1. CITIZEN'S WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAM FEB. 1998 (6 minutes)
To point out the contradiction and hypocrisy of the U.S. policy demanding that Iraq destroy nuclear weapons while we stockpile them, a group of Vancouver activists led by Libby Davies, NDP Member of Parliament, went to the Bangor, Washington, nuclear submarine base to request access to the base for the purpose of looking for weapons of mass destruction.
2.BAGHDAD REPORT, EASTER 99 (6 minutes) HEARING CHILDREN'S VOICES (11 minutes)
Both videos cover the economic collapse and the humanitarian crisis in Iraq caused by sanctions. Its impact on present and future generations is noted. There is footage of Denis Halliday, former Assistant Secretary General to the UN, and Hans Von Sponeck, former UN Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for Iraq.
3. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM IRAQ, APRIL 1999 (18 minutes)
A group of Canadians joined an international delegation in Iraq, visiting hospitals, schools, and talking with officials. Some of these people speak about what they saw and plead for the end of sanctions. Music by the Raging Grannies is interspersed.
4. SUFFERING IN IRAQ DUE TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, CBS "60 Minutes" May 12, 1996 (15 minutes)
Leslie Stahl tours Iraq and introduces us to the magnitude of problems created by sanctions, explaining how one of the most westernized nations of the Middle East has been reduced to a third world nation. Children's hospitals are visited with many views of malnourished children. Leslie talks with doctors about shortages and visits streets where one sees the results of inflation. The segment closes with a talk with Madeline Albright who, while admitting Saddam Hussein is not suffering, defends sanctions.
5. DOUG ROKKE SPEAKS ON THE DANGERS OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN IRAQ
(30 minutes edited version, unedited 1 hour 15 minute version also available)
Doug Rokke speaks about the depleted uranium munitions the U.S. military used in the Gulf War (and are using again in our current war with Iraq). This depleted uranium contamination has caused tremendous health damage to tens of thousands of both Iraqis and U.S. soldiers, including Doug Rokke himself.
6. AMERICA: POLICEMAN FOR THE THIRD WORLD? (29 minutes)
This is a broadcast of America's Defense Monitor in 1992. Admiral Gene LaRocque is host and Sanford Gottlieb is interviewer and narrator. Several people are interviewed for their views on President Bush's New World Order. Does it mean a world community under the influence of the United Nations, solving our problems by diplomatic and political means, or does it mean that the U.S. is assuming the role of policeman of the third World.
7. SILENT WEAPON: THE EMBARGO AGAINST IRAQ (26 minutes)
This video was made with the support of many denominations and associations of churches that were concerned about our limited knowledge of Iraq. It is designed for use in churches and gives the story of sanctions through facts and limited visual photo footage. There is an accompanying study guide.
8. CHILDREN OF THE CRADLE (26 minutes)
A delegation from Medicine for Peace went to Iraq in 1991-92 to assess the medical situation there. This is their findings.
9. FORUM ON IRAQ: SANCTIONS & THE POLITICS OF WEAPONS INSPECTIONS, JDM Productions (31 minutes)
Scott Ritter, the former Iraq weapons inspector, and Simone Herrick, a cleric who has visited Iraq, each talk about the current situation in that country.
10. CNN COVERAGE OF DOCTORS' DELEGATION TO IRAQ, 4/5/99; and HANS VON SPONECK -U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR TO IRAQ, 4/5/99, (1 hour total)
A brief CNN segment about an international 27 person delegation to Iraq endorsed by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. The delegation is delivering medical textbooks to Baghdad in violation of sanctions, which forbid the entrance of all educational materials.
The CNN segment is followed by a talk with Hans von Sponeck, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. He assesses conditions in Iraq and explains the U.N. role there as manager of a complex program. He says that the last chapter on the wisdom of sanctions has not yet been written. At the end von Sponeck accepts questions which add to the comprehensive coverage.
11. IN SHIFTING SANDS, 2001 (1 hour, 32 minutes)
This film is directed by Scott Ritter, the former Chief Weapons Inspector of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq (UNSCOM), and includes frequent footage of the numerous attempts to gain admission to supposed weapons sites. The film speaks negatively of the power and role of the United States in the investigations. Although UNSCOM has been discredited Ritter feels Iraq has been, for all practical purposes, disarmed and is not a military threat and that sanctions should be lifted. He believes the UN should be protecting the well-being of people, not destroying lives.
12. PAYING THE PRICE: KILLING THE CHILDREN OF IRAQ by John Pilger (1 hour 15 minutes, 40 minute version may soon be available)
John Pilger, an award-winning British journalist, presents many of the most important aspects of the situation in Iraq, including the death and disease that sanctions cause Iraq's children, the history of U.S. support of Saddam Hussein, the problems of depleted uranium caused by U.S. weapons, and the military attacks that have been ongoing since the end of the Gulf War.
13. A FORCE MORE POWERFUL, a PBS series,
(3 hours)
Highlights 8 different countries where nonviolent action has created major positive political changes without war. Some groups are using this as a series of 6 half hour showings. Can come with a guide for discussion.