#sadrcity

Baghdad in 1919 [540x640] Check this blog!

A twitter thread provoked by my latest article on The Long Road Home includes comments from a soldier who was in the ambush in Sadr City. He is very critical of the series, its inaccuracies, its exploitative approach. What a truly shameful film, I am glad to have been part of the effort to expose one of the worst pieces of propaganda about the Iraq War. #thelongroadhome #natgeo #iraq #iraqwar #sadrcity #propaganda #history #censorship #liesliesandmorelies #warmovies #warfilms https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIKq2tgkyX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oisbsmr8dwix

NEW ARTICLE - When the US Army Decided a Chin Strap was More Important Than the Death of One of Their Soldiers - The US Army provided extensive support to the National Geographic film series The Long Road Home, supposedly to ensure it depicted the real-life battle of Sadr City in a ‘reasonably realistic’ way. But Army emails that I obtained under FOIA show they were more concerned with the fact that a helmet chin strap was wrong in one scene than in the fact the series depicted the death of a soldier who actually died later in another mission. #sadrcity #thelongroadhome #nationalgeographic #films #movies #tv #iraq #iraqwar #military #foia #foiajihad https://www.instagram.com/p/BubvqjKAhDj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z0lm2ld9vh6n

Shia scholar Mohammed al-Sadr confronting Saddam's Baath agents - Iraq 1990s [720x540] Check this blog!

#tbt #throwbackthursday In Sadr City, Iraq with my best friend @samuelwhitman #sadrcity #baghdad #iraq

#flashbackfriday The roof of Patrol Base Texas - Sadr City, Iraq - June 2008 #sadrcity #iraq #oif #m4 #rifle #baghdad