April 9th: Anniversary Of The Fall Of Saddam’s Government; FilmWeek
April 9th: Anniversary Of The Fall Of Saddam’s Government
US troops toppled Saddam Hussein’s statue a year ago today, symbolizing the end of his Baathist regime. Hussein went into hiding, and the Coalition Authority began to rebuild Iraq, under the leadership of L. Paul Bremer. Experts John Daniszewski, London Bureau Chief for the LA Times, Hal Kempfer, a military analyst for ABC 7 News and a Reserve Marine Lt. Colonel who just returned from Iraq, Imam Ali Al Qazwini, an active Iraqi American in Southern California, and Frank Stoltze, KPCC reporter covering the press conference at the Ahlul Bayt Mosque in Pomona join Host Larry Mantle to discuss the developments in Iraq over the past year--economically, politically and socially, as well as the latest violent developments in several cities.
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Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com, Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat, and Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including The Alamo, The Whole Ten Yards, Twenty-Nine Palms, Johnson Family Vacation, The Trilogy: An Amazing Couple (Un Couple Epatant), Noi, I'm Not Scared, and the 2004 Academy Award-Nominated Live Action and Animated Shorts.
Larry and the critics also review last week's Home on the Range, Hellboy, Shaolin Soccer, Walking Tall and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring.