Eliot Weinberger's long prose poem. adapted for radio by Simon Levy, draws on reports, newspapers, official utterances and eye-witness accounts to paint a terrifying picture of the war in Iraq.

Jon’s music and sound score is a devastating montage of sound, music and verbatim testimony from the Iraq war woven together with brooding organic soundscapes and the hypnoticallly beautiful cello playing of James Hesford.

What I heard About Iraq received a Jury Special Mention at the 2008 Prix Italia.