Filmmakers on the Lives of Arkansan Soldiers in Iraq

This week, two major news stories dominating the headlines have converged - the CIA leak case in Washington and the grim milestone of 2,000 US soldiers killed in Iraq - and they’re linked. The CIA leak case is about smearing a whistleblower who challenged the Bush administration’s pretext for the Iraq invasion - weapons of mass destruction. It turns out there were no WMDs, but there is a war. And as protests, vigils and rallies are held around the country to mark the 2,000th American soldier killed, 159,000 troops are still deployed in Iraq - matching the largest American force ever in the country.

We go to the voices of members of the Arkansas National Guard. They are the subject of a multi-part documentary series airing on Discovery Times, called "Off to War: From Rural Arkansas to Baghdad." This series was one of the first to deal with the ongoing problem of US troops having inadequate equipment and unarmored vehicles in Iraq.

* Craig Renaud and Brent Renaud, the filmmakers and producers of the documentary series "Off to War: From Rural Arkansas to Baghdad," which follows members of the Arkansas National Guard as they deploy to Iraq. On Saturday, the sixth installment of the series will air on Discovery Times.

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