Introduction

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq is a 2000 Carlton Television documentary written and presented by John Pilger which was directed by Alan Lowery.

In this documentary Pilger argues that United Nations (UN) sanctions had a devastating effect on the children of Iraq during the 1990s.

Outline

John Pilger and Alan Lowery travelled to Iraq with Denis Halliday, a former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations who resigned over what he called the “immoral policy” of economic sanctions. There they expected to find a suffering nation held hostage to the compliance of a dictator, Saddam Hussein. What they found was a country being slowly strangled by a draconian US/UK blockade.

Cast

• Dennis Halliday … Former Asst. Secretary General, United Nations.
• Robert Gates … CIA Director 1991-1993.
• Hans von Sponeck … Chief UN co-ordinator, Iraq.
• Ambassador Peter van Walsum … Chairman, UN Sanctions Committee.
• Professor Karol Sikora … Former Chief of Cancer Programme, World Health Organisation.
• James Rubin … US State Department spokesman.
• Scott Ritter … UN Weapons Inspector 1991-1998.
• Said Aburish … Author, Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge.
• Mohammed Amin Ezzet … Conductor, Iraqi National Orchestra.
• Anupama Rao Singh … UNICEF Representative, Iraq.
• Professor Doug Rokke … Former US Army health physicist.
• Dr. Jinan Ghalib Hassen … Paediatrician.
• Dr. Jawad Al-Ali … Cancer specialist.
• Laith Kubba … Iraqi opposition exile.
• Felicity Arbuthnot … Journalist.
• Hussain Jarsis … Shepherd.

Release

Awards and Festival Screenings

• Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival.
• Vancouver International Film Festival.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Alana Lowery.
  • John Pilger.
• Producer(s):
  • Alan Lowerty … producer.
  • John Pilger … producer.
• Writer(s):
  • John Pilger.
• Music:
  • Nick Russell-Pavier.
• Cinematography:
  • Preston Clothier.
• Editor(s):
  • Joe Frost.
• Production:
  • Carlton Television.
• Distributor(s):
• Release Date: 2000.
• Rating: E.
• Running Time: 75 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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