Intrigue

Winner of four Emmy(R) Awards, including Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming (Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill)! The 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH)--the U.S. Army's premier medical facility in Iraq and formerly one of Saddam Hussein's elite hospitals--is the setting for this unforgettable documentary that puts a human face on the war's cold casualty statistics. Directed by Emmy(R)-winner Jon Alpert (HBO's 'One Year in a Life of Crime'), the film profiles the doctors and nurses at the 86th who fight to save wounded soldiers who are Medevaced (helicoptered) in on a numbingly routine basis. In addition to capturing the drama of victims and caregivers in the ER, the film provides vivid frontline rescue footage with the 54th Medical Company Air Ambulance Team along with tension-filled scenes of soldiers patrolling what is considered the most dangerous road in the world: the five-mile highway from the Baghdad Airport to the CSH.—Anonymous

It shows the Iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in Baghdad. It has some relatively disturbing scenes in it, therefore the U.S. Army is officially warning that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.—Jwelch5742

A New York National Guardsman has been shot by a sniper while handing out candy to children. An armored vehicle has fallen into a canal 134 miles southeast of Baghdad. A soldier has been injured by an IED. Two Iraqui Police commandos have been hit by a suicide car bomb 14 miles southeast of Baghdad. An Illinois National Guard Humvee has been hit by an IED. An Alabama National Guard's convoy has been hit by an IED. 17 casualties come to the hospital after a mortar attack on a PX parking lot near the Baghdad airport.AN IED triggered by a garage door opener destroys a Kentucky National Guard Humvee. Four Iraquis are victims of an RPG and IED explosion. A marine fights for his life after a piece of shrapnel enters his chest.