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Hot Zone Documentary, Chapter Six: Lebanon

'A World of Conflict,' the documentary about the Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone project, is being shown here in its entirety, one chapter each week.

By the Hot Zone Team, Mon Nov 5, 4:33 PM ET

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Chapter Six: Lebanon and Gaza

Kevin Sites first reported from Lebanon at a watershed moment in the country's history. Syrian troops had pulled out, but political assassinations were continuing to fuel rage and apprehension among the Lebanese people. Would Lebanon continue to be an international pawn? Sites traversed the political spectrum to talk to the players involved: university students, a former leader back from exile, refugees and Hezbollah officials all weighed in.

Meanwhile in Gaza, Sites documented what has become a common spectacle: a funeral procession through the streets. In this case, the event was a "martyr's funeral" for two men from the al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades who, according to news reports at the time, were trying to fire rockets into southern Israel and were killed by Israeli missiles in retaliation.

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"A World of Conflict" is the documentary about the "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone" project, in which veteran war correspondent Kevin Sites reported from every major global conflict in one year, in an effort to understand the costs of a world perpetually at war.

We are highlighting one chapter of the documentary each week in chronological order, allowing you to see the film in its entirety — exclusively online.

The documentary contains searing, never-before-seen images of combat and its lingering impact on civil society, beginning with the anarchy of Somalia in September 2005 and culminating with the explosive war between Israel and Hezbollah in summer 2006.

The documentary is included with Sites' new book, "In the Hot Zone: One Man. One Year. Twenty Wars." (The Harper Perennial paperback original is available now at Amazon.com and at book stores.)

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I've traveled in the Middle East for the past few years. What Kevin is encountering and reporting back is just the surface of a deeply-rooted, complicated set of circumstances that have created what appears to be an unstoppable momentum. Things there will get worse before they get better. And, by and large, the U.S. government understands very little about it. What we have been doing there for the past seven years has been far, far more destructive than constructive. It's a more than even bet that was our goal. A vast majority of the people who have been hurt, have been innocent and simply want the same things we do.
Posted by jwojewidka on Sat, Nov 10, 2007 4:49 PM ET
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I am just curious why is it always we see the muslim areas in Lebanon and what is happening in their neighborhood and nothing regarding the christian areas? I think there is a large poplulation of christians there as well living in other parts of the country. We need also to know if those areas are on the conflicts or not.
Posted by nathalisse on Fri, Jan 11, 2008 3:21 PM ET
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How come the Kurdish Conflict is even not on your watch list? Kurdish conflict with occupying four countries(Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria ) is one of the oldest and largest live conflict in the world now. It involves at least 4 countries and about 40 millions Kurdish people. It has started with Kurdish people unrest against Ottoman Empire in mid 1800, and It is still a very hot and alive conflict. In just last week Syria, Iran and Turkey Killed each numbers of Kurdish demonstrators on the streets, by the demonstrations were ten much larger than in Tibet. If that was not enough, less than a month ago Turkey attacked Kurdish fighters in North Iraq with thousands of soldiers and tens of aircrafts, which took hundreds of people life. The Turkish, Syrian ,Iraq, and Iranian, attacks on Kurdish fighters have not stop even for a day for almost three decades in a row now. No need to mention the world largest chemical attack after World War II by Saddam that killed about 200,000 Kurdish people. I just cannot believe that such a deep, old ,live ,and large conflict is even not in your watch list.????
Posted by tarhunza5 on Thu, Mar 27, 2008 7:16 AM ET
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in memoriam

The Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone team dedicates this site to Marla Ruzicka, a fearless voice of compassion, who was killed in Iraq on April 16, 2005, while trying to lessen the suffering of others. For more information, see Civic Worldwide.