Dirty Wars (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Rick Rowley
	Actors:  Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi
	Country: USA
	Genre: Documentary, War
	Conditions of visioning: 15.04.2015, HD VOD, 11" computer screen
Synopsis: Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Review: The topic is obviously sad and scary: in order to fight terrorism, the USA use methods which are further and further away from traditional war between two armies. In fact a special division called JSOC is in charge of hunting down and killing the people on a list of known terrorists hostile to the USA. But in doing so and with many collateral casualties, the net effect is that the list is ever-growing and the process seems endless. It is interesting to follow the investigation work by Jeremy Scahill, driven by small clues here and there and chance encounters that change the direction of his searches. In the end the journalist seems to be caught up by the events when Osama Ben Laden is reported killed by the until-then "secret" JSOC division. An interesting documentary on the work of a war journalist that tries to find the truth behind the events, but nothing revolutionary.
Rating: 4 /10