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Buried in the Sand - The Deception of America

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While the mainstream media manipulates the news and feeds us the pablum it deems we are capable of assimilating, the footage on this DVD is commonly seen in the Middle East, and while we are watching the latest silly survivor episode, they are watching someone's head being sawed off.
I had always imagined that a razor sharp blade was used...and that it would be quick. Not so; it takes what must seem like an eternity for the victim, with the savage butcher wielding a foot long knife with back and forth motions, all the while chanting "Allah hu Akbar (God is great)". The most wrenching is the murder of 26 year old civilian Nicholas Berg, who screams in agony during this process.

Things to expect:
This is a low budget production.
The video footage is made for the most part by these bloodthirsty savages on hand-held cameras, and taken off the internet or Arabic TV. The poor quality is in a way a blessing, as perfect images of these actions are not needed to know what is going on, and you'd probably lose yesterday's lunch if it was "in living color" and total clarity.

The first episodes are of the cutting off of tongues and hands, and are totally gruesome. These were punishments for theft or infringements of Saddam's "law".
There is war footage of Operation Iraqi Freedom with a fascinating night vision segment, as well as the many awful incidents of car and roadside bombs.

Two of the most horrific episodes are of Palestinian violence: A bus bombing in Jerusalem, with body parts scattered far and wide, and someone's guts hanging from a piece of the bus, and two beautiful Palestinian 11 year-old girls being interviewed, who extol the virtues of going to heaven by blowing one's self up along with as many Jews as one can murder. Their eyes glow with the thought of "shahada", and pop singers sing its glories too.

Abu Ghraib prison: Hoods, panties and Pfc. Lynndie England's leash vs. what went on during Saddam's regime of terror.
Public executions: Stoning to death (not as is depicted in Biblical films at all) and a woman being beheaded for prostitution in Baghdad, thanks to Saddam's high moral standards.
The beheadings by the radical savages, which include Daniel Pearl, whose naïve statement gives the indication that he had no idea who he was really dealing with, or what his fate was to be.
God save us from such naivete. Watch this DVD. Know your enemy and who and what terrorism is, from the vicious zealots themselves, or those that support and harbor them, like Saddam Hussein.
The film is approximately 60 minutes long, and the extras include a Photo Gallery and not much else.

This is a fight for civilization itself, against those that would take us back to the darkest of ages, in a mindset of twisted, insane theology.
In this fight "We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail". George W. Bush (address to the U.S. Congress, September, 2001).

well you ain't seen nothing yet till you get your hands on this DVD that is so violent (...)


First, for the purists do not expect 5.1 dolby digital or technicolour, what you really get are basic feeds from home video cameras of killings, beheadings, beatings, bombings etc etc that are TODAY being broadcast by such 'impartial' news organizations as Al Jazeera et al. Almost all videos have the stations logos blanked out ..... Considering the subject you wil understand why the cameras are a little fuzzy, out of focus or shaky ...... but, you'll surely get the picture


Fortunately, or unfortunately, the Saddam Hussein,terrorists groups from Hamas and Al Queada have a propensity for taking their endeavours as being part of their tools to inflict terror. TV broadcasts of these episodes are from what I understand 'must see TV' in the middle east and so are the 30 cent DVD's that are sold and rented at a greater clip than even porn films in Iraq. It is for that reason that this DVD is exceptional since its pretty hard to make any objectively critical opinion about the war in Iraq without really seeing what the locals see.


OK so you get the full clips of beheadings, shootings, bombings, beatings, cutting off of body parts etc etc BUT what I found the most bone chilling and disturbing was a 60 minute style interview of two 11 year old Palestinin girls about a wonderfull prctice of the region called 'shaiada' ... that is the goal of killing oneself for Allah while at the smae time killing as many infidels as possible...... The interviewer asked these girls if they would prefer to live in freedom and happiness or 'shaida' ... it was absolutely CHILLING to actually see the unprompted glowing pride and serene happiness that these two young innocents proclaimed their actual, total and unquestioning preference to suicide and the killing of as many infidels and Jews as possible ....... I knew it exists but you won't see this interviews on CBS ... you have to see this to believe it ..


