Author: Raed Jarrar

Stories by Raed Jarrar

Raed Jarrar is Iraq Consultant to the American Friends Service Committee. He blogs at Raed in the Middle.

Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the Latest Violence in Iraq

The traditional media is incapable of reporting what's going on in Southern Iraq.
Posted on Mar 27, 2008

The Iraqi Civil War Bush and the Media Don't Tell You About

The Iraqi-Iraqi conflict is similar to the U.S. civil war: Iraqis who are want a centralized government are fighting against those favor secession.
Posted on Mar 24, 2008

Bush, Maliki Break Iraqi Law to Renew U.N. Mandate for Occupation

A majority of Iraqi lawmakers say renewal requests not ratified by the parliament are illegal.
Posted on Dec 20, 2007

Iraqi Government to UN: 'Don't Extend Mandate for Bush's Occupation'

Bush needs the U.N.'s cover to justify the occupation, but the only way he can renew the expiring U.N. mandate is to cut Iraq's frail democracy out of the process.
Posted on Nov 9, 2007

The Senate's 'Rebuke' to Bush's Iraq Policy Is a Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing

Let's call Joe Biden's Senate plan to split Iraq in three pieces for what it is: a blueprint for ethnic cleansing and possibly a full-blown civil war.
Posted on Oct 15, 2007

Only a U.S. Withdrawal Will Stop Al Qaeda in Iraq

The conventional wisdom has it all wrong.
Posted on Oct 5, 2007

The Battle for Iraq is About Oil and Democracy, Not Religion!

As Gen. Petraeus takes the D.C. stage, he and the media are only giving half of the story. Shockingly, the United States, Iran and al Qaeda have the same goals in Iraq.
Posted on Sep 10, 2007

Bush Says We’ll Be in Iraq for 50 Years, But Reporters Don't Bother to Ask Iraqis to Comment

When George Bush announced that he favored keeping troops in Iraq for decades, the media apparently didn't think the opinion of Iraqis mattered.
Posted on Jun 8, 2007

Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Resolution That May Force End to Occupation

While Washington lawmakers play procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi legislators are working to bring an end to the occupation of their country.
Posted on Jun 5, 2007

U.S. Imperial Ambitions Thwart Iraqis' Peace Plans

Iraq's resistance groups have offered a series of peace plans that might put an end to the country's sectarian violence, but they've been ignored by the U.S.-led coalition because they're opposed to foreign occupation and privatization of oil.
Posted on May 21, 2007