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Dahr Jamail, writer for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the Iraqi government’s unwillingness to incorporate Sunni “Awakening Councils” into the regular army, the walled-off autonomous conclaves within Baghdad, the decimation of Iraq’s health care system and forty years of U.S. meddling in Iraqi affairs. Download MP3

Dahr corresponds by phone from Baghdad, explaining the current state of affairs in Iraq, and what has changed since over the years, with satellite radio talk show host Pete Dominick. Download MP3

From the Antiwar.com intro: Dahr Jamail discusses the Winter Soldier testimonies, the critical dehumanization process in waging war, the intentional tactics the military uses to foment these views, the complete black-out of the Winter Soldier testimonies by the U.S. corporate media, “drop-weapons” used by soldiers to frame dead civilians as enemies in Iraq, lies told

Since 9/11, the U.S. Congress has appropriated $610 billion dollars in war-related money. With inflation figured in, that’s roughly the same amount spent over the full 16 years of the Vietnam War. The Iraq War alone has cost the U.S. $450 billion dollars. And what about the cost to the Iraqi people? In addition to

Excerpt from his speech: “As the world collapses around us, as leadership collapses, as we’re driven more by the price of oil than the price of integrity, we have a role [as journalists] to play. And to me, that’s what it’s all about. I complain bitterly. I was just talking earlier today-we have so many

n this 17 minute interview on Crossing The Line, Christopher Brown speaks with Dahr Jamail, an independent, award-winning journalist about the ongoing war in Iraq and the broader implications the conflict has on Palestine and the region in general. Christopher Brown is an independent grassroots journalist living in San Francisco, CA. He has lived in

In this high quality 54 minute audio file, Dahr Jamail gives an update on the situation in Iraq. Among many topics, Dahr talks specifically about the US involvement in the death squads and the sectarian violence in Iraq. Dahr also provides details on the enormity of the US Embassy and the military bases in Iraq;

In this half hour interview, journalist Dahr Jamail speaks about the reality of the Iraq Study Group Report and what is going on in Iraq today: US support for death squad militias, US air attacks, and the steady intensification of the violence. If US forces withdrew there may be a potential for the Iraqis to

The five minute interview with Michelle Norris is a good one. However, if the NPR show were true to its title, “All Things Considered” should have also considered the much larger role that the US has had in interfering with health care in Iraq, rather than focusing on the so called sectarian strife as responsible

In this interview, David Barsamian, of Alternative Radio, talks with Dahr from Beirut. Dahr candidly relates what he has seen and experienced in Lebanon during the Israeli assault. A great conversation regarding the situation in Lebanon between two established independent journalists. MP3 Download