Screening with short film Support the Troops: A Veteran's View.
War of Lies tells the story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA. The information he presented was ultimately used by the US government to legitimize the invasion of Iraq in 2003; today we know the war was based on a lie. The press blamed Rafed Aljanabi, even though he proudly presents himself as the man who helped remove Saddam Hussein. Was Aljanabi really able to out smart the world's intelligence services, and how did this lie become a convenient truth?
Support the Troops: A Veteran's View
Director/Writer/Executive Producer/Actor: Paul Riedner
2015 | MN | 10 min | MN Premiere
A returning Iraq veteran, feeling isolated from the country which raised him, struggles to resolve his new view of war and America.