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Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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. ”Poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah,” 35-year-old trader from Falluja...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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.” ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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., ...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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. --...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Jamail: Fallujah Rebels Celebrate 'Victory'

Znet Article, May, 12 2004 Dahr Jamail
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Fallujah, Iraq, May 10 - The US 1st Marine Division sent a small convoy into Fallujah today in order to meet with the mayor and show cooperation with the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC). But the supposed show of force was a ...

Znet Article Jamail: Report from Fallujah

Znet Article, April, 24 2004 Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad , Apr 23 - Three families of refugees from the besieged city of Fallujah who are seeking refuge in the Al-Adhamiya neighborhood of Baghdad, described the conditions in the embattled city of Fallujah as "a horrible disaster." A man called...

Znet Article Jamail: Threatening Leaflet

Znet Article, April, 16 2004 Dahr Jamail
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Threatening Leaflet

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