Monthly Archives: August 2006

Thanks for your Contributions

By Dahr Jamail | Published: August 15, 2006

We would like to thank everyone who contributed funding towards Dahr Jamail’s recent trip to the Middle East. The following are just a few of the highlights of Dahr’s reporting which your generous donations made possible. We hope that everyone who donated feels a sense of pride in that they assisted in getting this information [...]

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Ehren Watada

By Dahr Jamail | T r u t h o u t | Published: August 14, 2006

On Saturday night, I was lucky enough to be at the Veterans for Peace National Convention. For that night, Lt. Ehren Watada was able to give the following speech. The speech was met with a powerful, standing ovation from the vets who’ve been there. Lt. Ehren Watada, for those who don’t already know, became the [...]

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Destruction, Death, and Drastic Measures

By Dahr Jamail | Published: August 10, 2006

The Damage in Lebanon — and Beyond The idea that you can solve social and political problems militarily from the air is, on the face of it, ludicrous. The historical record is filled with the dead dreams of air power solutions to ground-based problems. But that stops no one.

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Hezbollah Rides a New Popularity

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: August 7, 2006

BEIRUT — As the war in Lebanon approaches the one-month mark, and amid the destruction of much of Lebanon, Hezbollah appears to be gaining strength within the country and around the Arab world. The Israeli aim of widespread bombing of the Lebanese infrastructure in order to create resentment against Hezbollah seems to have played into [...]

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