Monthly Archives: June 2006

An Iraqi Withdrawal From Iraq

By Dahr Jamail | T r u t h o u t | Published: June 28, 2006

Recent days have found a media feeding frenzy at the trough of the “National Reconciliation” plan by the US puppet “prime minister” of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki. This “plan” was clearly a political move orchestrated from within Pentagon and State Department circles in preparation for the upcoming November mid-term elections in the US and has effectively [...]

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Rebuilding Not Yet Reality for Fallujah

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: June 25, 2006

FALLUJAH — One and a half years after the November 2004 U.S. military assault on Fallujah, residents tell of ongoing suffering, lack of jobs, little reconstruction and continuing violence. The U.S. military launched Operation Phantom Fury against the city of Fallujah-destroying an estimated 70 percent of the buildings, homes and shops, and killing between 4,000 [...]

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Residents Struggle to Survive, In and Out of Ramadi

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: June 20, 2006

RAMADI — As the threat of a giant U.S. military operation in Ramadi lingers and sporadic clashes plague the city daily, residents struggle to cope, both inside and outside the sealed city. A week spent in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province west of Baghdad, reveals that residents are suffering from lack of water, electricity, [...]

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“Operation Forward Together”: Deeper Into the Quagmire

By Dahr Jamail | T r u t h o u t | Published: June 19, 2006

On Tuesday, June 13th, while Mr. Bush spent a brave five hours in the “green zone” of Baghdad with puppet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, at least 36 people were killed across Iraq amidst a wave of bombings. 18 of those died in a spasm of bombings in the oil city of Kirkuk in the [...]

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