Documentary Slams US Companies Working in Iraq
"Iraq for Sale" Claims Halliburton and Others Profit at Expense of
Safety

by Dan Harris

He's tackled Wal-Mart and Fox News with his scathing documentaries.
Now, filmmaker Robert Greenwald is releasing a documentary which argues
that private companies helping to fight the war in Iraq don't have the
nation's best interests in mind.

"Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" debuts in limited release this
week, and presents an assault on companies that provide the kinds of
services in Iraq that the military once handled itself, such as supplying
food, water and mail delivery for the reconstruction.

In the film, former KBR/Halliburton water purification specialist Ben
Carter is interviewed and says when a motor went out on a truck, they
would "buy a new truck . and bill the government."

Greenwald also interviewed relatives of four Blackwater Security
guards who were mutilated in Fallujah in March, 2004. One mother claimed
her son died because the company cut corners, failing to supply armored
vehicles or maps.

"My son is not walking the earth because people he trusted and worked
for did not care about him," said Donna Zovko, whose son Jerry Zovko was
among the four Blackwater employees killed by insurgents in 2004.

Greenwald requested interviews with the contractors he is
criticizing, but they turned him down.

Blackwater told ABC News it couldn't comment on the Fallujah incident
because it's the subject of a lawsuit, and Halliburton offered a statement
saying the film includes "yet another rehash of inaccurate, recycled
information."

Critics of these kinds of documentaries remind viewers not to expect
balance from left-leaning documentaries, such as Michael Moore's
"Fahrenheit 9/11" and former Vice President Al Gore's global warming film,
"An Inconvenient Truth."

"Finally, the left has figured out their answer to talk radio -- and
it's documentaries," said Prof. Richard Lichter of George Mason
University.

"Iraq for Sale" was produced more like a political campaign than a
traditional movie, largely funded by 3,000 small donations made on the
Internet.

It's being released on a small scale this week and will then be
screened in thousands of homes, union halls and churches in time for the
November elections.

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Is the ANY decency at all in Bush's republican 'base'?

Documentary Slams US Companies Working in Iraq
"Iraq for Sale" Claims Halliburton and Others Profit at Expense of
Safety

by Dan Harris

He's tackled Wal-Mart and Fox News with his scathing documentaries.
Now, filmmaker Robert Greenwald is releasing a documentary which argues
that private companies helping to fight the war in Iraq don't have the
nation's best interests in mind.

"Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" debuts in limited release this
week, and presents an assault on companies that provide the kinds of
services in Iraq that the military once handled itself, such as supplying
food, water and mail delivery for the reconstruction.

In the film, former KBR/Halliburton water purification specialist Ben
Carter is interviewed and says when a motor went out on a truck, they
would "buy a new truck . and bill the government."

Greenwald also interviewed relatives of four Blackwater Security
guards who were mutilated in Fallujah in March, 2004. One mother claimed
her son died because the company cut corners, failing to supply armored
vehicles or maps.

"My son is not walking the earth because people he trusted and worked
for did not care about him," said Donna Zovko, whose son Jerry Zovko was
among the four Blackwater employees killed by insurgents in 2004.

Greenwald requested interviews with the contractors he is
criticizing, but they turned him down.

Blackwater told ABC News it couldn't comment on the Fallujah incident
because it's the subject of a lawsuit, and Halliburton offered a statement
saying the film includes "yet another rehash of inaccurate, recycled
information."

Critics of these kinds of documentaries remind viewers not to expect
balance from left-leaning documentaries, such as Michael Moore's
"Fahrenheit 9/11" and former Vice President Al Gore's global warming film,
"An Inconvenient Truth."

"Finally, the left has figured out their answer to talk radio -- and
it's documentaries," said Prof. Richard Lichter of George Mason
University.

"Iraq for Sale" was produced more like a political campaign than a
traditional movie, largely funded by 3,000 small donations made on the
Internet.

It's being released on a small scale this week and will then be
screened in thousands of homes, union halls and churches in time for the
November elections.

Copyright © 2006 ABC News Internet Ventures

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Is the ANY decency at all in Bush's republican 'base'?