Activists say Swedish ship due to join attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza has been damaged in Greek port. A Swedish ship due to join an upcoming Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus, organisers say. In a statement, they said “hostile divers had destroyed the propeller house and
Fomenting nationalism with murder
While nationalism sweeps the US with the death of Bin Laden, Muslim Americans worry bigotry against them will persist. News of Osama bin Laden’s death has brought a surge of nationalism throughout much of the United States, and the Obama administration is using the event to justify its foreign policy in the Middle East. Given
US Navy Veterans Continue to Seek Justice for Israeli Attack
The Israeli military has attacked a flotilla of international peace activists, killing as many as 19 innocent civilians while they were carrying ten tons of aid to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. This is not the first time the Israeli military has attacked a nonthreatening entity in international waters. On June 8, 1967, while
The fight of their lives
From socialistworker.org Iraq war veteran Phil Aliff reviews independent journalist Dahr Jamail’s new book on the soldiers’ resistance to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Royal Treatment: Saudi Involvement in Iraq Overlooked
Editor: Erik Leaver Reporting on Iraqi benchmarks in mid-September, Bush and his team of Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker sought to pin some of the blame on Iran. Eschewing diplomatic language during his testimony, Crocker boldly said, “Iran plays a harmful role in Iraq.” Gen. David Petraeus added that Iran is fighting a “proxy war”
Freedom Fight Against ‘Freedom Champions’
DOHA, Apr 2 (IPS) – The al-Jazeera television network could be emerging as a freedom champion against U.S. pressures on the channel, leading media figures say. “I support al-Jazeera because al-Jazeera has done more to propagate democracy in the Middle East region than anybody else, certainly more than the American government has done,” media specialist
DahrJamailIraq now video podcasting Mosaic”
Mosaic now available as iTunes vodcast (video podcast) at DahrJamailIraq – Get Mosaic daily into itunes and your video ipod! Dahr Jamail Iraq is proud to announce a video podcast (vodcast) of LinkTV’s Mosaic. Now you can receive daily English translations of Middle East Television news automatically and watch it at your leisure either on
Thanks for your Contributions
We would like to thank everyone who contributed funding towards Dahr Jamail’s recent trip to the Middle East. The following are just a few of the highlights of Dahr’s reporting which your generous donations made possible. We hope that everyone who donated feels a sense of pride in that they assisted in getting this information
Hezbollah An Emerging Political Force
LATAKIA, Syria — Hezbollah, a group often misunderstood by Westerners, is a militant but also a political group. The Arabic name means ‘Party of God’. Led by the charismatic Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese Islamist Shia group was set up in 1982 to resist Israeli occupation of Lebanon during the brutal civil war. The group
International weapons conventions in Iran, Iraq
A word on differing standards of accountability to international agreements. In hundreds of articles over the past few weeks, our press has tirelessly reported on Iran’s uranium enrichment program, or rather—in characteristic shorthand—on “Iran’s efforts to develop the capability to make nuclear weapons” (Foreign Affairs, 11/24). Early on the morning of the November 29th, however,