Chasing the Sleeper Cell — They were dubbed “The Lackawanna Six” and they were US citizens accused of aiding al Qaeda after having personally met with Osama bin Laden. SBS, Sunday, November 28, 11am.
Living Answers — Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander people in Rockhampton unite to confront the devastating tide of youth suicide. ABC, Tuesday, November 30, 2.40am.
Saddam Hussein: the Trial the World will Never See
— This documentary names people that it claims are complicit in Hussein's crimes, including prominent businessmen, politicians and world leaders. SBS, Tuesday, November 30, 8.30pm.
AIDS Warriors: AIDS and the Angolan Military
— Argues that the only benefit from Angola's long civil war is that the thirty-year conflict isolated the population and the country has one of the lowest AIDS infection rates in Africa. SBS, Wednesday, December 1, 1pm.
Steps For the Future — A selection of five short films from Finland on AIDS in Africa. SBS, Wednesday, December 1, 1.50pm.
Aussie Animal Rescue: Koala Orphans
— Wildlife carers tend to the needs of orphaned baby koalas. ABC, Wednesday, December 1, 6.30pm.
Coming Home — Story of a young man who was separated from his mother and siblings for over 34 years but by sheer luck and with the assistance of the Koori Mail he has finally been reunited with his family. ABC, Thursday, December 2, 2.50am.
Mossads Hit List — Account of Israel's revenge against Palestinian leaders between 1972 and 2000 as pay-back after the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis. SBS, Thursday, December 2, 1pm.
Torture in the Name of Freedom — Features the notorious photographs of humiliated and abused Iraqi prisoners at Abu Graib prison in Iraq, as well as interviews with former detainees, American soldiers, psychiatrists, sociologists and examines whether the events that conspired were the work of a few wrongdoers, as President Bush has claimed. SBS, Thursday, December 2, 2pm.
From Green Left Weekly, November 24, 2004.
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