Monthly Archives: April 2008

Poverty Gets the Survivors

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 26, 2008

DAMASCUS — More than a million Iraqis were lucky enough to flee into Syria. But in this relatively safe haven, there is no getting away from poverty. Mohammad Saleem ran a successful supermarket in Baghdad. “I was leading a comfortable life with my family, despite the 13 years of UN sanctions,” Saleem told IPS in [...]

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Five Years On, Fallujah in Tatters

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 14, 2008

FALLUJAH — Fallujah remains a crippled city more than two years after the November 2004 U.S.-led assault. Unemployment, and lack of medical care and safe drinking water in the city 60 km west of Baghdad remain a continuous problem. Freedom of movement is still curtailed.

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From One Dictator to the Next

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 10, 2008

BAGHDAD — Many Iraqis have come to believe that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is just as much a dictator as Saddam Hussein was. “Al-Maliki is a dictator who must be removed by all means,” 35-year-old Abdul-Riza Hussein, a Mehdi Army member from Sadr City in Baghdad told IPS. “He is a worse dictator than [...]

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A Little Too Tense to be Truce

By Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service | Published: April 8, 2008

BAQUBA — As violence continues in Baghdad and southern Iraq, it seems quiet on the surface in Baquba, the volatile city 40km north of Baghdad. But few believe truce between the U.S.-backed Awakening Groups and the government security forces can last. The Awakening Groups, known locally as the Sahwa, were formed to battle al-Qaeda. Members [...]

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