Hard News
'Hard News' contains Dahr Jamail's published news reports regarding the Middle East.
July 23, 2008
IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
BAGHDAD, Jul 23 (IPS) - Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help.
Continue reading "IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 03:57 PM
July 21, 2008
Fallujah Braces for Another Assault
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH, Jul 21 (IPS) - U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and officials say.
Continue reading "Fallujah Braces for Another Assault"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:06 PM
July 16, 2008
Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH, Jul 16 (IPS) - Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, despite U.S. military claims.
Continue reading "Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:30 PM
July 06, 2008
`Do you have love in your culture?'
Le Monde diplomatique
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July 2008
THE TALE OF A PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST
`Do you have love in your culture?'
by Dahr Jamail
(Note to readers-this is an expanded piece about the same topic, with much more information, than that published in French for LMD on 3 July 2008)
Muhammad Omer and I jointly received the Martha Gellhorn
Prize for Journalism in London on 16 June (1). Omer is a
24-year-old Palestinian with whom I feel honoured to have
shared this award, as I told the audience at the prize-giving
ceremony. His work from his Gaza homeland has been a beacon
of humanitarian reportage; it is a model of peace, and an
attempt at reconciliation with Israel.
Continue reading "`Do you have love in your culture?'"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 12:17 AM
July 03, 2008
IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah
Inter Press Service
By Dahr Jamail
Click here to read story with photo, highly recommended.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 3 (IPS) - U.S. journalist Zoriah (who publishes only under that name) says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.
On Jun. 26, a suicide bomber attacked a city council meeting in Fallujah, 69 kms west of Baghdad, between local tribal sheikhs and military officials.
Continue reading "IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 11:34 PM
He Lacks Privilege
Le Monde Diplomatique
3 July 2008
By Dahr Jamail
On June 16 I was the co-recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism with Mohammed Omer in London. Omer is a 24 year-old Palestinian with whom I felt, and feel, honored to have shared this award. During my brief talk while accepting the award, I told the audience I could not think of anyone else I would rather share the award with. Omer’s work from his Gaza homeland has been a beacon of
humanitarian reportage; his work serves as a model of peace and attempted reconciliation with Israel for the youth in his occupied territory.
Unlike me, Omer’s journey to London to receive the award was next to impossible. When I heard the news that I was a co-recipient, I simply booked my flight from San Francisco and boarded my plane. Omer – whose home has been crushed by an Israeli bulldozer and who has seen most of his seven siblings killed or maimed by the Israeli army which occupies his homeland – struggled even to get an exit visa. The veteran journalist John Pilger, who handed us each our award, described his journey: “Getting Mohammed to London to receive his prize was a major diplomatic operation. Israel has perfidious control over Gaza's borders, and only with a Dutch embassy escort was he allowed out.”
Continue reading "He Lacks Privilege"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 02:37 AM
June 24, 2008
Whoever Wins, They Lose
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, Jun 24 (IPS) - Iraqis seem divided on who they would like to see as the next U.S. president, but few believe that either will end the occupation.
Continue reading "Whoever Wins, They Lose"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:30 PM
June 18, 2008
Home to Too Many Widows
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, Jun 18 (IPS) - Just about everyone in Iraq is a loser as a result of the occupation, but none more than women. One of the more obvious signs of that is the very large number of widows.
Continue reading "Home to Too Many Widows"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 02:14 PM
June 14, 2008
The Love Stories Are Gone
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
BAGHDAD, Jun 14 (IPS) - As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the occupation, now in its fifth year. Every one of them has left behind once loved ones to mourn the loss and to think of what might have been.
Continue reading "The Love Stories Are Gone"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:36 PM
June 12, 2008
'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH, Jun 12 (IPS) - Babies born in Fallujah are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say.
Continue reading "'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:02 PM
June 05, 2008
Animals Too Struggle for Survival
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH, Jun 5 (IPS) - Amidst the huge and growing death toll, it has been easy to forget that animals, in their own way, are finding it hard to survive in Iraq.
Continue reading "Animals Too Struggle for Survival"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 06:50 PM
June 03, 2008
Winter Soldiers Hit the Streets
Inter Press Service
By Dahr Jamail
Click here to read story at original source with photo.
SEATTLE, Jun 3 (IPS) - In a clear change of strategy to energise public anti-war sentiment, Iraq veterans led a determined demonstration of hundreds through the streets of downtown Seattle last Saturday, following regional Winter Soldier hearings at the Seattle Town Hall.
Continue reading "Winter Soldiers Hit the Streets"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 10:57 PM
June 02, 2008
"Enough Is Enough, It's Time to Get Out"
Inter Press Service
By Dahr Jamail
Click here to read story at original source with photo.
SEATTLE, Jun 2 (IPS) - Dozens of veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Silver Spring, Maryland in March.
Continue reading ""Enough Is Enough, It's Time to Get Out""
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 08:44 PM
Death Toll 'Above Highest Estimates'
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, Jun 2 (IPS) - The real number of the dead is far higher than even the highest declared in death tolls, many Iraqis say.
Continue reading "Death Toll 'Above Highest Estimates'"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 03:52 PM
May 27, 2008
Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, May 27 (IPS) - After more than five years of U.S. occupation, the very dreams of the people of Baquba have changed. For a start, they are no longer about the future.
Continue reading "Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:06 PM
May 20, 2008
Praying, Not Playing
Inter Press Service
By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail*
Click here to read story with photo
DAMASCUS, May 19 (IPS) - In the struggle now just to stay alive, everyone has forgotten that Iraq has lost, among other things, its tradition in sports. Some of its best sportsmen are now refugees.
Continue reading "Praying, Not Playing"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 03:11 AM
May 15, 2008
Nature Adds to Occupation Blows
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, May 15 (IPS) - Farmers in the Diyala province in Iraq have been hit by just about every crisis possible. First the security disaster dried up supplies and markets, then lack of electricity cut irrigation, and now comes a drying up of water resources.
Continue reading "Nature Adds to Occupation Blows"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:25 PM
May 12, 2008
Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH, May 12 (IPS) - Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.
Continue reading "Food Crisis Hits Fallujah"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:08 PM
May 09, 2008
Running Out of Water in Rising Heat
Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, May 9 (IPS) - Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.
Continue reading "Running Out of Water in Rising Heat"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:59 PM
May 07, 2008
US presidents-to-be in denial
McCain, Obama and Clinton silent on Iraq exit
May 2008 Issue
As soon as it was clear that the presidential primaries would be the news story of the year in the US, Iraq was dropped by the media. The occupation and the campaign for the presidential nominations were de-linked almost from the start. So we don’t know what the potential candidates would do in Iraq. But pulling troops out doesn’t seem to be an option for any of them.
By Dahr Jamail
Amman, April 2008: the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, John Holmes, said he wanted “to highlight the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Iraq” (1).
New Hampshire, January 2008: the Republican presidential candidate John McCain said: “President Bush has talked about our staying [in Iraq] for 50 years, maybe 100. We’ve been in Japan for 60 years, in South Korea for 50 years or so. That would be fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or killed” (2).
Baghdad, April 2008: in an interview with Al-Jazeera, an Iraqi government employee said: “There is no improvement in Baghdad on the security level. All of it is getting worse. We hear about it on TV, but on the ground we see nothing. No services, no security in the streets” (3).
Continue reading "US presidents-to-be in denial"
Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 01:41 AM
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