This was broadcast last night and if you missed it, you have 29 days to watch it here.

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMxEuXb6dw4]

Quite damning - involving torture, murder, mass murder and all round cowardice by the coalition forces and Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army.

Assalamu alaikum,

Anyone seen this documentary on 4od, i came across it today:

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=img45feWCdQ]

Apparently concerns mostly Pakistanis, but also effects Bangladeshis and some of middle eastern dissent.

To tell the truth i thght bangladeshis had removed themselves from marrying cousins, and if they did it was not first cousins. Least thats how it is in my family and those around me none of us married cousins and ppl i know who have have married distant cousins, sadly against their wishes.

Islam permits cousin marriages, but in interests of health i have always been against first cousin marriages, its not like there are a shortage of suitable partners to go around. it seems more of a cultural practice. Is that right? Or do some ppl think its a religious requirement??

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6SklTzn1A]

On Monday 15th March Channel 4 aired an episode of Dispatches entitled "The Children of Gaza". It focused on the lives of a few of the children living in that small strip of Palestinian land whose lives were devastated when, 15 months ago, Israel launched its military attack on their homes, killing many of their parents and relatives, and shattering their already fragile existences.

It showed how they have bravely tried to deal with their losses and bereavements and have tried to move on with their lives, and simultaneously how Israel has ensured that this is well near impossible as a result of the children’s literal incarceration in Gaza due to Israel’s illegal and ongoing siege.

The documentary focused on how they have been struggling to deal with the fallout of their physical injuries as well as their psychological scars which, in all probability, they will never fully recover from.

For once, this documentary was an opportunity for the children of Gaza themselves to speak out and to tell their own stories instead of it being told on their behalf by propagandists with a vested interest in how these children are portrayed.

EDIT - Alternative Source