With the collapse of the Hussein regime certain, neighbours of Iraq like Syria and Iran wondered if they were likely to be targeted next by those in Washington who favour regime change in countries perceived to be hostile to the US. And the Kurds of Iraq also wondered whether their dreams of autonomy would be realized, or whether they would again be forgotten by the outside world. In Act of Faith Linden MacIntyre looks at what George Bush and Tony Blair have in mind once Saddam is gone. Bob McKeown explores how the world has repeatedly abandoned the Kurds to their fate in The Forgotten People.

It was touted as the best defense money could buy against Iraqi Scuds and other deadly Missiles. But as the fifth estate's Bob McKeown demonstrated on our February 5 programme, the Patriot missile turned out to be a bust in 1991. And now in the early days of the war in Iraq, it seems as if the Patriot has revealed one more fatal shortcoming. It is having trouble telling the difference between friend and foe. A whole new take on a cautionary tale about military hardware and military obfuscation.

Take one look at the majestic Rockies and their pristine snow-and you have no trouble imagining why people are drawn to backcountry skiing. It's also easy to understand how it can be so dangerous-there are literally thousands of avalanches every year. But this year has been particularly deadly-nineteen people have been killed in avalanches this winter. Bob McKeown ask whether it's time to rethink safety and training practices.

The People's Mujahedin are a group of Iranian expatriates who have had but one ambition for the past two decades: to unseat the Ayatollahs in Iran. Once supported by the Americans in their quest, they made a fateful decision to base themselves in Iraq. Now no matter what they do, they face almost certain annihilation at the hands of the Americans, the Iranians or the Iraqis.

A Caribbean holiday ends in a mysterious and violent death for a young Canadian. The fifth estate reconstructs what happened in the last few hours of the life of O'Neil Persaud.

Not long ago the fifth estate received a letter from a young man who, when he first appeared on the program, seemed headed for an early death. And now he had turned his life around and wanted our viewers to know. That letter became the inspiration for a show that goes back to find out what happened to people whose life's flashed across our television screen over the years. These are not necessarily the headline makers, but instead are the people whose stories were so captivating that they could never be forgotten. They were ordinary people who had become fleetingly famous - or infamous - on the fifth estate. Some had some pretty wild stories to tell..some had endured terrible misery. After the Cameras Went Away features five vignettes of change, redemption, and strange twists of fate.

Over the years there have been occasional news reports about a mysterious and secretive religious community in Bountiful, B.C. They call themselves the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints- no relation to the mainstream Mormons-and they believe that no only does God condone polygamy, but the Canadian Charter of Rights does to.. Never before has a news organization gained such privileged access to the community of Bountiful. Hana Gartner was granted a rare glimpse inside the FLDS-and an exclusive interviw with one of its most prominent citizens. Now, the fifth estate returns to the Bountiful story adding new interview clips from the community's most prominent member, Winston Blackmore.

The Martensville Saskatchewan "scandal" erupted in the first week of June 1992. Nine people, including police officers and private citizens had been accused of bizarre satanic crimes, arrested and charged with sexual abuse of children. Ten years after the satanic sex abuse panic swept Martensville, Saskatchewan, some of the falsely accused are seeking compensation. The fifth estate returns to find out how things could have gone wrong.

In 1991 the American military bragged they had the perfect weapon to neutralize deadly Scud missiles, But it wasn't true, and no one had even bothered to tell the President of the United States that their super-missile was way off the mark.

As Catholics and Anglicans confront the sins of their fathers, the Jehovah's Witnesses Have been less than forthright about their own alleged legacy of abuse. But this church, too has had serious problems, and around the world, former members are beginning to break the silence. In "Spiritual Shepherds", host Bob McKeown exposes how the Jehovah's Witnesses failed to deal appropriately with case after case of alleged abuse here in Canada.

Victims of injustice sometimes find comfort in numbers, but when they head to court they may risk bing victimized all over again. That what happened to thousands of Americans who were targeted by a man named Blair Down. Viewers of the fifth estate first met Blair Down 6 years ago, when his scheme to separate pensioners from their savings in a vast telephone fraud scheme came to light. Recently we caught up with Mr. Down, who continues to live the good life in B.C. while his former victims remain out in the cold. Our programme, Down for the Court, features the campaign to track down Blair Down's missing money and a curious deal that seems to do more for the lawyers than the victims.

