Shock and Awe
Release date: 2017-12-09
Votes: 179
Genres: History, Drama, Thriller
A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
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