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Airdate: The Rise of ISIS

SBS screens a doco from veteran journalist Martin Smith, who has been documenting the Iraq conflict since 2003.

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2014-11-12_0115On Sunday SBS screens a doco, The Rise of ISIS,  the brutal jihadist group that President Obama calls a “network of death.”

How did ISIS become a major force so quickly? And what does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? These are all questions which ultimately affect Australia and the government’s decision of whether or not to send troops back to Iraq. This documentary is a major, in-depth investigation of the brutal terrorist group’s ascent, from veteran producer and journalist Martin Smith, who has been documenting the Iraq conflict since 2003.

9:50pm Sunday November 16th, SBS ONE.

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  1. First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
    A provocative poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the cowardice of German intellectuals following the Nazis’ rise to power and the subsequent purging of their chosen targets.
    Do we go fight them in Iraq, or wait until they arrive here?

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