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‘How many times did we mistakenly kill innocent people?’
IAN SINCLAIR recommends an eyewitness account of the disastrous US military intervention in Afghanistan
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KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
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CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Combat Obscura
Directed by Miles Lagoze
IN 2011, Miles Lagoze deployed to the Sangin-Kajacki area of Afghanistan as a combat cameraman to shoot and edit videos for the US Marine Corps.
Those videos, shot in northern Helmand province, were “a PR tool for the military,” the 29-year old veteran told The Intercept website. With Washington keen to publicise the Afghan army taking over from US forces in the fight against the Taliban-led insurgency, his job was to document marines working with the Afghan army, “giving candy to kids — hearts-and-minds type of stuff.“
The big three no-nos were “no cursing, no shots of guys smoking cigarettes and they have to be in full gear. And then no casualties. That was a big one, not too much bloodshed.”
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