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Jamail: Media Repression in Liberated Iraq
Znet Article, November, 18 2004
Dahr Jamail
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BAGHDAD, Nov 18 - Journalists are increasingly being detained and threatened by the U.S.-installed interim government in Iraq. Media have been stopped particularly from covering recent horrific events in Fallujah. The "100 Orders" penned by form...
Jamail: The Streets of Baghdad
Znet Article, November, 18 2004
Dahr Jamail
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We had our daily car bomb today when a suicide bomber drove his car into a US patrol as it passed near the Yarmouk police station. Several Iraqis were killed, with no report yet on US casualties. I felt the rumble even though I was on a street far...
Jamail: Slash and Burn
Znet Article, November, 17 2004
Dahr Jamail
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She lays dazed in the crowded hospital room, languidly waving her bruised arm at the flies. Her shins, shattered by bullets from US soldiers when they fired through the front door of her house, are both covered by casts. Small plastic drainage bac...
Jamail: 800 Civilians Feared Dead in Fallujah
Znet Article, November, 16 2004
Dahr Jamail
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*BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (IPS) - At least 800 civilians have been killed during the U.S. military siege of Fallujah, a Red Cross official estimates. * Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of U.S. military reprisal, a high-ranking official with the...
Jamail: Dogs Eating Bodies in the Streets of Fallujah
Znet Article, November, 16 2004
Dahr Jamail
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It never fails to get my adrenaline flowing when my hotel rumbles from a car bomb detonating in central Baghdad. Last night around 7pm the explosion occurred at a hotel compound which houses foreign contractors over near Firdos Square. Shortly...
Jamail: The Other Face of U.S. 'Success' in Fallujah
Znet Article, November, 15 2004
Dahr Jamail
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*BAGHDAD, Nov 15 (IPS) - * Everyone saw it coming, only the U.S. forces did not: humanitarian disaster in Fallujah, and stronger resistance against U.S. and allied occupying forces all around Iraq. The real face of the 'success' of the U.S. milit...
Jamail: Inside Fallujah: One Family's Diary Of Terror
Znet Article, November, 14 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Last week the US launched a major offensive on Fallujah using heavy artillery, bulldozers and tanks. The target was insurgents, but here one family reveals the horror of being caught in the conflict By Dahr Jamail in Baghdad *She weeps *while tel...
Jamail: Iraq Is Burning
Znet Article, November, 13 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Leaving the hotel is always an adventure. Last night, with a full beard and a kefir draped around my shoulders, Abut Talat wisks me out into the chaotic streets of occupied Baghdad. As we traveled around the capital, we took side roads, windin...
Jamail: US will lose more by 'victory'
Znet Article, November, 11 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Strong anti-government reactions have set in already as reports come in from Fallujah of bombed hospitals, high civilians casualties and denial of access to medical care. The political fallout could fall far beyond Iraq. Several governments and i...
Jamail: The Fire is Spreading
Znet Article, November, 10 2004
Dahr Jamail
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The blasts of mortars exploding in the so-called "Green Zone" are thumping out my window as I type tonight. The blades of military helicopters chop the air as they circle above the area looking for, well, looking for something. "I know what they...
Jamail: Iraq's Economy
Znet Article, November, 10 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Violence is taking a heavy toll in Iraq, but everyday economic difficulties could be hurting people more. Nearly 20 months into the occupation, Iraqis find themselves in a desperate situation, with countless struggling to survive. U.S. Preside...
Jamail: Outrage in Baghdad
Znet Article, November, 09 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Yesterday the full siege of Falluja began after getting the green light from the so-called interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. Using the same rhetoric as his master, Mr. Bush, he spoke of bringing justice to Falluja, killing the terrorists, etc., ...
Jamail: Carnage and Martial Law
Znet Article, November, 08 2004
Dahr Jamail
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"The marines that have been killed over the last 5 months have been killed by a faceless enemy. The enemy there has a face, and it's called Satan, and it lives in Falluja." These are the words of US Marine Colonel Gary Brandl, as he speaks of the...
Jamail: Control of Security Forces
Znet Article, June, 14 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad , Jun 14 - Even as authorities for the US-run occupation cede a greater share of security responsibilities to Iraqi forces, spokespeople for the Iraqi police and paramilitaries in many areas of the war-torn country say they lack the legiti...
Jamail: Pollution Chokes the Tigris
Znet Article, June, 08 2004
Dahr Jamail
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full version with photos Baghdad , Jun 6 - With reconstruction of a highly inadequate water treatment and distribution system at a near standstill throughout much of Central Iraq, some residents of Baghdad are left with little choice but to drink...
Jamail: Iraq's New President
Znet Article, June, 02 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad , Jun 1 - After a brief, frenetic political battle between the Iraqi Governing Council and the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority, both parties today named Sheikh Ghazi Al-Yawer president of Iraq's newly formed interim government. Ye...
Jamail: Mehdi Army Grows
Znet Article, May, 26 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad, May 25 -- While US troops continue to damage mosque...
Jamail: The More Things Change
Znet Article, May, 24 2004
Dahr Jamail
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The More Things Change.. Abu Ghraib, May 23 -- With the recent court-martial trial of one of the soldiers complicit in the widespread torturing of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison having come and gone, Iraqis see the newest promise made by the U.S. --...
Jamail: The US Obstructed Medical Care in Fallujah
Znet Article, May, 23 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Doctors from the General Hospital of Fallujah, as well as others involved with clinics throughout the city, are reporting that US Marines obstructed their services during the fighting that engulfed this city in April. They also said US snipers int...
Jamail: Ramadi - A Delicate Lid
Znet Article, May, 18 2004
Dahr Jamail
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May 17, 2004; Ramadi, Iraq - The city of Ramadi, about 120km west of Baghdad, appears to be much more stable than nearby Falluja, where the U.S. military currently won’t enter the city after the failed siege of April. Here U.S. military...
