“The Fire This Time” is an audio documentary on the history and consequences of the Gulf War and following economic sanctions against Iraq. Produced by filmmaker Grant Wakefield, the 2-CD set featured music from electronic artists including Michael Stearns, Pan Sonic, and Aphex Twin.

“The Fire This Time” originated when Wakefield and co-writer Miriam Ryle traveled to Iraq in order to film a follow-up to Ryle’s documentary “Voices in Iraq”. Their footage, including an interview with U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Hans-Christof von Sponeck critical of the sanctions on Iraq, was rejected by the BBC and Channel 4, with BBC World responding that they “do not accept rant pieces”. Wakefield and Ryle instead produced a documentary for CD, consisting of spoken word, music, and clips of statements made by officials, journalists, and media pundits.

A full transcript of the album, along with keys and sources, can be found here:

THE FIRE THIS TIME - THE SCRIPT - TRACK BY TRACK INDEX — Archive

The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20050315073915/http://www.firethistime.org:80/trackbytrack.htm 'Sound samples from media sources and field recordings are written in yellow italics with single inverted comma' "Quotes by Arabs, Iraqis and UN personnel / reports, doctor's commentaries, and quotes from the bible spoken by narrator are written in green italics with inverted commas."