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The documentary film Iraq: The Truth Uncovered will be screened, followed by a discussion, 9 p.m. today in Gagnon Lecture Hall, Hugel Science Center.
Produced by the liberal organization MoveOn, the film critiques the U.S. approach to the Iraq conflict and examines the creation of the case for war. The event is free and open to the campus.
Actor Martin Sheen calls the movie “a powerful documentary. A must see for anyone interested in the truth about what’s going on in Iraq.”
MoveOn provides the following description:
This controversial and arresting film takes you behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon, and foreign service experts speak out, many for the first time, detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons to fight a “preemptive” war that wasn’t necessary. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the unsettling distortion of intelligence and the “spin and hype” presented to the American people, the Congress and the press. Fighting wars to bring about regime change is in breach of international law. Yet, throughout the fall of 2002, and into the weeks preceding the war in Iraq, the Bush administration systematically distorted intelligence evidence and misled the public in order to turn opinion in favor of “regime change” in Iraq.
The film will present interviews with more than 20 experts, all of whom have informed opinions about the reasons we were given for war and the evidence presented to support those reasons. Some supported the war itself but are deeply concerned about the way information was misused. All believe it is their duty to speak up.
Among those interviewed are former Ambassador Joe Wilson, weapons inspectors Scott Ritter and David Albright, anti-terrorism expert Rand Beers, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, former CIA operative Robert Baer and Washington editor of The Nation, David Corn.