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2002-2003

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• Iraq Journal: Millions of Iraqis Vote for Saddam Hussein in the Face of the Bush Administration’s Threat of Invasion
  October 15, 2002 | Story
  Millions of Iraqis are taking to the polls today to vote in a referendum on whether or not to give Saddam Hussein another seven years in office.
• Iraq Journal: Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Talks with British Mp George Galloway On the Streets of Baghdad
  October 14, 2002 | Story
  In this Democracy Now! exclusive report from Baghdad, our correspondents Jeremy Scahill and filmmaker Jacquie Soohen spend a day talking with George Galloway. The British MP is one of the leading …
• Iraq Journal: An Exclusive Look Inside An Iraqi Factory That the U.S. Claims Is Part of a Covert Nuclear Weapons Program
  October 11, 2002 | Story
  Democracy Now! broadcasts the second installment of our exclusive "Iraq Journal" series a groundbreaking coalition of independent journalists and activists on the ground in Iraq.
• Iraq Journal: Democracy Now’s Exclusive Reports From Baghdad with Jeremy Scahill and Jacquie Soohen
  October 09, 2002 | Story
  Today we begin our new exclusive series Iraq Journal featuring Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill in Baghdad.
• Iraqi Parliament Votes No On UN Weapons Inspectors Resolution: We Go to Baghdad for a Live Report From Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill
  November 12, 2002 | Story
  Iraq's parliament has voted unanimously to reject a United Nations resolution requiring the return of weapons inspectors in an extraordinary session of parliament today.
• Iraq Journal: Democracy Now’s Jeremy Scahill Talks with Iraq’s Most Famous Artist, Mohammed Ghani, in Baghdad
  November 08, 2002 | Story
  For the past month Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill and filmmaker Jacque Soohen have been producing exclusive audio and video reports for Democracy Now! as part of their Iraq Journal series. …
• Iraq Journal: As the United Nations Security Council Prepares to Ok the New U.S.-Drafted Iraq Resolution, Citizens in Basra Prepare for the Worst
  November 07, 2002 | Story
  If and when the US decides to carry out a massiveattack on Iraq, the southern port city of Basra willbe one of the major frontlines. In many ways italready is. Basra lies within the so-called no …
• Iraq Journal: In An Interview with Democracy Now, a Senior Iraqi Diplomat Predicts France and Russia Will Veto Washington’s Iraq Resolution
  November 04, 2002 | Story
  On Sunday Saudi Arabia said it would not allow the U.S. to use its facilities for any attack on neighboring Iraq, even if a strike was sanctioned by the United Nations. Meanwhile, in Baghdad a senior …
• Iraq Journal: General Director of Iraq’s Oil Ministry: U.S. Will Send His Country Into Armageddon for Iraqi Oil Fields
  October 29, 2002 | Story
  If there is one place in Iraq where people know what the Bush administration has to gain by seizing the country's oil wealth, it's the Iraqi oil ministry.
• Iraq Journal: U.S. Activists Take to the Streets of Baghdad to Protest the Bush Administration’s Plans for War
  October 28, 2002 | Story
  As tens of thousands of people protested in cities across the world, activists in Baghdad held a vigil in front of the main United Nations building in Iraq.Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill …
• Iraq Journal: The Trail of Gifts From Ronald Reagan and Other US Officials to Saddam Hussein
  October 23, 2002 | Story
  On Democracy Now! we have reported extensively on the close relationship between Iraq and Washington throughout the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war. DN! correspondent Jeremy Scahill had exposed the key …
• Iraq Journal: Saddam Hussein Empties the Nation’s Prisons. Jeremy Scahill and Jacquie Soohen Report From Inside Abu Ghraib, Iraq’s Most Notorious Prison
  October 22, 2002 | Story
  Sunday's announcement by President Saddam Hussein that he would empty all of the country's prisons has left the people of Iraq stunned. Even political prisoners, army deserters and those convicted of …
• Iraq Journal: As the UN Security Council Continues to Fight the US Resolution for An Invasion of Iraq, Democracy Now’s Jeremy Scahill Interviews Former Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Al-Hashemi
  October 18, 2002 | Story
  A compromise over Iraq looks imminent in the deadlocked UN Security Council, with Washington about to offer a deal acceptable to council co-members France and Russia.
• Iraq Journal: A Rare Visit to the Birthplace of Saddam Hussein. Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Reports From Tikrit
  October 16, 2002 | Story
  In Iraq millions took to the polls yesterday to express their support for President Saddam Hussein. According to government officials, Hussein received 100 percent support from the over 11 million …
• Inside Baghdad: Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Reports On What Iraqis Fear
  March 21, 2003 | Story
  We are joined by Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill who has just returned from Baghdad. He has a written a cover story titled "Inside Baghdad" for the new issue of _The Nation_. It begins:
• President Bush Vows to Attack Iraq If Saddam Hussein Doesn’t Flee Within 48 Hours—Protests Intensify Around the World &shyBritish Government in Uproar As Senior Officials Resign
  March 18, 2003 | Story
  President Bush last night vowed to attack Iraq if President Saddam Hussein and his sons do not flee the country within 48 hours.
• Iraq Journal: The Ghosts of Safwan, a Report From the Iraq/Kuwait Border
  March 06, 2003 | Story
  The total number of US troops in the Gulf region surrounding Iraq is now reported to exceed more than a quarter of a million.
• White House Dismisses Iraq’s Destruction of Banned Missiles: We Join Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry & Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill in Baghdad
  March 04, 2003 | Story
  The Bush administration yesterday dismissed Iraq's efforts to destroy six missiles as "the mother of all distractions." White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said, "Here's the Catch-22 that Saddam …
• Iraq Journal: As the U.S. Tells the World It Is Ready to Go to War with Or Without the United Nations, Iraqi People in the City of Basra Prepare for a U.S. Attack
  February 25, 2003 | Story
  "You are not going to decide whether there is war in Iraq or not. That decision is ours, and we have already made it. It is already final. The only question now is whether the council will go along …
• White House Plans 18-Month Long Occupation of Iraq, But Remains Silent On Humanitarian Aid: A Conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Kathy Kelly and Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill
  January 06, 2003 | Story
  The White House is preparing plans for the U.S. military to occupy Iraq for at least 18 months after the ouster of President Saddam Hussein.
• Powell Claims Iraq Is Harboring Al Qaeda Terrorists, But Leaves Out Evidence Implicating US Allies; We Hear Responses From Baghdad, France and Cameroon
  February 06, 2003 | Story
  At the United Nations Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell put forward new details in an attempt to connect Saddam Hussein with Al Qaeda.
• Iraq Journal: The Iraq Peace Team Demonstrates Outside An Electrical Plant Bombed During the Gulf War
  February 12, 2003 | Story
  We go to Iraq for the latest installment of Iraq Journal with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill and filmmaker Jacquie Soohen. Scahill reports on an Iraq peace team demonstration at an …
• Iraq Journal: Gun Sales Are Booming As Iraqis Prepare for War
  February 21, 2003 | Story
  And we go to Jeremy Scahill in Baghdad for the latest Iraq Journal.
• Saddam Hussein Approves the Return of UN Weapons Inspectors: An Interview with Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill in Baghdad and An Iraqi Man Whose House Was Searched By UN Inspectors in 1997
  November 14, 2002 | Story
  Iraq unconditionally accepted the UN's disarmament resolution yesterday.