Episode
Frontline: Bad Voodoo's War
Overview
FRONTLINE captures the realities of war through a "virtual embed" with a National Guard platoon serving in Iraq.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2008-04-01
- Runtime
- 56 min
Episode context
Bad Voodoo's War is Episode 10 in Season 26 of Frontline. It aired on 2008-04-01. The runtime is 56 min.
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