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- 1998– 1h 44mTV-PG8.9 (17)TV EpisodeStarsCharlton HestonDan QuayleJohn SununuThe top-secret planning behind the Coalition's victory over Iraq. How former CIA director President George Bush, General Norman Schwarzkopf, General Colin Powell and others gathered and analyzed the crucial information needed to develop their deceptive and overwhelming battlefield strategy in the Persian Gulf.
- DirectorJason McKinleyStarsPhil CrowleyA generational leap in technology and strategy is put to the ultimate test over enemy airspace in Iraq. The air combat of the future begins with America's first large scale air offensive since the Vietnam War.
- 2007– 44mTV-PG7.0 (6)TV EpisodeStarsShane WoodSean BunchAngel ManuelIraq, 1991 - Eight Green Berets from US Army Special Forces go deep inside Iraq to gather info on a key Iraqi location when they are suddenly attacked. It's a harrowing encounter with sleek coordination between air and ground support.
- DirectorPaul KilbackStarsRobin WardKenneth PollackJoseph SartianoThis is the story of how the American 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment used superior equipment and training to overcome a blinding sandstorm and hundreds of tanks manned by Iraq's elite Republican Guard.
- StarsCharlton HestonAndrew CockburnKhidhir HamzaSaddam Hussein used cunning and deception to befriend the West, before turning his back. He has risked everything to secretly develop his weapons of mass destruction, including the welfare of his own people.
- DirectorKristian FragaStarsJiemar PatacsilMike ScottiAs part of the first wave in the War on Terror, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti (awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V") served on the front lines during the 21 day advance to Baghdad. His experiences in Afghanistan as well as Iraq put him face to face with the sobering realities of war on a daily basis. Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at life on the battlefield through the eyes of someone who was there.
- DirectorDavid SalzbergChristian TureaudApache Warrior" is a feature-length documentary that puts the viewer inside the cockpit of an elite U.S. Army Aviation Helicopter Squadron as they launch a Deep Attack during the initial surge into Iraq in March, 2003.
- DirectorIan OldsGarrett ScottStarsMatthew BacikChris CorcioneEric ForbesIn January, 2004, in Al-Falluja, Iraq, a documentary film crew follows an infantry squad of the 82nd Airborne, US Army. Cameras accompany the squad of seven on day and night patrols, as they watch their backs, kick down doors, search for weapons, interrogate women, detain a few people, and listen to the complaints of locals. At their barracks, a former Baathist retreat called Dreamland, the men talk: about why they enlisted, civilian prospects, feelings about the war and Iraqis, where they were when a comrade died a few weeks before. We see them wait for translators and try a few words of Arabic; we hear their frustrations. We watch them pressured to reenlist. Tensions mount in Falluja.
- DirectorPetra EpperleinMichael TuckerStarsBryant DavisDevon DixonJavorn DrummondAmerican soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.
- DirectorGianfranco RosiGianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
- StarsAndy SerkisWith 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.
- DirectorDaniel GabrielStarsBashar AtiyatAli MulaAnouar H. SmaineThe gritty, thrilling story of local militias and uneasy allies who banded together to liberate Iraq's second-largest city of 1.3 million people from ISIS in 2017.
- DirectorAmir Bar-LevStarsPat TillmanJosh BrolinMary TillmanChronicles the life of the late Pat Tillman, who walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals in 2002 to join the Army but died from friendly fire in Afghanistan.
- DirectorGarrett AndersonAntonio de la TorreFormer Marine Corps infantry platoon members recall November 22, 2004, during the Second Battle of Fallujah, with diverse opinions on different aspects of their war experience.
- DirectorDavid HickmanStarsPaul McGannSaddam HusseinSamirZero Hour 2 - Capturing Saddam reconstructs the final hour of the raid leading to the capture of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator reviled and feared crimes committed against his people; the mass poisoning of Kurds; torture and executions in his macabre prisons; the invasion of Kuwait; and the brutal suppression of the Shia uprising in 1991.
- StarsShane WoodLawrence BroughtonDarius CottrellIraq, 2005 - For centuries, the city of Tal Afar served as a trading post linking East and West. By 2005, Al-Qaeda's brutal reign turned it into a ghost town. In May, the US Army moves in to wipe them out, restoring Iraqi government control to the city.
