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Raed Jarrar

Advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International USA.

StorySep 22, 2017

Amnesty International Reveals the Bomb That Killed 16 Civilians in Yemen Was Made in the U.S.A.

StoryJul 22, 2016

“We Have Crossed a New Threshold”: Iraqi American Decries Trump’s Open Islamophobia

StorySep 29, 2014

“War Has Failed Miserably”: Could U.S. Strikes Unite Extremists at Odds in Syria?

StoryJun 16, 2014

As Obama Considers Drone Strikes in Iraq, Could U.S. Military Action Worsen Sectarian Conflict?

StoryDec 27, 2013

U.S. Rushes Weapons to Iraq Amidst Bloody Sectarian Conflict Set Off by 2003 Invasion

StoryMar 19, 2013

“We’ve Lost Our Country”: An Iraqi American Looks Back on a Decade of War That’s Devastated a Nation

StoryNov 30, 2011

As Biden Visits Iraq Ahead of U.S. Withdrawal, Critics See Last-Ditch Effort to Preserve Occupation

StoryAug 19, 2011

Violence Spikes in Iraq as U.S. Considers Ways to Extend Occupation Past December Deadline

StoryMar 02, 2011

U.S. Silent on Deadly Iraqi Gov’t Crackdown on Protests; 300 Arrested in Sweeps Targeting Dissidents

StoryAug 20, 2010

Obama Admin Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name

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