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Dahr Jamail: World Tribunal for Iraq Testimony
Monday, 27 June 2005, 11:11 am | Dahr Jamail
Thank you very much for inviting me to the Culminating Session of the World Tribunal on Iraq. I first went to Iraq in November of 2003 as an American citizen both frustrated and horrified by what my unelected government was doing. More >>
Dahr Jamail: State Sponsored Civil War
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 3:58 pm | Dahr Jamail
Yesterday at a conference in Baghdad, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a prominent Shia leader who is also the head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq announced, “In gratitude to the efforts, sacrifices and heroic positions of our brothers and ... More >>
Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches: Who Cares?
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 4:39 pm | Dahr Jamail
Suicide bombers unleashed another day of hell across Iraq today, killing at least 18 and wounding over 67. Four of them struck Iraqi Security forces, along with US military convoys around Baghdad. Despite the huge US-backed Iraqi security operation ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: Things Are Getting Worse By The Day
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 12:49 am | Dahr Jamail
The mayhem continues in Iraq, with today at least 40 people dead, including five US soldiers in Diyala province as the meltdown of the failed US-led occupation continues. More >>
Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches: Sketchy Details
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 12:48 am | Dahr Jamail
Yesterday Iraq’s Minister of Defense, Sadoun al-Dulaimi, announced that starting Saturday 40,000 Iraqi troops will seal Baghdad and begin to “hunt down insurgents and their weapons.” Baghdad will be divided into two main sections, east and west, ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: Daily Life in Baghdad, from Afar
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:33 am | Dahr Jamail
It’s coming apart at the seams now in Iraq. We saw on the news today that members of the Mehdi Army in the south, the militia of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, exchanged gunfire with members of the ING (Iraqi National Guard) who in the south are primarily, ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: Coming Home
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:32 am | Dahr Jamail
It isn't an accident that, after 11 weeks, only as I'm leaving again, do I find myself able to write about what it was like to come home -- back to the United States after my latest several month stint in Iraq. Only now, with the U.S. growing ever smaller ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: Stories From Fallujah
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 2:47 pm | Dahr Jamail
These are the stories that will continue to emerge from the rubble of Fallujah for years. No, for generations… More >>
Dahr Jamail's In Iraq: Casualties of Polling
Tuesday, 8 February 2005, 12:05 am | Dahr Jamail
He writhes in pain, moaning with every other breath. The Iraqi police colonel’s chest is covered in bandages, his legs from the knees down nearly completely hidden from view due to thick bandages holding what is left of his shins together. More >>
What They're Not Telling You About the 'Election'
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 2:14 pm | Dahr Jamail
The day of blood and elections has passed, and the blaring trumpets of corporate media hailing it as a successful show of ''democracy'' have subsided to a dull roar. More >>
Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches: High Anxiety
Monday, 31 January 2005, 10:38 am | Dahr Jamail
Despite a continuing increase in the already draconian security measures imposed across Iraq, the bombs keep coming. More >>
Dhar Jamail: Here Comes ''The Freedom''
Friday, 28 January 2005, 1:45 pm | Dahr Jamail
My friend from Baquba visited me yesterday. He brought the usual giant lunch of home cooked food he always brings when he comes to see me. I’m still eating it, actually. I had it again for dinner tonight. Ah, the typical Iraqi meal. More >>
Dhar Jamail: Odd Happenings in Fallujah
Wednesday, 19 January 2005, 1:51 pm | Dahr Jamail
''The soldiers are doing strange things in Fallujah,'' said one of my contacts in Fallujah who just returned. He was in his city checking on his home and just returned to Baghdad this evening. More >>
Dhar Jamail: Dispatches From Iraq – Jan 14-16
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 11:03 am | Dahr Jamail
The onslaught of Mosul has begun, as occupation forces are launching attacks into Iraq’s third largest city. While there are mass resignations of police and elections polling staff there, yet another new police chief has been awarded control of the ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: Respite
Saturday, 18 December 2004, 6:52 pm | Dahr Jamail
''My list is now 32,'' says Salam as he arrives at the hotel, ''Now 32 of my friends have been killed.'' He still has tears in his eyes, even though he’s being stoic. Another of his friends has been shot and killed. More >>
Dahr Jamail: Dispatches From Iraq Dec 8, 9 2004
Friday, 10 December 2004, 1:44 pm | Dahr Jamail
Two weeks ago someone was allowed into Fallujah by the military to help bury bodies. They were allowed to take photographs of 75 bodies, in order to show pictures to relatives so that they might be identified before they were buried. More >>
Dahr Jamail: This Time Last Year...
Monday, 29 November 2004, 12:16 am | Dahr Jamail
I’m in need of a haircut, so I ask Abu Talat if he thinks it would be safe to get one here, risking the time on the street required to do so. More >>
Dahr Jamail: Fallujah Refugees
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:28 am | Dahr Jamail
''Doctors in Fallujah are reporting there are patients in the hospital there who were forced out by the Americans,'' said Mehdi Abdulla, a 33 year-old ambulance driver at a hospital in Baghdad, ''Some doctors there told me they had a major operation ... More >>
Dahr Jamail: From Inside The Mosque
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:20 am | Dahr Jamail
Abu Talat calls me frantic. The deafening roar of hundreds of people in a confined area yelling, ''Allahu Akbar'' (God is Greatest) reverberate behind his panicked voice. More >>
