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But the United States and Britain had just spent 10 years in the occupation of Iraq and...

Heval • 2021
But the United States and Britain had just spent 10 years in the occupation of Iraq and there was absolutely no interest in going back in and putting boots on the ground to fight another conflict in the region

Full Transcript

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But the United States and Britain had just spent 10 years
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in the occupation of Iraq
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and there was absolutely no interest in going back in
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and putting boots on the ground
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to fight another conflict in the region.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
579
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:42
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
CuriosityStream,Mafficking Pictures,LINK Entertainment,Jupiter Entertainment,Sky Studios

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Movie Summary

Explore interviews with Michael, his supporters and his detractors with the actor's own helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters.
Well, when I saw that stuff, all of these videos, - Heval 00:14
Well, when I saw that stuff, all of these videos,
(women scream) - Heval 00:05
(women scream)
This was so horrible, what they were doing. - Heval 00:04
This was so horrible, what they were doing.
And I started making steps to go. - Heval 00:04
And I started making steps to go.
(dramatic music) - Heval 00:13
(dramatic music)
We had doubts about every bit of Michael's story, - Heval 00:11
We had doubts about every bit of Michael's story,
It sounds like something from the mind - Heval 00:05
It sounds like something from the mind
But I made a couple of phone calls - Heval 00:06
But I made a couple of phone calls
What really grabbed my interest was the complexity - Heval 00:15
What really grabbed my interest was the complexity
It's what makes him an intriguing character. - Heval 00:05
It's what makes him an intriguing character.
I wanted to go and fight ISIS, - Heval 00:07
I wanted to go and fight ISIS,
So I needed to find out exactly who was on the ground. - Heval 00:05
So I needed to find out exactly who was on the ground.
The Kurdish military - Heval 00:06
The Kurdish military
They've done most of the fighting - Heval 00:05
They've done most of the fighting
The Kurds are often described as the largest ethnic group - Heval 00:06
The Kurds are often described as the largest ethnic group
I mean, right now there are about 30 odd million Kurds - Heval 00:10
I mean, right now there are about 30 odd million Kurds
When the struggle against Islamic State emerged in Syria, - Heval 00:12
When the struggle against Islamic State emerged in Syria,
(woman speaks in a foreign language) - Heval 00:09
(woman speaks in a foreign language)
And they were the men and women - Heval 00:05
And they were the men and women
These Kurdish freedom fighters, - Heval 00:17
These Kurdish freedom fighters,