Dahr Jamail, writer for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the Iraqi government’s unwillingness to incorporate Sunni “Awakening Councils” into the regular army, the walled-off autonomous conclaves within Baghdad, the decimation of Iraq’s health care system and forty years of U.S. meddling in Iraqi affairs. Download MP3
Fisherman on Tigris River
A fisherman in Baghdad speaks to Dahr Jamail and Jason Coppola in the shadow of the massive new US embassy on the Tigris River about life during occupation.
Dahr on SiriusXM, Reporting from Iraq
Dahr corresponds by phone from Baghdad, explaining the current state of affairs in Iraq, and what has changed since over the years, with satellite radio talk show host Pete Dominick. Download MP3
Dahr on Antiwar Radio
From the Antiwar.com intro: Dahr Jamail discusses the Winter Soldier testimonies, the critical dehumanization process in waging war, the intentional tactics the military uses to foment these views, the complete black-out of the Winter Soldier testimonies by the U.S. corporate media, “drop-weapons” used by soldiers to frame dead civilians as enemies in Iraq, lies told
Dahr kicks off Beyond the Green Zone book tour
As the UN calls for a vigorous investigation into a U.S. air raid that killed at least 15 women and children in Iraq, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Dahr Jamail about his new book Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq. Includes discussion of how Dahr got his start
National Radio Project: The Growing Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Since 9/11, the U.S. Congress has appropriated $610 billion dollars in war-related money. With inflation figured in, that’s roughly the same amount spent over the full 16 years of the Vietnam War. The Iraq War alone has cost the U.S. $450 billion dollars. And what about the cost to the Iraqi people? In addition to
The Bases Are Loaded – A Film by Alternate Focus
Will the U.S. ever leave Iraq? Official policy promises an eventual departure, while warning of the dire consequences of a “premature” withdrawal. But while Washington equivocates, facts on the ground tell another story. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, and author Chalmers Johnson, are discovering that military bases in Iraq are being consolidated from over a hundred
Talk Nation Radio: Dahr Jamail takes us Beyond the Green Zone
Dahr reads a few paragraphs from his book Beyond the Green Zone, Dispatches from an unembedded journalist in occupied Iraq. Beyond the Green Zone is published by Haymarket books and is scheduled for release this October. This is the drama behind his coverage, the stories of the Iraqi people, the truth about the dangers he
Seymour Hersh gives keynote address at 3 rd Annual Al Jazeera Media Forum in Doha, Qatar
Excerpt from his speech: “As the world collapses around us, as leadership collapses, as we’re driven more by the price of oil than the price of integrity, we have a role [as journalists] to play. And to me, that’s what it’s all about. I complain bitterly. I was just talking earlier today-we have so many
Dahr Jamail talks with Christopher Brown on Crossing the Line
n this 17 minute interview on Crossing The Line, Christopher Brown speaks with Dahr Jamail, an independent, award-winning journalist about the ongoing war in Iraq and the broader implications the conflict has on Palestine and the region in general. Christopher Brown is an independent grassroots journalist living in San Francisco, CA. He has lived in