Only The Dead See The End Of War

[Tara Ariano]

In 2003, war correspondent Michael Ware travels to Baghdad during the invasion. As he tries to find out about a brutal Al Qaeda leader, he receives a tape from Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

 

Premieres Monday, March 28, at 8 PM ET on HBO.

[Primetimer]

The perils of journalists trying to go poetic, as unfortunately illustrated by HBO's Iraqi-war doc.

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[Muffyn]

I am especially interested in the subject because I volunteer with young veterans that have seen extreme trauma. I just don't think I need to see a child die from a head wound to understand how horrible that is.

Edited March 29, 2016 by Muffyn

[Sarah D. Bunting]

I got the feeling from the press emails that it would be more about veterans, other journalists, etc. -- more about the shared PTSD of that war. I'm not sure that would have been a better film but this one just didn't quite know what it wanted to be.