Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation“

- Investigative journalist Dahr Jamail reported for Democracy Now! throughout the early stages of the U.S. invasion of Iraq 10 years ago. Now with Al Jazeera, Jamail has just returned from Iraq once again, finding what he calls a “failed state“ living in “utter devastation.“ In part one of our interview, Jamail discusses the harrowing security situation for Iraqis living in fear of bombings, executions, and kidnappings, the widespread torture in Iraq’s prisons, and the breakdown of security in what he calls a “a lawless state.“ Jamail is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq“ and “The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.“ Take a moment to view our interactive Iraq War timeline at Visit the Democracy Now! news archive to see 10 years of reports on the Iraq War at To watch the entire weekday independent news hour, read the trans