Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Dexter Filkins and photographer Ashley Gilbertson are working for the New York Times when they enter Fallujah with Bravo Company in November 2004.

When Saddam Hussein is captured by coalition forces in December 2003, politicians in the White House believe this will be the turning point they need to bring democracy to Iraq; CIA analyst John Nixon is the first person to interrogate Saddam.

In 2004, Waleed Nesyif is forced to flee Iraq following death threats for working for American journalists as a translator.