"Part of what makes this film so exciting is how close it is linked to our present and very near future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

In Bou Saifi, a village south of Baghdad, gunmen killed at least 24 people Friday in what authorities say was an attack by al-Qaida members against families of men linked to Awakening Councils, a pro-U.S.Sunni force that helped Iraq fight extremists and regain a measure of relative calm in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04