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Alain runs an emergency unit

in Fallujah. The actual hospital...

...is out- of- town.

- The Al- Fallujah Hospital.

lt is the only hospital, that is still

working in town.

How's it going?

We have enough to do.

100 new patients since Monday.

Many died.

- 28, to be precise.

Some are militants,

but a lot of them are civilians.

How do you differentiate between

militants and innocent civilians?

Nobody is innocent.

Says Camus.

Why not pass the checkpoint

and stay on the highway?

This way is safer. This week there

were 3 assaults on the highway.

And we avoid the checkpoints.

l feel a lot safer

when the Gls are nearby.

- The lraqis don't think so.

- But this takes longer.

When will we be in Fallujah?

Around four.

Nice watch.

Thanks. 70 years old, from my

grandfather. A pilot watch.

Your grandfather

served in the Wehrmacht?

He was a pilot. He says he dropped

his bombs into the English Channel.

He probably would've been shot

for that.

Yes, the Germans were

hardly involved in World War 2.

Why do you speak such good German?

l lived there for a long time.

Alain is from Alsace.

He studied medicine in Heidelberg.

You've known each other long?

Somalia. When l started working

for Medicamundi.

Five years ago?

And how long

have you been a war reporter?

l was lucky. l was in Lebanon in

January to report about a bomb attack.

When Joschka Fischer arrived to

arrange an exchange of prisoners,..

...and l was the only German around.

Then l went to Mitrovica,..

...and all hell broke loose

after it had been quiet for years.

And now you're in lraq.

What a lucky bum!

Three weeks ago they asked

if l wanted to go to lraq.

3 1/2.

l accepted at once.

l didn't want to miss the chance.

My God! An idealist!

Laugh if you like,

but l believe in my work.

l believe,

it's important for people...

...to know what's happening.

l've been doing that for 20 years.

l thought you were in Baghdad 'cause

your girlfriend kicked you out.

Yeah, sure. But now l have you.

Can he slow down?

Husam, can you slow down?

Poor bastards.

They're the lucky ones.

Wait till we get to Fallujah.

What was that?

Those were kids.

They were throwing rocks.

- Can l have one?

- Sure.

Like one, too?

- Thanks.

You, too?

...in the late 70s, early 80s.

Before the war and the embargo.

On professional or private business?

The minister of health invited

a group of French doctors.

Back then the lraqis were our

friends. They showed us...

...some amazing things.

This country is a treasure chamber.

This was the cradle of civilization.

Shortly afterwards,

Saddam had the minister dismembered.

l was never invited back.

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