This series has gained access to Iraqi insurgents, who talk for the first time about how they fought and why. They include a fighter credited within the insurgency of launching the first RPG ambush on an American convoy, and a former colonel in Saddam's intelligence service. American and British soldiers, diplomats and spies also recount their experiences of an Iraq that often bore little relationship to the country being portrayed by the politicians. From the interrogation of Saddam Hussein to the brutal pitched battles fought in Fallujah which killed thousands of civilians, this first instalment tells history as it was experienced by those on the ground.

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