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Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Beyond this checkpoint and the firstIsis checkpoint on the eastern edge of Mosul, there's...

Beyond this checkpoint and the first
Isis checkpoint on the eastern edge of Mosul, there's perhaps
1,000 yards of no man's land. This was as close as we dare go. We could just make out the
jihadist's black-and-white flag

Full Transcript

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Beyond this checkpoint and the first Isis checkpoint on the eastern
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edge of Mosul, there's perhaps 1,000 yards of no man's land.
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This was as close as we dare go.
00:00:14.008 --> 00:00:18.052
We could just make out the jihadist's black-and-white flag.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:26
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, history, war
Production
Clinica Estetico

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Movie Summary

With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before.
S01 • E05 I went to the Kurdish part of Iraq right after Isis had rolled in. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:34
I went to the Kurdish part of Iraq right after Isis had roll...
S01 • E04 Yeah. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:56
Yeah.
S01 • E01 Iraqis, they love moustache. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:28
Iraqis, they love moustache.
S01 • E05 Crazy. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:13
Crazy.
S01 • E05 Man, I don't know how I felt then. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:42
Man, I don't know how I felt then.
S01 • E01 This woman grew up on a farm in Al Alam, - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:12
This woman grew up on a farm in Al Alam,
S01 • E05 Like, go to Syria and form essentially what becomes Isis. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:22
Like, go to Syria and form essentially what becomes Isis.
S01 • E04 So when he was captured like that, - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:18
So when he was captured like that,
S01 • E05 You could trace that thing all the way back to 2003. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:16
You could trace that thing all the way back to 2003.
S01 • E02 You need to help us. I don't need to help you with shit. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:21
You need to help us. I don't need to help you with shit...
S01 • E05 GUNFIRE - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:13
GUNFIRE
S01 • E04 16 members of Um Ibrahim's family were executed - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:09
16 members of Um Ibrahim's family were executed
S01 • E03 You're always worried about your child, - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:33
You're always worried about your child,
S01 • E02 They're not, like, older generation people. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:07
They're not, like, older generation people.
S01 • E01 I was pro-war. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:39
I was pro-war.
S01 • E02 And they're from a long lineage of warriors - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:12
And they're from a long lineage of warriors
S01 • E04 Like the vast majority of Iraqis, Um Ibrahim is a Shia Muslim. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:28
Like the vast majority of Iraqis, Um Ibrahim is a Shia Musli...
S01 • E03 After a month of waiting, on the 7th of November, 2004, - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:10
After a month of waiting, on the 7th of November, 2004,
S01 • E02 We set up the perfect conditions. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:20
We set up the perfect conditions.
S01 • E05 Camp Speicher had been built by the Americans during the war. - Once Upon a Time in Iraq 00:10
Camp Speicher had been built by the Americans during the war...