Fallujah, five years after the Iraq invasion.
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The day after next
Dahr Jamail, The Nation, February 8, on the likely effects of a US withdrawal from Iraq: We have a specific example of what would likely happen throughout Iraq if the US were to withdraw completely. When the Brits recently pulled out of their last base in Basra City late last year, The Independent reported that…
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This is what liberation looks like
Journalist Dahr Jamail, author of the stunning Beyond the Green Zone, reflects on the mainstream media’s acceptance of White House talking points over Iraq: It is true that there have been fewer American soldiers killed in Baghdad and the number of Iraqis fleeing to Syria has declined. However, this relatively quieter security situation needs to…
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Beyond the Green Zone
My following book review appears in today’s Sydney Morning Herald: Author: Dahr Jamail Publisher: Haymarket Books Pages: 313 Price: $39.95 Nearly five years since the start of the Iraq war, we still know remarkably little about the conflict and its effect on the Iraqi people. A recent study by British polling agency ORB found that…
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What we aren’t hearing about Iraq
Dahr Jamail, author of the stunning book Beyond the Green Zone, takes questions from firedoglake blog readers in the US. Despite the mainstream media recently reporting that Fallujah was on the way to recovery, a reality check from Jamail: Fallujah today remains largely destroyed. I have an Iraqi colleague who I continue to do stories…