If comes out in piece, I will love to be on a roadtrip like this, exploring alien lands,
I like the last part i seen streets that i walked on and places i've been. Back in 2008 when we started that mission i got so sick when i went to the market from the smell. People had been driven out of that market by Al Mahdi armies i made alot of friends there and people i'll never forget. There was good and bad places and good and bad people most of the locals there was nice people and welcome us in. But right at the center of town and parts of the outsides of basra most off the people didnt like us or want us there. There was day they was nice and cheering for us hugs and kisses the hole 9 yards and then days that they was throwing rock and trying to push us out them days i belive there was forces there watching the locals and they was scared to welcome us in. but for most of all i like the people in basra and there where good hearted nice people and it was such a pretty place beside the war torn streets and faces. I would love to return to basra oneday till then i wish the people there good luck and health and that god will bless them Eric
Good.
We are going on a trip on our favourite rocket ship to Iraq
I thought it was worse than this. Good luck to these people.
Kingdom of Iraq
How can we build a new iraq bush? Iraq is destroyed because of you. If you left us Solving the problem in our country we would not have been in this mess. If saddam never thought about power and thought about the country, iraq would have been beautiful. If saddam didn't go and invade in Kuwait for oil iraq would have been like Dubai.
However,.....SADDAM DID!!!.....GFY.....if we didnt LIBERATE u...U WOOD B DEAD!!!
James isroip
Dont worry my friend Bush will be in prison soon enough! Peace from the USA!
Iraq, iran, syria , Libya , afghanist and Yeme all their war and their masscare was by order AIPAC zionist jews in US congrss, so these nation never support palestinine also, never have power to fight forienge country against their poppet who have control of oil of these nation, the only country stand strong are iranian as Saudi arabia paid lots money to Zionist jews to be supported as their poppet , as Saudi kingdom in secret travel to Isareli also, zionist try hard to destroy iran by Iraq, war, but did not worked, as Iranian are too smart tobe destroy by zionsit Jews israeli , and their ally Amerian and Nato,
@@jameslubin5100 You're an imbecile. Also, it's kind of funny to see an American to say "we" when talking about foreign policy, as though the average American has any democratic say in the decision making of their government's foreign policy whatsoever. What a sucker you are
The song in this documentary is Ya Baba, but who created the cover and where can I find it?
My god Umm Zayned! Can we help this poor women and her children.
I love in Iraq
god help this country
I like me this documentary because have an style where the most important its the people. Here on México the tv channels did too reports everyday when was the war but the hero always were the stars journalist theirs painful for remain there.
the world needs to see more documentaries// like this..
road trip Libya.. Egypt.. Afghanistan.. .. better yet road trip "sense less wars for profit" or "blood money"
showing the connections between big business and bloodshed,.
some of the people directly or indirectly responsible for this type of sufferation my just be at the office looking at it in terms of number or revenue.. never really taking into consideration the human cost..
the human cost of the search for profit
ياالله شنو هل معزه الي حاطنه بيه كلما طحا بمصيبه طلعتنه والعالم كله يحبنه واحنه بلدنه متعدد الاديان
we had problems, while we tried to fix those, america came and made our problems worse.
That's what they always do. They drag other countries to do their bidding as well.
BTW I live north of the south oil company in Basra!
Underneath their feet is the gasoline reserve and yet it cost them $40 to fill a tank? Almost what I pay now here in LA to fill up my tank.
You live in heaven
Simple always blame something other for something bad, it's an old dynamic in life - old as our existing selfe .... !!! 👍🏆🏁🤞🐞🍀😘
BIJI KURDISTAN BIJI YPG LONG LIVE THE KURDISH AUTONOMOUS REGIONS!
It’s so weird that this was filmed before the war and now everything has changed 😣
No this was filmed after the fall of saddam
29:18
I hope your dream come true.
Why doesn't someone help that poor woman with the eight children? Who is getting the billions of oil money? I hate rich people. May they rot in help.
I wish, when they finish developing a story, there would be a way to contact Al Jazeera, or whomever makes a documentary such as this one, so that we can help at least one person.
Very frustrating, when we want so badly to help, but the person featured in the story obviously has to remain anonymous, for their own safety.
Hello there.. I am an Iraqi lady from Basra and I am heading an independent Charity organization called "Larak". Our targets to help are women and families like this 8 children widow. I am not sure how can I reach her and if she is actually still living in the same place after three years from the time of the documentary. The thing is there are hundreds of women like her, and looking at her home, she is in a better conditions than many other.. At least she has an air conditioner! Many places that we visit has barely few pieces of furniture..
I will try to reach her..and see what we can do.. Here is our Facebook Page, if you are interested.. facebook.com/larakorg/
john harris the landowners are the ones reaping the benefits of the found oil. We need to collectivize resources and put thr working men and women in power
2:59 many bus drivers suffer
She did not say that. "She said many bus drivers like Safa'a" Safa'a is the bus drivers name.
She said minibus driver safa'a you idiots.
