Monthly Archives: April 2006

Subject to the Penalty of Death

By Dahr Jamail | T r u t h o u t | Published: April 26, 2006

This weekend I received an email from a friend in Iraq. It read, “Salam Dahr, I was in Ramadi today to ask about the situation. I was stunned for the news of a father and his three sons executed in cold blood by US soldiers, then they blasted the house. The poor mother couldn’t stand [...]

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Baghdad Slipping Into Civil War

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 19, 2006

BAGHDAD — The new clashes between Shia militiamen dressed in Iraqi military and police uniforms and resistance fighters and residents from the Sunni Adhamiya district of Baghdad have convinced many that what Baghdad is witnessing is no less than a civil war. For long now, some leaders from both Shia and Sunni communities have been [...]

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The Ongoing War on Truth in Iraq

By Dahr Jamail | T r u t h o u t | Published: April 18, 2006

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. They have been tricked into it by a steady withholding of information. The Baghdad communiqués are belated, insincere, incomplete. Things have been far worse than we have been told, our administration [...]

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Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 14, 2006

BAGHDAD, Apr 14 (IPS) – As sectarian killings continue to rise in Iraq, the central morgue in Baghdad is unable to keep up with the daily influx of bodies. The morgue is receiving a minimum of 60 bodies a day and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS on condition of anonymity. “The [...]

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