BAGHDAD — The newly formed ‘Awakening’ forces set up by the U.S. military are bringing new conflict among people. For months now the U.S. military has been actively building what it calls ‘Awakening’ forces and “concerned local citizens” in an effort to reduce attacks on occupation forces.
Children Starved of Childhood
BAQUBA — The violence around the continuing U.S. military operations in this city has robbed children of their childhood. Only two provincial schools and one private kindergarten school are functioning in this city of 280,000, located 50 km north of Baghdad. Most children know neither school nor play.
Less Violent But Not Less Hellish
FALLUJAH — U.S. and Iraqi officials claim that security is improving across al-Anbar province and much of Iraq. Security during the last half of 2007 was indeed better than in the period between February 2006 and mid-2007. But this has brought little solace to many Iraqis, because violence is still worse than in 2005 and
Beyond the Green Zone on CSPAN’s Book TV
BookTV on CSPAN2 presents: Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
Fuel Crisis Freezes Life
BAQUBA — It’s turning out to be about the hardest winter Abu Muslih has known. Too often it’s a choice between buying food and medicines, and buying kerosene to keep his children warm. “I see them feeling cold, so I go out to buy kerosene at any price,” Muslih, a 49-year-old city employee told IPS.
Beyond the Green Zone at Tom’s Review of Books
“Don’t miss Dahr Jamail’s first book, Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq — and, while you’re reading it, think of us as the invading Martians. I hardly need to extol Jamail to Tomdispatch readers, but his book offers a remarkably fresh glimpse at what those “Martians” looked like and
Killer of U.S. Soldiers Becomes a Hero
BAGHDAD — The recent killing of two U.S. soldiers by their Iraqi colleague has raised disturbing questions about U.S. military relations with the Iraqis they work with. On Dec. 26, an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. soldiers accompanying him during a joint military patrol in the northern Iraqi city Mosul. He killed the U.S.
The myth of sectarianism
The policy is divide to rule IF THE U.S. leaves Iraq, the violent sectarianism between the Sunni and Shia will worsen. This is what Republicans and Democrats alike will have us believe. This key piece of rhetoric is used to justify the continuance of the occupation of Iraq. This propaganda, like others of its ilk,
The Patriot: Truthout Reviews Dahr Jamail’s “Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Reporter in Occupied Iraq,” with author Interview
By Leslie Thatcher t r u t h o u t | Book Review We were a minority, but still, there were many of us to whom it was as plain as the nose on our own face, in the fall of 2002 when the great “marketing campaign” for the Iraq war was rolled out,
Vancouver Book Tour Appearance
Videos of the Beyond the Green Zone book tour talk, recorded December 8, 2007 by Pasifik.ca at the Vancouver, British Columbia Planetarium. Presented in 3 parts. This excellent, full-length video (58 minutes) was professionally filmed and edited.