Weary of "embedded" reporters and sanitized media coverage, Dahr
Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself. Jamail was one of
the very few independent US journalists in the country who sought to
unearth powerful stories of average Iraqis struggling to survive
under increasingly oppressive conditions that the mainstream media
ignored.
Jamail also spent extensive time in "problematic" Fallujah,
painstakingly documenting the
effects of the April 2003 U.S. army incursion that virtually
destroyed the city and killed
hundreds of civilians . With Iraq plunged deeper into sectarian
conflict than ever before and the U.S. occupation showing no sign of
coming to an end, Jamail examines how from the very beginning,
promises were made and quickly broken during the last three years,
often with disastrous repercussions.
As we approach the three-year anniversary of the war, join us
for a thought-provoking event with Jamail as we review where we are
today in Iraq and where the future may lead.