In Saddam's Shadow with Suroosh Alvi: Baghdad 10 Years After the Invasion (Part 2/4)

VICE founder Suroosh Alvi returns to Baghdad ten years after the US invasion. In part two, we witness an awe-inspiring outdoor group prayer and get a glimpse of metal band Acrassicauda's former practice space that was destroyed during the war.
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Can't wait till part 3!

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Im really enjoying this series of episodes!

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So far I am loving this documentary, great job Vice!

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Can't wait for part 3,,enjoying seeing how it looks now and what the people really think

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Vice, the content is magnificent, but the length of the parts are somewhat short. I think that since this documentary is so important, the videos should be a bit longer, like around 10 mins. I understand it takes a lot of time to edit but the viewers would love longer videos, just to hold us over until more stuff comes out.

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VICE please upload your documentaries in one part.

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Ahhh I wish they would just upload all 4 parts at once!

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my right ear really enjoyed the Vice News transmission noises.

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why are the parts so short! wheres the full version!

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Vice needs the support and consider that some people use adblocks so they don't get anything revenue from those views. Independent news media is rare as is honesty in journalism.

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is part 3 up yet ?

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They're releasing one video a day I think, even though I prefer to watch parts in succession, it's better than nothing.

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Might have to do with file size. It may be easier to upload 4 high quality chunks of one video rather than have to compress the entire video in one file, which degrades the quality.

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Where is part 3 and 4

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I can't find episode 3? ):

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thanks for the insight and somewhat objektive point of view, sometimes I could like some raw material instead of the reporter telling me everything. anyway it is exciting to hear about the whole thing and the changes it have brought with it.

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They do this to try to give out these awesome docs directly, while we are watching 2/4 one of the vice geniuses is probably creating the 3rd.

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The static at the start murdered my ear lol

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seriously wheres part 3

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Because of VICE, I'm seeing a lot of countries in a whole new different perspective.

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making me wait a day for part 2 vice oh my not kool! I want my cake now dammnit! lmao, still love ya tho!

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Proper Documentary this 1 Vice... Nice 1 XD

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They are actually a large magazine with over 1,000,000 youtube subscribers.

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Why do we have to wait till tomorrow :(

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I was buggin when i read the title... I thought it read "In Sadaams Shower".

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VICE is a huge magazine that sells all over the world. This isn't a small group of people who make youtube videos.

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It might be for hits but it could also easily be due to attention span of the audience. For example a song is considered long if it goes more then 3 minutes. 7 minute segments are less 'intimidating' and/or perhaps able to hold attention better then a 35 minute video. Like if you see a 400 page book, it might do better as 3 170 page books because its less intimidating.

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All this and ad revenue helps support them so they can even make these kinds of documentaries. I suppose if you sent them a big fat cheque they might consider uploading it in one chunk. But come on, you're getting a free ride, show some appreciation...

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intro volume too loud.

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I sure hope there's a McDonalds in Part 3 or 4.

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How do you know that?

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I'd rather have one large documentary. I can wait.

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As I live in Finland, I have not been in any kind of checkpoint in my life. I just can't imagine that somebody would check if I have weapons, or some illegal stuff with me in my home city, unless I do something crazy. I understand that the city borders would have some checkpoints in situation like Baghdad has now. I also wonder, would there be any civil war (or whatever it's called in Iraq), if there would not be checkpoints. I thought that city cannot evolve if the transportation is slow but that doesn't seem to be problem in Baghdad. They must have really good traffic system if people can go to work or school via the checkpoints so that it doesn't take too much time. It's really funny and odd to walk from Finland to Sweden at winter. You can't even see where the border goes and nobody asks questions. I don't remember do they ever ask passport from car drivers but not very often.

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Was there a film on netflixs about this "heavy metal band"?

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Try foreign correspondent/Journeyman Pictures

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It's not that that small nor that huge. Not as huge as Fox or CNN or anything, but huge enough to have its own large office with a lot of staff. I just watched a Vice video on a "behind-the-scenes" at Vice where they tour their office. Check that out.

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It's relatively tiny compared to mainstream media though.

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at the end, Bhagdad blast beats?!? sweet! hah

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More views is probably the reason. I know it kinda sucks but I feel vice needs that extra cash.

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good thing I always check the comments first.

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again, very bad translation, who translates for you?

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Vice isn't exactly "a small group of people doing youtube videos". I see what you're saying though.

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I think we meant compared to the much bigger organizations like BBC/CNN etc

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Look at that fucking explosion 3:58

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