An Iraqi Palestinian family at a camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press / UNHCR. This week on War News Radio, we hear the stories of Palestinian Iraqis who struggled to escape persecution in Iraq. Gabriel Ramirez reports. We also hear about small businesses in Afghanistan…
Iraqi refugees fill out paperwork in Michigan. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press This week on War News Radio, we speak with two Iraqi refugees – one who’s been waiting for two years to make it to the US, and another whose life here has been such a struggle that…
Iraq War veterans carry Tomas Young up the Capitol steps in Washington DC. Credit: Kevin McKinney / Mobilus Media. This week on War News Radio, we speak with the co-director of the documentary Body of War. The film follows a paralyzed Iraq war veteran who came home and found himself…
Supporters Pakistan’s hard-line cleric Sufi Muhammad leave Mingora in Pakistani troubled Swat valley on Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press . This week on War News Radio, we hear about the challenges facing the Iraqi Air Force. Jess Engebretson and Elizabeth Threlkeld report. Read the transcript…
Suraya Pakzad (right), with a former resident of her Voice of Women Organization shelter. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This week on War News Radio, a Sons of Iraq leader describes the poor treatment his forces have received from the Iraqi government. Elizabeth Threlkeld reports. Read the transcript here.…
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (left) with opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we take a closer look at how Pakistan’s internal politics may impact the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region as a whole. Tarini Kumar reports. Then, we check in…
A bomb hits the information ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we pause to hear reflections from Iraqi civilians about what the war has meant to them since its start six…
An American civilian writes to a soldier in Iraq. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, soldier poets shape their memories of the Iraq war into verse — and hope someone’s listening. Jess Engebretson reports. Next, we find out what makes a good Iraqi joke.…
An Iraqi pilot inspects his aircraft after a graduation ceremony in Kirkuk. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. This week on War News Radio, we take a look at the current state of the Iraqi air force, and learn that training new pilots hasn’t been the highest priority. Jess Engebretson…
Saddam’s Youth, 1990. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press. Scouting has had a long history in Iraq: from the British boy scouts, to Saddam’s cubs. This week on War News Radio, we learn about one American’s idea to bring scouting back to post-Saddam Iraq. Kyle Goeckner-Wald reports. Then, we’ll hear…