08/09/2011

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Duration: 1 hour

Question Time returns for a new series with a special programme - ten years on from the September 11 attacks. On the panel: Defence Secretary Liam Fox, former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the leading advocate of regime change in Iraq Richard Perle, anti-war campaigner Tariq Ali, American-born playwright Bonnie Greer and Christina Schmidt, whose husband Olaf, a British Army bomb disposal expert, was killed in Afghanistan. Chaired by David Dimbleby from London.

Chapters

7 items

  • Introduction

    David Dimbleby introduces the panel in London.

  • US action after 9/11

    What should America have done after 9/11?

  • Safety after 9/11

    What evidence is there that engaging in costly military operations in Iraq and Afganistan over the past ten years has done anything to ensure the safety of the ordinary British citizen?

  • Arab-Israeli conflict

    Is the root cause of terrorism the Israeli-Palestinian problem? And if so, would Bin Laden have cancelled his 9/11 plans if President Clinton had been able to broker peace?

  • Al-Qaeda

    The war on terror is unwinnable. Are negotiations with al-Qaeda inevitable to ensure a satisfactory conclusion to the war on terror?

  • The Arab Spring

    Could the "Arab Spring" have happened without the war in Iraq?

  • End credits

    David Dimbleby looks ahead to future programmes.

Credits

Presenter
David Dimbleby
Participant
Liam Fox
Participant
David Miliband
Participant
Richard Perle
Participant
Tariq Ali
Participant
Bonnie Greer
Participant
Christina Schmidt
Executive Producer
Steve Anderson

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