- Iraq, 2004 - Free elections approach for Iraqis but south of Baghdad beheadings, executions, roadside bombs, robberies and chaos rule the area. US Marines will need courage and heroism to beat the enemy and make it safe for the election.
- StarsCharles W. DavidsonPhilip ShahbazAdolfo NaranjoHawijah, Iraq 2004 - Fort McHenry, the US Military's Forward Operating Base outside Hawijah, suffered egregious attacks in Operation Iraqi Freedom. To protect the new Iraqi police, on August 7 the Army enters the town square - and into a kill zone.
- StarsShane WoodLawrence BroughtonSean DelonNajaf, Iraq 2004 - The Imam Ali Shrine, a Shiite holy site, was off-limits to US and Iraqi coalition forces, but that didn't stop insurgents from holing up there. Marines had to fight hand-to-hand to take out arms and fighters hiding in the cemetery.
- StarsShane WoodJustin GalindoLawrence BroughtonIraq, 2005 - A small US/Iraqi team working near Samara come under a fierce attack. Outmanned and outgunned, their call for air support is answered by just two US choppers in the area. The pilots come under heavy enemy fire trying to rescue their troops.
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik Thompson
- DirectorTony LongStarsDavid SessionsSean Andrew StokesErik ThompsonAl-Qaida terrorists and Islamic radicals congregate in Fallujah, Iraq, to resist the U.S. occupation.
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik Thompson
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik Thompson
- DirectorAmy HugginsStarsErik ThompsonDavid Tran
- DirectorTony LongStarsErik Thompson
- DirectorPhil SteinStarsMatthew AlexanderGeorge W. BushRichard CullenAl-Zarqawi- the most wanted man in Iraq, is proving a formidable enemy. Responsible for bombings, beheadings and attacks, he's more persistent than Saddam and more active than Osama. The coalition's only hope lies with a top secret task force.
- StarsRutter Mark AlecGo behind enemy lines and discover how the Green Berets teamed up with rebel Kurds to target Islamist insurgents who were said to be making chemical weapons.
- DirectorBill GuttentagMichael WareStarsAbu Musab Al-ZarqawiMichael WareAustralian journalist Michael Ware's experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after.
- DirectorKenn ChristensonNo narrator. No script. These are the gripping true stories, told by the U.S. Army aviators, ground crews, and ground troops, who took part in the most consequential military operation of the Iraq War: "The Surge." Four intense stories of courage and sacrifice few know, and the lasting legacies they leave for our nation and the soldiers, who lived them.
- DirectorFolleh Shar TambaStarsChris BayPiotr BodzionyJoshua BowersA company of reserve Marines tell the story of their tour of duty in Iraq during the 1st national Iraqi election in 2004-05.
- DirectorAva LowreyStarsJames C. BaileyCharlie CarlsonMichael PrysnerStaff Sergeant James C. Bailey, Corporal Michael Prysner, and Staff Sergeant Charlie Carlson are three very different people, but each shares a common experience - the war in Iraq. Together these three veterans recount their experiences in the war and share the challenges they faced both in Iraq and returning home to a nation that is unaware of the harsh reality on the ground in Iraq. 'FALLOUT: Coming Home from the War in Iraq' is not just another documentary about the war in Iraq. These firsthand witnesses explain how their experiences have affected them and altered their views on the war, the media, the public, and the leaders who put their lives on the line.
- StarsJean-Claude DauphinIn these previously unaired images, we discover US military operations from the inside, but also - and more importantly - scenes of splendor of a dictatorship caught up in lies and unprepared for war.
- DirectorMichael KirkStarsWill LymanPeter BakerThomas RicksFrom PBS and FRONTLINE: FRONTLINE examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the 2003 invasion to the current violence, showing how Iraq itself is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.
- StarsJared ShawIraq 2003: A group of U.S. Army Rangers fights to take control of Haditha Dam when they realize they are outnumbered. As the battle rages on, a medic must face his fears and put his skills to the test in order to save his teammate.
- Interviews and footage recount when Iraqi forces invade the border town Al Khafji, and several American soldiers are caught behind the lines.