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Hot Zone Documentary, Chapter Nine: Chechnya

'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 Dec 3, 2:53 PM ET

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Chapter Nine: Chechnya

In Chechnya during the winter of 2005-2006, Kevin Sites reported on a region still reeling from lingering conflict between Russia and Islamic separatists. The conflict engulfed Chechnya in the 1990s, and even now, half of the population is yet to return. Those that have eke out a living amid the rubble.

Meanwhile, in the aftermath of terror attacks like the 2004 Beslan school siege, Chechens continue to endure Russian security crackdowns.


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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.)

Next: Hot Zone Documentary, Ch. 10: Afghanistan
Previous: Hot Zone Documentary, Chapter Eight: Iran
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Is chapter one and two available?
Posted by vtxlover on Fri, Dec 7, 2007 11:18 AM ET
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Let's see the truth in journalism: American can do better than to be charged with being war makers or with secret crime of a genocidal nature. Some of us wast to be loved & respected around the world. Richard Cushing
Posted by cushing.richard@att.net on Tue, Jan 1, 2008 5:52 PM ET
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These articles put human faces to the endless blurbs on the nightly television news. As Americans we need to be in constant prayer for these people and thank God that we live in a country where rising gas prices for our SUVs are the only worry we possess.
Posted by karen_ford51 on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 6:03 PM ET
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Chechnya is still paying for Basayev.
Posted by grandfist on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 4:55 AM 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 7:13 AM ET
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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.