Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
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Written by	John Pilger
Directed by	Alan Lowery
Starring	John Pilger Dennis Halliday Robert Gates Hans von Sponeck Peter van Walsum Karol Sikora James Rubin Scott Ritter Said Aburish Doug Rokke
Music by	Nick Russell-Pavier
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	John Pilger Alan Lowery
Cinematography	Preston Clothier
Editor	Joe Frost
Running time	74 minutes
Production company	Carlton Television
Original release
Release	2000 (2000)

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq is a 2000 Carlton Television documentary written and presented by John Pilger which was directed by Alan Lowery. In this documentary Pilger argues that UN sanctions had a devastating effect on the children of Iraq during the 1990s. ^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

John Pilger and Alan Lowery traveled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the "immoral policy" of economic sanctions. There they expected to find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian U.S./U.K. blockade.

Interviewees

• Dennis Halliday – Former Asst. Secretary General, United Nations
• Robert Gates – CIA Director 1991-93
• Hans von Sponeck – Chief UN co-ordinator, Iraq
• Ambassador Peter van Walsum – Chairman, UN Sanctions Committee
• Professor Karol Sikora – Former Chief of Cancer Programme, World Health Organization
• James Rubin – US State Department spokesman
• Scott Ritter – UN Weapons Inspector 1991-1998
• Said Aburish – Author, Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge
• Mohammed Amin Ezzet – Conductor, Iraqi National Orchestra
• Anupama Rao Singh – UNICEF Representative, Iraq
• Professor Doug Rokke – Former US Army health physicist
• Dr. Jinan Ghalib Hassen – Paediatrician
• Dr. Jawad Al-Ali – Cancer specialist
• Laith Kubba – Iraqi opposition exile
• Felicity Arbuthnot – Journalist
• Hussain Jarsis – Shepherd

Awards and festival screenings

• Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
• Vancouver International Film Festival

References

1. "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq". Bullfrog Films. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
2. "John Pilger Filmography 1970-2008". johnpilger.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2010.

External links

• Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq at IMDb