Witness
Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.
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Witness: Working for the Americans
How one young Iraqi, who took a job with the ...
How one young Iraqi, who took a job with the US military, was threatened with death as a traitor....
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Witness: Looting in Iraq
When US troops first rolled into Baghdad in 2003 there ...
When US troops first rolled into Baghdad in 2003 there was chaos and looting in much of the city....
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Witness: The US invasion force
Hear one American soldier's story of the invasion of Iraq ...
Hear one American soldier's story of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003...
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Witness: The bombardment of Baghdad
10 years on from the invasion of Iraq we listen ...
10 years on from the invasion of Iraq we listen back to memories of that time....
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Witness: The Syrian uprising in Daraa
It is 2 years since anti-government demonstrations in Syria sparked ...
It is 2 years since anti-government demonstrations in Syria sparked off the current conflict....
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Witness: Lebanese hostage crisis
Giandomenico Picco went to Beirut to try to free western ...
Giandomenico Picco went to Beirut to try to free western hostages - hear his story....
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Witness: Marie Stopes, Birth Control Pioneer
In 1921 Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic ...
In 1921 Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London....
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Witness: The theft of Chaplin's body
How thieves stole the body of Charlie Chaplin from a ...
How thieves stole the body of Charlie Chaplin from a Swiss cemetery...
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Witness: Tibet uprising
In March 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese ...
In March 1959 the people of Tibet turned against Chinese occupying forces....
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Witness: Gay in the US military
Airman Leonard Matlovich fought the ban on gays in the ...
Airman Leonard Matlovich fought the ban on gays in the US military way back in 1975....
