Four years and three hundred billion dollars after President Bush launched “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Iraq still faces physical and economic devastation. The healthcare system is in shambles, unemployment is estimated to be has high as 40 percent, and personal safety is an ever-present concern. Is this just the cost of war, or is it the product or mismanagement?
In the four-hour special “Iraq: Four More Years?,” Link TV takes a hard look at what’s gone wrong and who is accountable. Part 1 of the special features the films “Iraq’s Missing Billions,” a documentary that questions what happened to the billions of dollars of Iraqi reconstruction money entrusted to the American Coalition Provisional Authority; and “Iraq for Sale,” the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. The special will also feature discussions with Ali Fadhil, the Iraqi doctor who went in search of the missing reconstruction money, and Alan Grayson, the lawyer who is waging a one-man battle against the fraud perpetrated in Iraq.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
Iraq’s Missing Billions
Following the initial combat of the Iraq War, the Coalition Provisional Authority was entrusted with billions of dollars of Iraq’s money. In just 14 months, the CPA burned through $20 billion, but no one could account for where it all went. In “Iraq’s Missing Billions,” Iraqi doctor Ali Fadhil sets off on a one-man investigation into the missing money, uncovering a horrific story of fraud, incompetence and corruption.
Iraq for Sale
In “Iraq for Sale,” acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (“Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,” “Outfoxed,” and “Uncovered”) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. The film reveals the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
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