Stories by Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who reports from Iraq.
From suicide to desertion to refusal to deploy -- service members' dissent may be growing into something far larger.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009
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
Iraq is teetering on the brink of returning to the bloodletting of 2006 and mid-2007.
Posted on Apr 8, 2009
"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
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
Iraq's graveyards -- and there are many -- raise questions about the real death toll of the war.
Posted on Feb 6, 2009
After a strong turnout and minimal violence, Iraqis are seeking signs of political recovery.
Posted on Feb 2, 2009
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
In Iraq's hospitals, no-working elevators are just another reminder of a country that's not working.
Posted on Sep 26, 2008
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
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