Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
First shown in 2004. John Pilger tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal island of this Crown colony, Diego Garcia, to the Americans who wanted it as a military base. Indeed, from Diego Garcia US planes have since bombed Afghanistan and Iraq.
First shown in 2004. John Pilger tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal island of this Crown colony, Diego Garcia, to the Americans who wanted it as a military base. Indeed, from Diego Garcia US planes have since bombed Afghanistan and Iraq.
