Oliver Stone shoots TV commercial against war in Iraq

 The 30-second TV spot shows video footage of US soldiers and their families speaking out against the war and in favor of troop withdrawal. The filmmaker was commissioned by the organizations MoveOn.org and VoteVets.org. "I decided to participate in the project because as a war veteran, I know that America needs to listen to its men and women in military service," the 60-year-old Stone is quoted as saying by SDA. "We have leaders in Washington who say they support our troops, but the troops themselves are the ones who suffer the most from their political decisions." The director had fought as a volunteer in Vietnam before studying film. Last year, Stone brought the drama World Trade Center to the cinema, the first Hollywood production to deal directly with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.