Over the years there have been occasional news reports about a mysterious and secretive religious community in Bountiful, B.C. They call themselves the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - no relation to the mainstream Mormons - and they believethat not only does God condone polygamy, but the Canadian Charter of Rights does too. Never before has a news organization gained such privileged access to the community of Bountiful. Hana Gartner was granted a rare glimpse inside the FLDS-and an exclusive interview with one of it's most prominent citizens.

They're one of the largest privately owned corporation in America. They bullied their way into Canada and convinced competitors to hit the road. Thousands have been injured working in their North American plants....some Americans have died...and the company kept on growing in Canada. Joining forces with the New York Times and PBS Frontline, CBC's the fifth estate reports on "A Toxic Company"

In mid December 2000, word quickly spread around the foreign community in Riyadh that Canadian William Sampson had been pick up by the Saudi police. The next time they saw him was on Saudi TV confessing to a bizarre crime. Looking haggard and sounding clipped, Bill Sampson took responsibility for the car bomb that killed his fellow ex-patriot, Christopher Rodway. Saudi prosecutors claimed the blast was the work of "foreign bootleggers." To those who know William Sampson, the allegations sounded hightly implausible. But if his friends were stunned, his Father, James Sampson of White Rock B.C. was horrified. He has dedicated himself to securing the release of his show who now, two years later, sits in solitary confinement in a Saudi jail, cut off from the outside world, awaiting execution.

It's little wonder that such confusion-and anger-surrounds the Kyoto Accord. Both Sides have resorted to alarmist rhetoric, and both sides have used statistics creatively and selectively. Our story will examine the facts and that both sides have been busy burying including the probability that when all is said and done it will be consumers who pay the price for Kyoto.

As every kid on every frozen pond in Canada knows, as soon as you are taller than your hockey stick you are officaially a prospect for the National Hockey League. And if you are any good, the pressure on your quickly mounts. Ten years ago, the fifth went on a journey with some gifted young hockey players, watching them as they competed for coveted spots on junior and U.S. college teams. Linden MacIntyre revisits them to find out who made it and who got left behind

The Internation arms trade attracts all types. For those prepared to live a little dangerously, there are huge profits to be made. For those in search of military secrets, these can be bought too. It's a game in which discretion is critical, and perhaps the most discreet player of all is the government of Canada.

Twenty years ago, in a rare moment of cooperation between the Cold War Superpowers, smallpox was all but wiped from the face of the earth. But while Soviet and American virologists Worked to hasten eradication, Soviet agents carried out a covert mission to create a vaccine-resistant strain of the disease-the beginning of the weaponization of smallpox. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, expets now believe the ability to turn smallpox into a weapon of mass murder is within the reach of terrorists and rogue regimes. The US is considering mass immunization of its citizens. What should Canada be doing?

We sent our soldiers off to fight for us, even die for us -in some of the world's worst places. And we gave them a little something to help stay safe. But for some, that "little something" became a ticket to hell. For Canadian soldiers in third-world theatres, tropical diseases like malaria are more of a threat then Enemy bullets. Enter...mefloquin, anti-malaria medicine..highly effective, but what our troops weren't told was that in may cases, they were guinea pigs for a drug that's now being connected with horriying side effects: hideous nightmares.

They made a lot of headlines, back in the '90's, when some Firestone tires were failing, causing accidents and deaths. It was a huge problem. It led to a huge recall, and a lot of stories in the media. A lot of journalists, including our colleagues at CBC's Marketplace, uncovered important parts of the "bad tires' story. But at the same time, very quietly another major tiremaker-Goodyear-was dealing with its own huge problem. Light trucks SUVs were having serious tire failures, flipping, killing and injuring people. Until now, that story has pretty much remained buried in secrecy. That because of what Goodyear did when it learned about the problem - imposed a blanket of secrecy, gagged lawyers and experts, bought the silence of victims.