Iraq 10 April 2003: Baghdad Falls; Beginning of the Breakdown of Law and Order
VIDEO CLIP: PBS FRONTLINE – BROADCAST 9 OCTOBER 2003
CLIP TWO: STATUE COMES DOWN 10 April 2003. Bush and exiles celebrate; Looting spreads; Military takes a passive attitude.
Speakers:
Kanan Makiya: Iraqi expat academic and a professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University who had called attention to Saddam Hussein’s abuses of his own people. A member of the Iraqi National Congress (a largely expat anti-Saddam political party), Makiya lobbied the US government to invade Iraq in 2003 to oust Hussein on moral grounds.
LtGen James Conway: Commander I MEF during invasion (later Commandant, USMC). Expresses that a level of looting of government buildings is tolerated.
Mr. Laith Kubba: National Endowment for Democracy. Explains that Iraqi people sensed a lack of authority and took advantage of it.