Of course we also get to see music videos of highly popular singers in the region praising the lives and accomplishments of actual homicide bombers and the joy they spread in the world while seeing the graphic results of their endeavours


There is political commentary, particularily from the likes of Kennedy who has made statements about Abu Gharib being the same or worse under US control ... well this DVD certainly shows us the difference between those two administrations ....


Actually, I found that not too many people will want to see this DVD and I certainly believe that you should give people FAIR WARNING that unlike the fairyland depiction of Iraq and the middle east as in Moore's Farenheit 911 it shows the reality of the terrorists and despots in action today .....


Finally, although the DVD rates 5 stars don't waste your money unless you are prepared for the real life blood and violence depicted in this DVD .....

As disturbing as the scenes in this movie are, the viewer is forced to remind himself of one thing: this is real. This does not follow a script, a storyboard, or an agenda like many propaganda films pretending to be documentaries do...this simply shows you the actual video and footage taken by our enemy. This what is shown on al-Jazeera and this is what has become the foundation for these extremists. Our enemy in the war in terror is not a group of "freedom-fighters". Our enemy in Iraq was not a man deserving of respect and room to operate freely. Watch this video and see the original, uncut footage of how these barbaric people live and exercise control. You will see children being taught how to behead younger children, you will see men beaten and crippled for making grammatical errors on TV, you will see women and children tortured for sport...all part of the terrorist creed and the Hussein regime. It is sickening, it is disturbing, and it does make you feel enraged...but America needs to see it. America needs to learn that THIS is the REAL enemy we are at war with right now...not the peace-loving, innocent, freedom fighters so many in the media have portrayed them as. We all need to see this to know just how horrific the people we are trying to protect America from are...

It is also nice to know the producers of this film have vowed to donate all profits from the documentary to benefit families of troops who lost their lives in this war. After seeing Michael Moore make millions on his propaganda campaign, it is nice to see a true documentary, based on facts, that will benefit our troops and their families rather than an unscrupulous movie producer. A classy act by the makers of this film and I applaud them.

This film shows the brutal reality of the people we are fighting and it is very sad that we have in this country individuals living in denial and trying to hide behind political partisanism. After WWII the images of jews slaughtered in Europe look as real as the new ones in this video. We can not continue to be in denial of the islamo-fascism that will do the same thing to all the "infidels" if they are left alone. It is time that America to wake up to reality and I wish that this movie to be shown aside with Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and let the public to decide.

It's critical to understand the terrorist mindset and what they are capable of. See how life was for the Iraqi people before their liberation and see why it our duty to rid the world of such evil.

Had a friend not begged me to watch this film, I certainly could have retained my blissful ignorance without complaint. I didn't watch Farenheit, nor could I understand how so many people flocked to theatres to be indoctrinated by Michael Moore Cheeseburgers Please. I expected the same type of propaganda from "Buried", but was overcome with the film's honest depiction of the state of affairs. It really is a must see for those who wont suffer from nightmares. If nothing else, it has given me a new appreciation for my quality of life and those who work to uphold it.

I am waiting for my delivery of this item... but I have already rated it a 5, not for the content or the way the production is done, but for the importance of presenting to the world the true evil of Saddam Hussein. I have heard Mark Taylor (one of the DVD creators) on Dennis Prager's radio show describe some of the tortures, and I don't look forward to seeing any of it. But in order to understand the evil that existed, it is necessary. Just as it is necessary to view the events of 9/11 to maintain focus on the evil of that day, and to view the beheadings of American hostages by terrorists in Iraq to fully grasp the evil that confronts us. "Buried in the Sand" is a term best allocated to the anti-war crowd (and especially the rampant Bush-haters) who prefer to condemn the actions of a free nation to free another, rather than condemn the oppressors and terrorists. Heaven help us if the world leans to the side of rewriting history for convenience sake, such as ignoring Saddam's actions, which is akin to rewriting Nazi atrocities as though they never occured. It matters nought to a liberal that Saddam has killed more Muslims than anyone else in history; it matters more that the US killed one child by accident when attacking insurgents. Yes, the death of one child is saddening to an extreme, but the killing of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children by Saddam is maddening to all extremes. Especially when it's ignored by those who feel it more important in their lives to see the removal of one George W. Bush from office, driven by little more than a vitriolic hatred for the man himself. It's time (long overdue) to direct that hatred toward the man that sits in a cell in Iraq, awaiting trial. That a nation would ensure a trial of a man who ensured none for his countless victims is evidence enough that good does exist, and the US (and its coalition partners) is proof.
-- V Williams, Anaheim CA

EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD SHOULD SEE THIS FILM! It shows just how the cries of the people of IRAQ reached the ear of GOD, to help them get rid of this evil. This film really wakes you up and makes you realize [...] was as bad as [...] maybee in some ways worse.

This movie has two faces to it, one being the videos and the other being the commentary. I will discuss the videos first, and then the commentary.
The videos are indeed graphic, and I felt sick to my stomach to watch this. The footage shows graphic Middle Eastern brutality and propaganda. This footage is real, and it meant to shock any decent human. The portion dealing with the Palestinian girls is by far the most disturbing, with the beheadings a close second.
It seems silly to have to respond to the "haters" of this video, but their charges of propaganda are clearly wrong, in regards to the choices of video. The term propaganda refers to misrepresentation of media material to persuade. Unedited video is certifiably exempt from this, because it is not changed in any way (misrepresentation). Additional commentary can be propaganda, which I will get to in a moment.
What is the purpose of the videos? They are to show an insight into the barbaric and sickening political culture of the Middle East. While the majority of the videos are from Iraq, others come from around the Middle East. Should one feel approprate in a sense of superiority (supposing they are from a democratic nation) over these purpretrators? Yes. Should you feel bad for this? No. To purpose of these videos is to destroy the bar of moral equivalence that apologists for the terrorists place on the West. No where in the West or in any modern democracy does this sickness take place. We are horrified with ourselves if strip down naked our prisoners or make them stand on a box for hours on end. We cry over "collateral damage", whereas a dictatorial nation or terrorist group does not care, or relishes in it. The West is clearly superior, and these tapes clearly show the depths of depravity of our enemy. For those of you who disagree with this statement, I challenge you to prove me wrong. I am a 20th Century historian, and am very familiar with dictatorial abuses and Western "acts". A monetary award will be given if you can absolutely demonstrate that in terms of human rights violations the West is equal or inferior compared to the dictators.
The commentary fills out the videos, describing what is going on and a background for the actions of the West in Iraq, clearly the inspiration for the DVD. To answer the charges of the Left, was the commentary propaganda, or truthfully representitive of what was occuring. The WMD charge is clearly misplaced here, since the video at no time really delves into it, with the exception of the quotes, which seemed to be placed to embarass (rightly) figures of the Left who switched sides for political gain. Concerning the WMD's, there is a interesting factoid on the DVD, in the extras. It seems that at the production of the DVD, Hilary Clinton had searched for the Rose Hill Law Firm documents longer than the search for WMD's had been in Iraq. That search is no where near over or complete, regardless of what many in the media state.
The commentator gets somewhat repetitious in his warnings about the gruesome nature of the footage, but the only other way would be to not prepare the viewer for the footage, which would be even crueler, and would probably cause even more retching into a toilet.
Almost all of what the commentator states is indeed true, even if the video does not seem to mesh with it entirely. Those who continually state that the video runs roughshod over the "nuance" of the Middle East are probably still in graduate school. I should know, since I am currently in such an institution and see this "nuance superiority" in many of my classmates. However, the commentators simple solutions do work, and accurately state what the West is attempting to do to prevent the videos from becoming repeat history.
The final criticism of the video is the belief that it is trying to say that humanitarian reasons where the reason that we went into Iraq. It is not saying that, and to find it requires a "nuanced" look at the video. The video's message is support for the superior (not spotless, an impossibilty) actions of the West, and those that are carrying out that action, the militaries of the Coalition and the various aid workers rebuilding Iraq. In this message the video succeeds very well, since only the heartless (or those who did not watch the movie)could not see the general goodness of the West, and the evilness of our enemies.

I am glad to hear that the producers are giving a generous portion of the profits to families who have lost loved ones. I wonder if Micheal Moore is doing the same thing.......