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James Bluemel
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Jo Abel
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Simon Sykes
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Trevor Lopez De Vergara
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Jade Miller-Robinson
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Ulrike Pflanz
PRODUCER, IRAQ
Aws Haidari
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Dhafir Ayad
FIXER, IRAQ
Ammar Karim
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Charlotte Stone
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Lara Marshall
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Simon Russell
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Renad Mansour
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Andrew Mitchell
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Vicki Matich
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Matt Skilton
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Jim Ferguson
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Jim Sullivan
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Mariam Koloyan
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Woody Ledeboer
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Joshua Fenton
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Phil Hastings
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Ahmed Madi
Hana Abid
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Footage 2002-2004 Iraq courtesy of Julia Guest
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