• Director(s):

    COUVELAIRE (PIERRE-LOUIS)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2014

  • Language(s):

    German, French

  • Rights:

    TV, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET

In 2003, American president George W Bush launched a major land offensive, known as “Operation Iraqi Freedom”. The invasion led to the defeat of the Iraqi army and the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Renowned journalist for the newspaper Le Monde, Rémy Ourdan recounts how he managed to remain in Iraq at a time when, as the American offensive was drawing near, journalists were chased out of Baghdad. He helped in the taking of the city by American military.
Rémy Ourdan started out as a reporter in 1992 when he went to live in war-torn Sarajevo at the age of 23. He covered the Siege of Sarajevo and the Bosnian War for 4 years, first for radio stations, then, from 1994 onwards, as a Le Monde correspondent. He has also covered Croatia, the Kosovo War, where he entered clandestinely by the mountains, Serbia during the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, and the insurrection in Macedonia. In Africa, he produced an extensive investigative report on the genocide in Rwanda. He has also covered the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the movement of the Arab revolts.