Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail

Scott Horton, April 13, 2009

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.

MP3 here. (31:43)

Dahr Jamail is the author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq. He writes for IPS News, Truthout.org and Foreign Policy in Focus.

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5 Responses to “Dahr Jamail”

  1. Gotyk
    April 14th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    I am receiving error while opening the file.

  2. Scott Horton
    April 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am

    Sorry. Should work now.

  3. paul bass
    April 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    wow three great interviews scott

  4. eCAHNomics
    April 15th, 2009 at 4:40 am

    One of the most insightful things I’ve read about counterinsurgency lately: Just because there is a coin strategy, doesn’t mean it’s smart for the U.S. to do it.

    As for the Awakening Councils, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

    Good interview. Dahr Jamail does great reporting.

  5. Jerry aus Berlin
    April 16th, 2009 at 12:27 am

    Another interesting interview.
    Great job Dahr and Scott

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