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Jamail: The Tsunami of Iraq
Znet Article, January, 16 2005
Dahr Jamail
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The morgues at the hospitals of Baghdad are filling to capacity. At Yarmouk Hospital in central Baghdad, the three freezers reek of decaying bodies, despite the temperature. The smell rushes out at us as the doors are opened. I’ve smelled...
Jamail: Baghdad, As Usual
Znet Article, January, 10 2005
Dahr Jamail
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The usual spiral descent in the airplane landed me into a grey day in Baghdad…the weather the same as when I left a few weeks ago. The usual hordes of ‘Global’ mercenaries crowded the airport…where a person isnâS...
Jamail: U.S. Military Families Bring Help
Znet Article, January, 08 2005
Dahr Jamail
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AMMAN, Jan 7 (IPS) - Families of some U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq plan a strong protest to mark the second anniversary of the invasion. The group 'Military Families Speak Out' will hold a demonstration in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in the Unit...
Jamail: Iraq: The Devastation
Znet Article, January, 07 2005
Dahr Jamail
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Iraq: The Devastation
Jamail: Iraq: The Devastation
Znet Article, January, 07 2005
Dahr Jamail
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Iraq: The Devastation
Jamail: Living in Garbage
Znet Article, December, 26 2004
Dahr Jamail
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The dump is a dusty wasteland. Heaps of Baghdad’s rotting wastes are strewn about several square miles of the battered capital city. Engaged in their futile battle to remove the endless amounts of garbage from streets, blue garbage trucks ...
Jamail: Respite
Znet Article, December, 15 2004
Dahr Jamail
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December 11-13, 2004 11 Dec. "My list is now 32," says Salam as he arrives at the hotel, "Now 32 of my friends have been killed." He still has tears in his eyes, even though he's being stoic. Another of his friends has been shot and killed. ...
Jamail: Iraq's Reality
Znet Article, December, 13 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Charles Shaw: How long have you been reporting on Iraq, and what brought you there? Dahr Jamail: I have spent 6 of the last 12 months in Iraq. As I mentioned, what brought me here was the nearly total failure of the US 'mainstream' media to show...
Jamail: Health Care Given A 'New Look'
Znet Article, December, 07 2004
Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Dec 7 (IPS) - The Baghdad Medical City has begun to look nice in its new coat of paint. It does not look that nice to Dr Hammad Hussein, ophthalmology resident at the centre. â€I have not seen anything which indicates any rebuildi...
Jamail: Trophy Hunting?
Znet Article, December, 05 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Yesterday, before the usual morning gunfire in the streets which has become my morning alarm clock, Abu Talat phones me. There is very heavy fighting over in al-Adhamiya. Two giant explosions occurred around 6:15am, followed by mortar blasts, then...
Jamail: Quiet of Destruction
Znet Article, December, 03 2004
Dahr Jamail
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It's a late morning start today...as I'm waiting for Abu Talat, who calls to tell me he is snarled in traffic and will be late once again, huge explosions shake my hotel. Shortly thereafter mortars are exploding in the "green zone" as the loud war...
Jamail: The Refugees of Fallujah
Znet Article, December, 03 2004
Dahr Jamail
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*Journalists and residents who have fled Fallujah share accounts of US troops killing unarmed and wounded people; Dahr Jamail continues interviewing survivors as images of a city under US assault further emerge.* Baghdad , Dec 3 - Men now seekin...
Jamail: Neglect Follows Siege of Fallujah
Znet Article, December, 01 2004
Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Nov 30 (IPS) - The Iraqi ministry of health is failing to provide enough support to hundreds of thousands who fled Fallujah. Doctors in Baghdad are perplexed why there has been little or no assistance from the health ministry to resident...
Jamail: Low Crime Rate in Fallujah
Znet Article, December, 01 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Abut Talat and I, snarled in the horrendous daily traffic of Baghdad, decide to laugh about it. “Maybe we should consider a camel,†he ponders, “That way we don’t have to feed it benzene!†We both start laug...
Jamail: This time last year
Znet Article, November, 29 2004
Dahr Jamail
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I'm in need of a haircut, so I ask Abu Talat if he thinks it would be safe to get one here, risking the time on the street required to do so. Smiling, he says, "Yes Dahr, it may be possible, but we must make sure we have confidence in the barber...
Jamail: 'Unusual Weapons' used in Fallujah
Znet Article, November, 27 2004
Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (IPS) - The U.S. military has used poison gas and other non-conventional weapons against civilians in Fallujah, eyewitnesses report. â€Poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah,†35-year-old trader from Falluja...
Jamail: Occupier of a Prime Minister's Chair
Znet Article, November, 23 2004
Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (IPS) - The prime minister is following in the footsteps of the last president. The rule of Ayad Allawi, the U.S. appointed interim prime minister of Iraq, is now more in the style of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein than a leade...
Jamail: Fallujah Refugees
Znet Article, November, 23 2004
Dahr Jamail
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“Doctors in Fallujah are reporting there are patients in the hospital there who were forced out by the Americans,†said Mehdi Abdulla, a 33 year-old ambulance driver at a hospital in Baghdad, “Some doctors there told me the...
Jamail: Iraqi Critics Speak Out on Occupation, Elections
Znet Article, November, 22 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad, Nov 20 - While debate continues in the United States about how best to manage the occupation and nation building of Iraq, the ideas of Iraqis on the matter of what is to happen in their country have been all but completely muted in the We...
Jamail: More Blood, More Chaos
Znet Article, November, 21 2004
Dahr Jamail
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In Ramadi today 6 civilians were killed in clashes between the resistance and military. The military sealed the city, closing all the roads while announcing over loudspeakers for residents in the city to hand over “terrorists.†...
