Volume 16 , Issue 25

1914 Blood & Oil: The Middle East In World War I

1914 Blood & Oil: The Middle East In World War I The War in Iraq. It's happened before. When did all this conflict begin? How did Western world become so involved in the Middle East? We must looked back to the Ottoman Empire. 29 October 1914, The Middle East in World War. The Black Sea off the Russian Coast. It was all about Oil even back to 1914.



This feature length documentary Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I exposes the Western greed and political intrigue which laid the foundation for wars, coups, revolts, oppressive dictators and military interventions in today's Middle East. Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, modern Turkey and other hot spots are born as the British and French divide the "fruits of victory" in World War I.

Written and produced by Marty Callaghan, this film follows conflict from the Ottoman Empire's entry into the Great War in October 1914 to the Allied victory and declaration of the new Turkish Republic in 1923, and the hostilities that have plagued the region since.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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