This documentary tells the story of British subjects who were removed from their native islands in the Indian ocean when plans to establish military bases in the vicinity were about to being carried out.
The island of Diego Garcia, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean and under Britsh rule, was chosen by the US as the site for their new base, later used to launch air strikes against Iraq and Afghanastan. John Pilger unearths a powerful conspiracy by revealing the terrible human cost paid by the 2000 indigenous people on the island. Brutally removed from their ancestral home, they were relocated against their will and forced to live in abject poverty while the British and American governments strengthened their economic and military relationship.
John Pilger's work is absoltely wonderful! I'm so grateful for his documentary on South America... for give voice to the ones that are suffering! I did not know about Diego Garcia... I hope the information on these films reach as many people as possible!
John Pilger DVDs
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=146
The Quiet Mutiny and The Silent Death of Cambodia plus more recent releases such as The New Rulers of the World, Stealing A Nation and Breaking The Silence.
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Rating: User: rclark23 2008-04-12T20:10:18.01Z
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