Dahr Jamail reports from the Gulf spill zone on how media is treated, how locals fare day-to-day, and how the future looks. Download MP3 (50MB)
Dahr Discusses Fallujah Birth Defects on Riz Khan Show
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1MTxXmELg From the intro: Doctors in the Iraqi city of Falluja are handling up to 15 times as many birth defects as they were one year ago. The chronic deformities include multiple tumours, heart problems, nervous system anomalies and eye deficiencies. Residents of the city blame the surge in chronic deformities on controversial weapons used by US
Dahr Jamail on Iraq War Vet Court Martialed over his Stop Loss Song
Download MP3 We’re joined by journalist Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone, Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq. He’s been on tour with his latest book, The Will to Resist, Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his February 8th article in TruthOut.org, “Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing
Alternative Radio with David Barsamian
Dahr Jamail – GI Resistance (lecture) At Nuremberg the plea of, “I was just following orders” was not accepted by the tribunal. That raises the question: What are soldiers to do when faced with orders they know to be against international law and basic morality? Today, reports of U.S. troops refusing orders, of active duty
National Radio Project Interviews Dahr Jamail
From the National Radio Project: Will the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ever end? And when they do, how will we measure victory? For journalist and author Dahr Jamail, who’s reported from Iraq and the middle east extensively since 2003, both wars have already been lost. And it’s only getting worse. On this edition, we
Riz Khan Show: The Ft. Hood Shootings Aftermath
Appearance on Al Jazeera English’s Riz Khan Show: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH9qE6GxHj0 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAQTn-B_mwU
Dahr Jamail: Honoring The Vets Who Go Unnoticed
Interviewed by Christian Avard for Air America: Today is Veteran’s Day and every year, veterans are honored on television, in the newspapers, with parades and so on. We salute the American flag, wear yellow ribbons in honor of the troops, listen to “Taps,” watch 21-gun salutes and hear speeches about those who gave their lives
Laura Flanders Roundtable on Treatment of War Vets
Veterans Day is this week, and the shootings at Fort Hood this week brought to the forefront many questions about soldiers and military personnel: how are soldiers surviving the wars, and readjusting to life at home? What are we doing to help them, and is it enough? With the war in Iraq supposedly winding down
Dahr Speaks to Physicians for Social Responsibility
Dahr Jamail author of “The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan” speaking at Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility 2009 Annual Dinner September 26, 2009. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg9ySwOwYNY
Dahr Jamail Speaks in Seattle On G.I. Resistance
Talk by independent journalist Dahr Jamail author of “The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan” given September 27, 2009 at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle as a benefit for the GI Coffee House – Coffee Strong. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHpERHNwKM