Category Archives: Articles

Living with No Future: Iraq, 10 Years Later

Back then, everybody was writing about Iraq, but it’s surprising how few Americans, including reporters, paid much attention to the suffering of Iraqis. Today, Iraq is in the news again. The words, the memorials, the retrospectives are pouring out, and again the suffering of Iraqis isn’t what’s on anyone’s mind. This was why I returned [...]

Also posted in Human Rights, Iraq | Comments closed

Democracy Now! Interviews Dahr Jamail on Iraq 10 Years After US Invasion (Part 2)

“Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers”

Also posted in Human Rights, Interviews, Iraq | Comments closed

Democracy Now! Interviews Dahr Jamail on Iraq 10 Years After US Invasion (Part 1)

“Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in ‘Utter Devastation’”

Also posted in Human Rights, Interviews, Iraq | Comments closed

Maliki’s Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture

Iraq is wracked by detentions, torture, and executions, and fingers are pointing at Prime Minister Maliki. Baghdad – Heba al-Shamary (name changed for security reasons) was released last week from an Iraqi prison where she spent the last four years. “I was tortured and raped repeatedly by the Iraqi security forces,” she told Al Jazeera. [...]

Also posted in Human Rights, Iraq | Comments closed