The Lost Podcasts - Number 41

Left Behind

I found these items in one of the vacant houses I was viewing today. They belong to a Flight Lieutenant J.E.V Davies. The logbook shows an amazing flying career starting during WWII flying Lancasters.

I had no idea why such an interesting and important document would be left behind. I wanted to put it in my pocket, to explore and share later, but it wasn't mine to take.

Life In The Shadows

This was made 2 years ago. Doesn't feel like it. So much has happened but it still feels like yesterday.

Things haven't got any better. Quite the opposite. They are much worse.

Here is the original text that went with the video..

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It's the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and with talk of it not being even half-way through, we are approaching the 4000th American combat death.

More importantly, a recent World Health Organization report based on Iraqi Health Ministry figures estimated that 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between March 2003, the start of the invasion, and June 2006.
Many of the reports of civilian deaths are disputed. What cannot be argued, however, is another grave consequence of the Iraq War: the displacement crisis as a mass exodus of Iraqis flee the instabilities and ever-increasing sectarian violence at home, tearing their families apart.

In mid-January 2008, with the support of the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR), I traveled to Amman, Jordan to photograph and record a few of these families trapped in a no-man’s land; asylum seekers looking for refuge, too afraid to return to their blood-soaked country.

Here are a few of their stories.

Captain Jerry Roberts

I took this photograph of Capt Jerry Roberts at Bletchley Park. He truly is an amazing man.

Read about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Roberts

Life In The Shadows

Alan Gordon Jackson

this is me..

Brian Haw

Iraqi Refugees: Life in the Shadows

It's over six years since the beginning of the Iraq war, and the troubles continue. To date, over 4,000 American soldiers have been killed in combat.

While the loss of combat troops is certainly tragic, even more stunning is the World Health Organization report based on Iraqi Health Ministry figures which estimates that 151,000 Iraqi civilians were killed between March 2003, the start of the invasion, and June 2006.

Many of the reports of civilian deaths are disputed. What cannot be argued, however, is another grave consequence of the Iraq War: the displacement crisis as a mass exodus of Iraqis flee the instabilities and ever-increasing sectarian violence at home, tearing their families apart.

Early last year, with the support of the United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR), I traveled to Amman, Jordan to photograph and record a few of these families trapped in a no-man's land; asylum seekers looking for refuge, too afraid to return to their blood-soaked country.

Here are a few of their stories:

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[This film is dedicated to the memory of my Mother Liala Payne. Two weeks before I left for Jordan I explained my plans. She was proud and answered as she always did when i told her about a trip abroad.. Simply "Take care". Without her giving me the freedom she did as I was growing up I would not be the person I am now. I am sorry she did not get to see these stories. She died suddenly as I was due to leave. I flew out a week after we laid her to rest.]