Gwynne Roberts
- Gwynne was bought up in the Scarrowscant area of Haverfordwest and attended the old grammar school. He then went to Oxford University before joining Reuters news agency.[1]
- I used to work for Reuters, and I resigned in 1973. I was being trained as a foreign correspondent, and this was the first story I did. So in 1974, I set out for the mountains of Kurdistan where there was a rebellion, a revolt against Baghdad. The revolt, the rebellion, was supported by the Americans. It was supported by the shah of Iran. So that was my first freelance venture, and I was covering it for The Financial Times and The New York Times, and I went back and forth a lot. And then early in March 1975, the whole thing collapsed in ruins, because the CIA -- Henry Kissinger -- had withdrawn support for the Kurds abruptly, as had the shah, and they were left completely destitute.[2]
The Winds of Death
Roberts' 1988 film The Winds of Death uncovered key evidence of Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons against the Kurds.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Saddam's Road to Hell
On 5 November 2006, Roberts spoke along with Mohammad Ihsan of the Kurdistan Regional Government at a screening of his film, Saddam's Road to Hell, hosted by Labour Friends of Iraq at Westminster.[3]
The film was later praised by Nick Cohen in The Observer.
- Look again at Saddam's Road to Hell or, rather, allow me to look at it again on your behalf. All its facts have been triple-checked. The producers present other points of view. Far from being a celebrity hack, the reporter shrinks into the background and allows Iraqis to speak for themselves. I hope Channel 4 sticks to its word and shows it, and not only to quash the Kurds' suspicions. This is an example of a threatened form of television journalism that we will miss more than we know if we allow it to die.[4]
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References
- ↑ Haverfordwest director awaits Emmy result, Western Telegraph, 24 September 2007.
- ↑ Frontline/World: Iraq - Saddams's Road to Hell - A Journey into the Killing Fields, PBS, 24 January 2006.
- ↑ Special screening: "The Road To Hell"—Saddam's genocide, by Gary Kent, eustonmanifesto.org, 5 November 2006.
- ↑ British television has a moral duty to show this shocking film, Nick Cohen, The Observer, 2 July 2006.