Hope People of Iraq will learn lesson from the war. They shouldn't let Dictator and terrorist rule their Country..
You should check out VICE they are a little bit more on the stoner side of journalism, but alot of their international documentaries turn out pretty good.
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Its appalling to see what leaving the country under one sect has done.
The foreign companies that own the pumps and such.
eight kids...... great idea
A major reason for poverty, ignorance, insecurity in poor countries
actually, it's the poverty ignorance and insecurity that leads to people having eight children....because the idea is that the more children you have the more people you have in your family to bring home an income, just like in the olden days. Education is the first step to lowering high birth rates. The richer and more well-off the family is, the less children they'll generally have.
Education has never been a priority in most of the Muslim world. Unfortunately you see the results, terrorism, ignorance, intolerance, infighting.
Also, Muslims need to revisit some of the tradational Islamic concepts like beating wife, producing many kids etc, It is hard to carry them in a world of information, knowledge, wisdom
In poor countries children are an asset. In rich countries they are a liability
Qaisar Jan actually during the dark ages Islamic spain was the European center of learning and culture...
1 Billion a month! 12 Billion a year!! and locals live like that!!! No Justice At All
What ever money foreign pay for the oil to the middle east country, twice of it take it back by sale armes or medicin also, food and technology , for the same reason iran for 48 years have been sanction, as they make their own staff and do not like buy american mad, also no weapons, as they find out is slavery, and Israeli mad excuse iran have nuclear bomb Iran invited 6 nation as watch dog to see are not , looking to make nuclear bomb just have nuclear energy for medicin like Xray, when Israeli have 400 nuclear bomb also do not allow UN or American visit their nuclear site
cuz it waz the greatest land introduced 4 u and all nations something called WRITING ... the best civilizations if u know what is civilization
Asaad Al Obaidi nobody knows for sure who or when writing was ‘invented.’ Sure the Sumerians were using writing way back, but to say they invented writing; it’s very subjective, so I’m not convinced. 🧐
Iraq ruined paradise. life, sorrow and suffering belong to one who doesn't give a cent.
Their peaceful int he middle east and rich.
It's 2018 now.. Are things better or worse? (the is video is 2013)
Thank you.
worse
Better
Blair should be held accountable for this illegal war.
For anyone who wonders who gets all the money, anyone Barzani and Talabani really really like.
So we can build walls in other countries we just arent allowed to try and save our own country with a wall.......
American have to pay billions free to israeli build wall, not let palestinine live free, and they have peace of mind but poor US TAXPAYER , have to live in hard time work and pay tax run to israeli and no wall,
I always find it funny that the artist walks over the trash in his school rather than helping to pick it up. This has been one of the fundamental flaws in Iraqi culture, caste. Until they rid themselves of the ideas of tea boys and are willing to get their hands dirty, nothing will change.
L'Irak, la Syrie, l'Afghanistan, l'Iran, la Libye.... ou encore : la civilisation.
No One asked to be born here
39:33, It's Persian gulf and It will be Persian Gulf forever. Correct it.
+Mehdi Noroozi Dream on man it will never be as before in the sunni world
Hi Mehdi,
Do you live in Iran? I want to see the ancient earth buildings, and visit the Blue Mosque, and take pictures of the monuments to famous poets. :)
@@Research0digo yes thesoe days arab had no civilize cluture and lived in desert, learned from Persian empir , how to live as lost the war in Babylon , to Cyrus the great,
What bothers me is that how is America still not facing the karma of its own bloodbath it drowned Iraq in....
Why everything agniest us.? As a Syrian i wish i was aborted
the football player also should be compensated along with the widow lady with eight children
,hi
Despite the fact that their dictator committed genocide.
Israeli are head of snake, they force american support Iraq, to fight and steal land from iranian when had new govement as start of their revelution, so israeli give lots weapons to Iraqi, also iranian to fight the each other, when Iran find out israeli make profit by sale arms stop the war, and mad peace, but Israeli was not happy, Iraq mad peace,so by excuse , send kowait steal under ground oil of Iraq, also ask Iraqi fight the kuwit, that was when american, jump invad Iraq also destoryed Iraq, for free oil to send to isreali, called golf war, , and bush mad excuse WMD, and later bush said it was mistke as many american killed for israeli,
Bji kurdistan...
39:04 - It's Persian Gulf not Arabian.
Every one calls it the Persian Gulf, even the majority of Arabs. Only UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia call it the Arabian gulf.
It's Arabian gulf.
@@user-hs3fg6ig4c No
What happens with the oil?? Who profit from it now??
The current government. They get the money and put it in there pockets
israeli free oil
No talk of the instremental US no fly zone in North Kurdistan.
American do not care for kurdistan, you have to be kurd to understand when israeli send chamical to practice on kurdish people, only kurdstan of Iraq are located where iraq oil feild are , so Amrican just supported oil not the kurd also when Bush and Cheney order Shock and wae order watch for Arbil what is Iraq oil fiedl industry, when did not care millions iraqi was killed like milke factory for infant , also children hospital and old and sick peopel when children infant starve to death,
North of Iraq is area for Kurdsitan but not yet have there own land. but all area other is for Arab Iraqi.
