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Iraq Dispatches: New Videos

This just arrived from my friend Dahr Jamail, containing info and descriptions about several NEW VIDEOS.

In "Another Cover-Up?" Dahr speaks with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about the killing of two Iraqi women by US troops.

The featured film is "Independent Intervention", an award-winning documentary about the US media coverage of the Iraq War (a link to the film's trailer is included), featuring such well-known, outspoken progressives and antiwar critics as Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, *Dahr Jamail*, Danny Schechter, Norman Solomon, David Barsamian, Kalle Lasn, James Zogby and Jim Hightower. It also includes the voices of Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Jeremy Scahill, US Senators and Iraqi people.

An Independent Intervention Press Kit is also included.

"Iraq Eyewitness" is a series of half-hour videos of Dahr Jamail's November 2, 2005 Bowdoin College lecture. These feature presentations by or interviews with people who have recently returned from Iraq—GIs, journalists, and relief workers.

"These are views that rarely reach the mainstream media, yet are essential to an informed understanding of the current realities in Iraq," says Dahr Jamail.

Another Cover-Up? U.S. Troops Kill Two Iraqi Women, One of Them Pregnant, in Samarra. Amy Goodman speaks with Dahr Jamail.

*June 14, 2006 - Dahr Jamail speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now regarding the killings *

On May 30th, US troops shot and killed two Iraqi women -- one of whom was pregnant. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim and her cousin Saliha Mohammed Hassan were in a car going to Samarra General hospital where Nabiha was about to give birth. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman speaks with independent journalist Dahr Jamail about the incident and how the US military may have tried to cover it up.

In the interview, Dahr uses this incident as another example of the countless "incidents" where Iraqi civilians have died at US hands. He speaks specifically of other incidents and massacres such as Haditha, the November 2004 siege of Fallujah and the current operation in Ramadi.

Dahr Jamail on Democracy Now discusses May 30, 2006 US killing of two Iraqi women

See the Interview - Streaming Flash Video


See the interview - Quicktime .MOV



See the interview - Windows Media .WMV



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Independent Intervention - an award-winning documentary about the US Media coverage of the war in Iraq

*INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION* shows how a Norwegian filmmaker in the United States questions the US media coverage of the war in Iraq. The film investigates important
issues that govern today’s information flow, and looks at how this system reveals itself during times of war and political turmoil. As the major US networks remove human suffering from their presentation of war, Operation Iraqi Freedom is portrayed as a success for the spread of democracy and freedom. This film brings awareness to the disparity between the war the American people see through the corporate controlled media and the realities on the ground in Iraq. INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION
explores how the growing media democracy movement in the US works to challenge the mass media.

*INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION*
features Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, *Dahr Jamail*, Danny Schechter, Norman Solomon, David Barsamian, Kalle Lasn, James Zogby and Jim Hightower. It also includes the voices of Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Jeremy Scahill, US Senators and Iraqi people.

Independent Intervention Press Kit


Independent Intervention movie
View the trailer at: http://www.independentintervention.com/trailer.html


*Server busy? try it on ours:* Independent Intervention trailer hosted
at dahrjamailiraq.com quicktime .MOV file


*Buy Independent Intervention on DVD ($24.99)*

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Iraq Eyewitness - a series of half-hour videos featuring Dahr Jamail's November 2, 2005 Bowdoin College lecture

*http://www.iraqeyewitness.org features
presentations by or interviews with people who have recently returned from Iraq—GIs, journalists, and relief workers.*

These are views that rarely reach the mainstream media, yet are essential to an informed understanding of the current realities in Iraq.

They're presented in an engaging and non-confrontational tone. One of the on-line streaming videos of the DVD's available includes "Unembedded" in Iraq; American independent journalist Dahr Jamail tells in words and photos the present situation of Iraqis caught in the increasing violence of the occupation.

See the available Iraq EyeWitness videos


View Dahr's 11/2/05 Bowdoin Lecture 256kbs mpeg4 at archive.org


View Dahr's 11/2/05 Bowdoin Lecture 64kbs mpeg4 at archive.org


View Dahr's 11/2/05 Bowdoin Lecture mpeg2 hi-res (94 megs) at
archive.org.

*Server busy? try it on ours:* View Dahr's 11/2/05 Bowdoin Lecture
256kbs mpeg4 hosted at dahrjamailiraq.com


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Note: Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches are reprinted on this site with my thanks to Dahr, whose work in uncovering and disseminating the truth about unfolding events in Iraq goes beyond tireless and diligent. He went to Iraq as an unembedded journalist, weary of the US mainstream, corporate media's failure to accurately report on the war and the administration's 'spin'. Dahr did not hide behind the US troops, but went out amongst the people. His pictures and stories show the unadulterated horror and shocking realities of this disastrous Iraq War.


Tags for this entry: Iraq War, US Media, Media Democracy.

posted by Annamarie at 9:36 PM