A veteran BBC reporter presents his eyewitness account of the Iraq war. Hugh Sykes speaks with ordinary Iraqis and U.S. armed forces as he chronicles the impact of the war on individual lives.
PART 1
This documentary produced for the BBC World Service delves into how the lack of basic necessities – such as reliable electricity – affects Iraqi civilians. Hugh Sykes also travels with U.S. troops and witnesses first-hand the violence they encounter.
PART 2
The BBC’s Hugh Sykes probes the effects mostly random violence has on people who are trying to make a living, bring up their children, and watch soccer in Iraq.
THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world.