On April 9, 2003, television networks across the globe cut to a live scene unfolding in Baghdad’s Firdos Square. A motley hybrid of what appeared to be ordinary Iraqis and uniformed U.S. troops — who had begun to occupy Baghdad…
‘DIRTY WARS’: Jeremy Scahill and the Perils of Drone Warfare
By Gregory Crofton High expectations for this film left me somewhat disappointed. The slightly hokey but undeniably powerful “DIRTY WARS: THE WORLD IS A BATTLEFIELD” documents journalist Jeremy Scahill’s reporting in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia to expose terrorist kill-list operations…