The Best Episodes of Dispatches Season 17

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   #1 - Virgin Soldiers

   S17:E46/2/2003

   With unprecedented access, award winning filmmaker Dodge Billingsley tells the story of India Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine regiment, crack U.S. frontline troops in Iraq. With some as young as 19, the invasion of Iraq was the first time any of them had actually been sent into combat. Experience a day in the life of these young men as they play a vital role in the liberation of Iraq. With remarkable battle footage, Virgin Soldiers reveals the true story of men who fought their way into the heart of Baghdad.

   Director:Dodge Billingsley

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   #2 - Al-Qaeda UK

   S17:E15/11/2003

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   Director:Rachel Clarke

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   #3 - The Killing Zone

   S17:E25/18/2003

   Dispatches revisits the Gaza Strip to focus on civilians caught in the crossfire of never-ending battles. We meet seriously injured children and their distraught families, and the International Solidarity Movement whose member Tom Hurndall is shot. Then it hits even closer to home, when previous Dispatches director and cameraman James Miller is shot dead while he and Saira Shah are making another of their films together.

   Director:Rodrigo Vazquez

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   #4 - Blood and Revenge

   S17:E36/1/2003

   Channel 4's Dispatches reporter Sam Kiley reveals the inside story of the Iraqi Kurds' homecoming, travelling with their fighters, the Peshmerga, as they re-take Kirkuk from forces loyal to Saddam.

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   #5 - Gang Wars

   S17:E56/8/2003

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   Director:Laura Ashton

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   #6 - Killing for Honour

   S17:E66/15/2003

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   Director:Tom Anstiss

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   #7 - Blunkett's Reefer Madness

   S17:E76/22/2003

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   Director:Tom Anstiss

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   #8 - Law & Disorder

   S17:E88/10/2003

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   #9 - Congo's Killing Fields

   S17:E98/17/2003

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   Director:Rachel Clarke

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    #10 - Judges in the Dock

    S17:E1012/18/2003

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