Stories by Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist and author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, and The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight In Iraq and Afghanistan.
Soldiers who face unexpected parenting hardships and are unable to deploy are supposed to be honorably discharged. Instead they are being slapped with criminal charges.
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The military is claiming that Marc Hall "communicated a threat" through a rap song that angrily denounces the policy that has barred him from exiting the army.
Posted on Jan 15, 2010, Source: TruthOut.org
"This would do irreparable harm to her child. I think they are doing this to punish her."
Posted on Nov 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted on Nov 10, 2009, Source: Asia Times
AWOL soldiers who turned themselves in endure deplorable conditions, not knowing whether they'll face charges, trial, deployment, or medical release.
Posted on Aug 11, 2009, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Victor Agosto argues that, in accordance to the Nuremburg Principles, the war in Afghanistan is an illegal war.
Posted on Jul 14, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
From suicide to desertion to refusal to deploy -- service members' dissent may be growing into something far larger.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009, Source: Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute
Tit-for-tat killings, roadside bombs and suicide strikes are rising -- and no sign of reconciliation between Sunni militias and the Iraqi government.
Posted on Apr 21, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
Iraq is teetering on the brink of returning to the bloodletting of 2006 and mid-2007.
Posted on Apr 8, 2009, Source: TruthOut.org
"We have no water, no money, and no work," says Ahmed Hussein, 15. "How can a human live in this misery?"
Posted on Feb 24, 2009, Source: IPS News
Fallujah remains devastated, even as the U.S. military delivers shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills to the sheiks in charge.
Posted on Feb 14, 2009, Source: Tomdispatch.com
Iraq's graveyards -- and there are many -- raise questions about the real death toll of the war.
Posted on Feb 6, 2009, Source: IPS News
After a strong turnout and minimal violence, Iraqis are seeking signs of political recovery.
Posted on Feb 2, 2009, Source: IPS News
Voting takes place on January 31. 444 seats in 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces will be contested by 14,431 candidates from more 400 parties.
Posted on Jan 29, 2009, Source: IPS News
In Iraq's hospitals, no-working elevators are just another reminder of a country that's not working.
Posted on Sep 26, 2008, Source: IPS News
A military operation that was said to target al-Qaeda has instead targeted Sunni Muslims, creating new sectarian tensions.
Posted on Aug 27, 2008, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
"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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
An embedded U.S. journalist said the military tried to censor him after he posted photos from Fallujah.
Posted on Jul 5, 2008, Source: IPS News
While some Iraqis cautiously look towards Obama, many believe neither candidate will withdraw from Iraq anytime soon.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
The city remains sealed. Many residents refer to it as a big jail.
Posted on Apr 16, 2008, Source: IPS News
After five years of occupation and suffering, many Iraqis have become skeptical of all political and religious leaders.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: IPS News
The "Surge" will go down in history as one of the greatest strategic failures in military history.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008, Source: IPS News
The unmitigated disaster is working.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008, Source: IPS News
The U.S. is arming all sides of the conflict in Iraq.
Posted on Mar 18, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Winter Soldiers tell of gut-wrenching experiences of occupation.
Posted on Mar 16, 2008, Source: IPS News
Iraqi women once had more rights and freedom than most others in the Arab world.
Posted on Mar 11, 2008, Source: IPS News
Tensions rise in Iraq, as U.S. arms multiple factions.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008, Source: IPS News
More Iraqis continue to flee their country than the numbers returning, despite official claims to the contrary.
Posted on Mar 3, 2008, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
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, Source: IPS News
The surrender isn't working!
Posted on Feb 12, 2008, Source: IPS News
As in all conflict areas, women, along with children and the elderly, have suffered most in occupied Iraq.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008, Source: IPS News
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