KRO Reporter - Dutch Role Iraq War - 2007.03.25

__ __ ___ ___ _____ __ | / /______ _______ __ \ _( )__ /_ ___ | /| / / _ __ \__ __ \___ \ _|/ _ __/ ____ |/ |/ / / /_/ /_ / / /____ \ / /_ _______/|__/ \____/ /_/ /_/ ______\ \__/ __________ _____ ___ ____/______ _______________ ____(_)___ _______ __ /_ _ __ \__ ___/__ __ `/__ / __ | / /_ _ \ _ __/ / /_/ /_ / _ /_/ / _ / __ |/ / / __/ ___ ___ /_/ \____/ /_/ _\__, / /_/ _____/ \___/ _(_)_(_) /____/ .............................................................................. . . . Documentary: The Dutch role in the Iraq war . . . . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . . . . Title - The Dutch role in the Iraq war . . Orig. Title (Dutch) - De Nederlandse rol in de Irak-oorlog . . Production by - KRO Reporter, NL (reporter.kro.nl) . . Language: - Dutch, English . . Subtitles: - English, (original) Dutch . . Broadcasted: - 03-25-2007 . . Duration: - 0:34:50 . . Video Codec, Resolution: - Xvid 320x180 276kb/s . . Audio Codec: - Mp3 CBR 80kb/s 44100 Hz . . Eng Subs by: - Bruinsma . . Source: - StreamRip (ASF) . . . . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . . . . The Dutch role in the Iraq war . . . . KRO Reporter wil answer the question why the Netherlands supported the . . Iraq war. . . . . No day passes without bloody news from Baghdad. Kidnappings, . . assassinations and bombings make up the daily news. Saddam Hussein . . left the stage but further the 2003 war against Iraq brought nothing . . but sorrow. At least 50.000 citizens lost their lifes, more than 3000 . . American service men died. . . . . In march 2003 the Netherlands supported the American assault on Iraq . . that triggered all these problems. Or better stated the first . . government of Prime MInister Balkenende supported the war. Why? . . Because alleged posession of WMD. In the mean time we know better than . . that. What did the Dutch government know when it decided to support . . the war? Was parliament informed sufficiently? KRO Reporter talks to . . the people directly involved in the Dutch decission making process . . and laid their hands on some classified documents that shine a new . . light on the role the Dutch played in the toppling of Saddam. . . . . .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. . . . . . .............................................................................. ___ __ ___ ___ _____ ___ | / /______ _______ __ \ _( )__ /_ ____ | /| / / _ __ \__ __ \___ \ _|/ _ __/ ___ ___ _____ |/ |/ / / /_/ /_ / / /____ \ / /_ _(_)_(_) ________/|__/ \____/ /_/ /_/ ______\ \__/ __________ _____ ___ ____/______ _______________ ______ __ /_ __ /_ _ __ \__ ___/__ __ `/_ _ \_ __/ _ __/ / /_/ /_ / _ /_/ / / __// /_ /_/ \____/ /_/ _\__, / \___/ \__/ /____/