Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. August 14, 2009. Despite Iraqis' perception that Blackwater was kicked out of their country, the State Department has confirmed the mercenaries remain.
Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. August 5, 2009. On July 30th, a public referendum was supposed to give Iraqis a chance to vote on a deadline for U.S. withdrawal. It never happened.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. November 7, 2008. John Pilger, Mahmood Mamdani, Raed Jarrar, Tariq Ali, Laura Carlsen, and more on Obama's troubling foreign policy ideas.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 22, 2008. An interview with Iraq correspondent Patrick Cockburn and Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar on the Status of Forces Agreement.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 11, 2008. Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar: The U.S./Iraq agreement legitimizes long term bases and calls for an indefinite number of U.S. troops to remain in Iraq.
