Stories by Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who reports from Iraq.
A military operation that was said to target al-Qaeda has instead targeted Sunni Muslims, creating new sectarian tensions.
Posted on Aug 27, 2008
With temperatures sky-high and drought on its way, Iraqis in need of electricity are looking to Iran for relief.
Posted on Aug 12, 2008
"It seems that we Iraqis will all kill each other as long as this U.S. occupation is paying our leaders to widen the gap between us."
Posted on Aug 4, 2008
Initially looking towards NGOs to provide relief, most Iraqis now seem to think that NGOs are working mainly for money and personal gain.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008
The two sieges of Fallujah in 2004 destroyed 75 percent of the city. Now, amid crumbling security, the U.S. is poised to do it again.
Posted on Jul 21, 2008
An embedded U.S. journalist said the military tried to censor him after he posted photos from Fallujah.
Posted on Jul 5, 2008
While some Iraqis cautiously look towards Obama, many believe neither candidate will withdraw from Iraq anytime soon.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008
Continuing the Winter Soldier hearings in Maryland and D.C., Iraq veterans tell a Seattle audience stories of the daily atrocities committed in Iraq.
Posted on Jun 4, 2008
Iraqis who say they have seen dead bodies floating in rivers have good reason not to believe official figures of the war's death toll.
Posted on Jun 2, 2008
After more than five years of U.S. occupation, the Iraqi people dream of things that people in other countries take for granted.
Posted on May 28, 2008
Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.
Posted on May 14, 2008
The city remains sealed. Many residents refer to it as a big jail.
Posted on Apr 16, 2008
After five years of occupation and suffering, many Iraqis have become skeptical of all political and religious leaders.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008
The "Surge" will go down in history as one of the greatest strategic failures in military history.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008
The unmitigated disaster is working.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008
The U.S. is arming all sides of the conflict in Iraq.
Posted on Mar 18, 2008
Winter Soldiers tell of gut-wrenching experiences of occupation.
Posted on Mar 16, 2008
Iraqi women once had more rights and freedom than most others in the Arab world.
Posted on Mar 11, 2008
Tensions rise in Iraq, as U.S. arms multiple factions.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008
More Iraqis continue to flee their country than the numbers returning, despite official claims to the contrary.
Posted on Mar 3, 2008
When U.S. forces speak of a reduction in violence, many Iraqis simply do not know what they are talking about.
Posted on Feb 19, 2008
The Awakening Councils in Diyala province are stepping up their protests against the government in Baghdad.
Posted on Feb 18, 2008
"This was savagery."
Posted on Feb 14, 2008
The surrender isn't working!
Posted on Feb 12, 2008
As in all conflict areas, women, along with children and the elderly, have suffered most in occupied Iraq.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008
"Every one of these prisoners has a family, and these families now have reason to hate Americans."
Posted on Jan 28, 2008
Former resistance fighters are now being paid 300 dollars a month to stop attacking occupation forces.
Posted on Jan 25, 2008
Looking around Iraq, one finds a ruined country.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008
The policy is divide to rule.
Posted on Jan 8, 2008
Who will "liberate" Iraq from the Americans?
Posted on Jan 4, 2008
Despite all the claims of improvements, the situation in Iraq keeps getting worse.
Posted on Dec 31, 2007
The U.S.-backed Iraqi government will half Iraqis' rations because of "insufficient funds and spiraling inflation."
Posted on Dec 28, 2007
"Unembedded" journalist Dahr Jamail reviews
Meeting Resistance. With video.
Posted on Dec 21, 2007
Mainstream media would have you believe the U.S. military has only killed Iraqi "militants," "extremists" and "criminals" -- even when the people gunned down are women and children.
Posted on Nov 27, 2007
A new book from journalist Dahr Jamail shows what life is really like for Iraqis.
Posted on Nov 1, 2007
Morale among US soldiers in the country is so poor, many are simply parking their Humvees and pretending to be on patrol, called "search and avoid" missions.
Posted on Oct 26, 2007
US-backed government is running death squads that follow the Latin America model from the 1970s and 1980s.
Posted on Sep 5, 2007
Dahr Jamail discovers a refugee's life.
Posted on Aug 3, 2007
After years of witnessing the apocalyptic violence in Iraq first hand, life in America is "nothing short of a schizophrenic experience" for veteran reporter Dahr Jamail.
Posted on Jul 20, 2007
The invasion and occupation of Iraq is producing what might be the most severe refugee crisis on the planet, but no one is noticing.
Posted on Apr 24, 2007
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