Ami Muhammed all that stuff is fabricated out of context lies. I'm a former white American christian btw. Thank God I found Islam!
Haroon 541 😫😫😫😫
There is definately hope for Iraq and it will improve greatly if it can get past the sectarian violence. Currenty the Kurds are the only autonomous government away from the main government in Iraq.
FREE KURDISTAN!!!
mr sinan tariq learn federalism nd democracy frm india as it is the best example how people of different religions stay here in peace
India is best jai mata di
I'd like to know who profits from the billions of dollars in oil that is pumped out of the ground. The Iraqis don't seem to be benefiting at all. Who then?
Toosin Beymen USA and the west.
israeli want water and free oil divid and rule to have oil and water, as their par minster golda meir said she hated moses he did not give the jews zionist land to have oil “MOSES dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil”, quipped Golda Meir ..
Iraq sure aged well 😂……free Syria 🇸🇾
Lock at all the chemical wepends USA found o rite they trident fined a single one and now Iraq is purr and they don't eny oil. Thx. USA
par minster israeli golda meir said, hate mosses because he find a land have no oil for jews , ( MOSES dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil”, quipped Golda Meir .)
كاكه نكره وراكه هههههههه يمشون الی الوراء
You missed a great documentary in your rage of simple-minded lunacy.
Whose legacies? the American, the emperor Saddam or God?
Saddam find out , was used by zionist jews , of course at the last minuts
just stop killing each other
AMERICA RUINED THEIR LIVES
America saved them from dictatorship you stupid women, their sectarian bullshit ruined their own lives!
@@marzee0ne633 You are a typical imperialist-loving dumbass. Under Saddam, they had security, sanitation, jobs, abundant food, residences, culture, utilities, medical resources, women's rights...but the US DESTROYED much of that! There was relative social order under Saddam. The US destroyed Iraq because Saddam moved away from the petrodollar predation. Saddam was brutal and was no saint but he provided far more to his people compared to the death-squad "democracies" around the world propped up by the USA's ruling interests. Get it straight, moron. It was the USA that caused all that "sectarian bullshit."
You live in heaven
Be thankful that you're White
There is so much oil over there why can't the countries come together and share the rewards with ALL the people in those countries. Kuwait who was the first country to be involved in war has recovered and they SHARE the wealth with all of there citizens don't they? Even when u have a democracy and vote into office who you want and will do a good job doesn't seem to matter. The real person shows its colors and The greedy ones always seem to end up with the power. Maybe that's y we voted in trump, because he already had power and dident need to become president to get it. We'll see. God bless you Iraq. And on behalf of the people of the United States be well. And we are sorry.
Oil money are under control american also saudi arabia their best friend Israel, when change oil price, also force such nation buy staff, and take back the money give for the oil,
There were no “good guys” in the Iran-Iraq War, only two brutal dictatorships. Saddam Hussein was a megalomaniac who built enormous, ugly monuments to his ambitions and dreamed of becoming the dominant power in the Persian Gulf, controlling the world’s oil supplies, and destroying Israel. At the end of the first Gulf War in 1988, Hussein waged genocide against his own Kurdish population. Ayatollah Khomeini created a theocracy in Iran which imprisoned and executed thousands of its own citizens, forced tens of thousands into exile, and even took American diplomats hostage. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed on both sides. Millions of people on both sides prayed every day for allah to help. Allah did what all Gods do. Nothing
aisha childbride ugly monuments? the huge world mosque he built is actually gorgeus.
I am ashamed
When sadam gone What is the situation of iraq now Sadam Husan Is The king Of all Muslim But America didn't like sadam And how many people US killed in iraq in syria Who is daesh daesh create by America 🥲
india is best example not america
Hope those people who supported the sectarian war will be happy see the suffering of the people..
I Hate Saddam Hussein
But Iraq have no Guilt
Saddam was Used by israeli and american
why kurdish flag there in iraq kurdish peoples no have any land in this world kurdish help to american to destroy iraq and killed sadam hussain
Fighting in the name of God, foolishness
Kerkuk has always been Kurdish. Saddam always wanted to take it using his power. He also sent many arabs to live there to make people doubt it is Kurdish.
There is not kurdish and theres no arab if you are smart enough to relize that. Its IRAQ. Kirkuk is Iraq, Erbil is Iraq etc
***** The north has always been Kurdish, and the sooner this farce called Iraq is over, the better. Biji Kurdistan.
***** Before the Kurds, there were Assyrians. Iraq is the modern Mesopotamia which was ruled by Assyrians and Chaldeans who are the indigenous people of modern day Iraq.
Boring!
people there happy and stomping on his statue 😂😂😂
I am so apologetic to the people of Iraq that America invaded you.There was really no reason you were invaded it was for other reasons that was agendas that America wanted.They lied,killed their own young and thousands of your people. It was also the reason that insurgents were created like ISIS.Again I apologise for your suffering.
Fu sa!