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'Hard News' contains Dahr Jamail's published news reports regarding the Middle East.

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August 26, 2008

IRAQ: Sectarian Clashes Flare Up Again

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, Aug 26 (IPS) - A military operation said to target al-Qaeda has ended up targeting Sunni Muslims instead, creating new sectarian tensions.

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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:45 PM

August 14, 2008

IRAQ: 'Provincial Saddam' Goes, Finally

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, Aug 14 (IPS) - The surprise removal of the Diyala police chief has brought new hope of a more secure future.

Continue reading "IRAQ: 'Provincial Saddam' Goes, Finally"

Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 06:38 PM

August 13, 2008

IRAQ: U.S. Blamed for Increasing Iranian Influence

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, Aug 13 (IPS) - Haider returned from Iran recently, with enough money to pay for his wedding and a new car. He was trained to join Badr, the armed wing of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.

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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:52 PM

August 08, 2008

IRAQ: Students Fail, Like So Much Else

Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*

BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (IPS) - Living from one crisis to another, without electricity or freedom to move under a collapse of security, massive numbers of Iraqi students are failing their exams.

Continue reading "IRAQ: Students Fail, Like So Much Else"

Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 08:34 PM

August 07, 2008

IRAQ: Iran Gains From Power Cuts

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, Aug 7 (IPS) - The crisis over electricity failure grows as summer temperatures climb and a drought plagues Iraq. It is a crisis Iran is using to help Iraqis where the U.S. has failed.

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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:48 PM

August 06, 2008

New Operation Gets Surprise Support

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, Aug 5 (IPS) - A massive military operation in Diyala province has underscored the military and political gains by the Sahwa militia, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's earlier attempts to thwart them. Maliki has now apparently come around to involving the Sahwa rather than opposing them.

Continue reading "New Operation Gets Surprise Support"

Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 03:01 AM

July 31, 2008

Police Bombings Raise New Fears

Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*

FALLUJAH, Jul 31 (IPS) - A tense security situation in this volatile city has worsened after some policemen found bombs planted on the roofs of their houses.

Continue reading "Police Bombings Raise New Fears"

Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 09:58 PM

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.

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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