Monday on PBS

Here's an email I got:

This Monday, March 17, PBS will present three hours of in-depth programming on the background and possible consequences of the impending war with Iraq, beginning at 8 p.m. ET (check local listings) with "The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report," and continuing at 10 p.m. ET with "What's Next For Iraq: A NOW With Bill Moyers Special Edition." (Again, please check local listings. We're unable to provide local broadcast times to our customized subscribers.)

In "The Long Road to War," FRONTLINE draws on more than 12 years of its reporting on Iraq to relate the history of the U.S. confrontation with Saddam Hussein. The two-hour special examines the mind and methods of Saddam, how the West armed Iraq, the origins of the first Gulf War and its ragged end, the frustrating effort to disarm Iraq through U.N. inspections, how Saddam survived efforts to undermine his power, and the long-standing effort by Washington hawks to remove him. FRONTLINE's website -- at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/ -- will feature a special editors' selection of the best online material from our past coverage of Saddam's Iraq, as well as updated links, readings, and more.

And in "What's Next for Iraq," NOW With Bill Moyers looks at the possible scenarios for Iraq's future, including the relationship between the U.S. and Iraqi dissidents, and also considers the responsibility of the American media, particularly the major TV news networks, in covering the events of the past weeks and months leading up to war.

We hope you'll join us on Monday night, and on the Web following the broadcasts.

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