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BBC True North – Belfast to Baghdad (2020)

12/11/2020 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC True North – Belfast to Baghdad (2020)
English | Size: 1.13 GB
Category: Documentary

When a group of painters and decorators from Northern Ireland arrived in Baghdad 30 years ago to paint Saddam Hussein’s palace, they found themselves at the centre of an international crisis. Held as human shields it was five months before they managed to get home. Now they come together to share their story for the first time. [Read more…]

BBC – Baghdad Cop (2020)

19/04/2020 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Baghdad Cop (2020)
English | Size: 682 MB
Category: Documentary

Inside Baghdad’s police force and the life of Major Aziz Nasser. Unprecedented access into Baghdad’s police force reveals the extraordinary life of Major Aziz Nasser, trouble-shooter for Baghdad’s Chief of Police. Decades of bloodshed have left the region’s infrastructure in ruins, and the Baghdad police force struggles to hold the city together. In the midst of it all is Major Aziz Nasser, an idealist who’s trying to restore their battered reputation amidst the violent turmoil of social collapse. [Read more…]