Dahr Jamail

Stories written by Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail is the IPS lead writer on Iraq. In that capacity he has covered Iraq directly and extensively on the ground, and at other times organised reporting out of Iraq. Several of his breaking news stories could not be covered by any other media organisations. Jamail is author of the eye-opening book ‘Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq’. Besides reporting from within Iraq for eight months, he has been covering the Middle East for five years. A regular correspondent for IPS, Jamail has also contributed to The Independent, The Guardian, the Sunday Herald, and Foreign Policy in Focus, among others. His reporting has been translated into French, Polish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish.

IRAQ: The Picture Gets Worse

By Dahr Jamail

Two pictures put up in an internet café in Baghdad make for a vivid statement how Iraqis have come to see U.S. occupiers.

IRAQ: Where an Assassination Is Celebrated

By Dahr Jamail

Motorists honked their car horns in celebration in this western Iraqi town as news spread of the assassination of the president of the Iraqi Governing Council Ezzidin Salim Monday.

IRAQ: Where an Assassination Is Celebrated

By Dahr Jamail

Motorists honked in celebration in this western Iraqi town as news spread of the assassination of the president of the Iraqi Governing Council Ezzidin Salim Monday.

IRAQ: Anger Rises Over Raid Now on Sunni Mosque

By Dahr Jamail

As U.S. forces fought the Shia forces of Muqtada Al- Sadr in the south, they broke into the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad Saturday.
Amid moves by Shia and Sunni leaders to come together against the occupation, U.S. forces have chosen to attack both at the same time.