Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place
Iraq

Published: 12-May-2003
By: Bremner Bird and Fortune

The Bremner Bird and Fortune team returned with an hour long special on Iraq after the war.

So it's over. But is that really the end of the story? Why was Bush so keen to go to war? Why was Tony Blair so keen to back him? Why is it nothing at all whatsoever to do with oil?

And after they let him down so badly, will Tony Blair ever trust the electorate again? Rory and the Johns return for an hour long special that explores the events of the past few months and looks ahead at what, and who, is next.

George Bush appears on Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire to raise more money for tax cuts and finds his passage made clearer by the endless coughs, grunts, and blatant cheating of the group of neo conservative supporters sat behind in the fastest finger seats.

And what of reconstruction? Is the religious divide a factor? Popular singing duet Sunni and Shia provide a clue.

Whatever the future holds, answers may come from the past. Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein compare notes of rosier times as CIA beneficiaries

Bremner Bird and Fortune: Beyond Iraq and a Hard place broadcast on Channel 4 11th May 2003.

http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/special_reports/beyond_iraq_hard_place.html

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