Return to Kirkuk A Year in the Fire

It was 30 years ago that 14yearold Karzan Sherabayani was arrested and tortured by Saddam Husseins secret police his only crime being that he was a Kurd After 25 years in exile Karzan now a British citizen has returned to his childhood home to vote in Iraqs first democratic election Having been banished for so long Karzan now asks the people of Kirkuk if they accept the path promoted by the Westa path that will inevitably lead to a divided Iraq or a bloody civil war In this incredible documentary Karzan exposes a city that sits on one of the worlds largest oil deposits as a place where old ethnic and sectarian divisions are still rife Kirkuk he says is a microcosm of the new Iraq During the year it took to make the program Karzan confronted old demons from his past and met with the heroes and villains who are fashioning the countrys dangerous and uncertain future