Scott Horton Interviews Dahr Jamail
Scott Horton,
April 13, 2009
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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.
Gotyk
April 14th, 2009 at 6:16 am
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Scott Horton
April 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Sorry. Should work now.
paul bass
April 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
wow three great interviews scott
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.
Jerry aus Berlin
April 16th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Another interesting interview.
Great job Dahr and Scott