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Tagged With: Iraq

Operation Filmmaker: A Perfect Example of “Help” Gone Wrong

Posted on 16 January, 2009 by Julie Schwietert Collazo

A few weeks back, the PBS show “Independent Lens” featured “Operation Filmmaker,” a documentary that both the director and the viewer probably hoped would be a neat, feel-good narrative about a couple of generous Americans doing their part to atone for the damage their country has done in Iraq. The story is this: A young … Continue reading »

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Close Guantanamo? Wait Just a Minute.

Posted on 25 November, 2008 by Julie Schwietert Collazo

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo If you’d have asked me two months ago whether I agreed that we should close Guantanamo, I would have said “Yes!” without thinking. Like many Americans and citizens of the world, I viewed the US naval base and detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as a symbol of … Continue reading »

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