{"product_id":"2940011839085","title":"Iraq Through A Bullethole: A Civilian Wikileaks","description":"Iraqi playwright Issam Jameel returned to Iraq after a 12-year exile. Giving up the relative safety of Jordan, he made a perilous journey to Baghdad for a reunion. Unfortunately, the reason for his trip was to grieve for his nephew, recently killed by American forces while guarding an Iraq parliament member from insurgents. Jameel also mourns the loss of a formerly secular civil society replaced by vehement sectarianism, intolerance, and ignorance. Basic human needs\u003cbr\u003elike food, water, and power have become an endless daily struggle amidst the shards of infrastructure. Routine tasks, such as selling a house or getting a job are fraught with peril as old scores continue to be settled on religious, ethnic, and political fronts. Everywhere he turns, people are desperate to leave, but fear for the worst. After escaping this madness, he recorded his eyewitness report, desperate to provide an honest and impartial tale of an epic tragedy which\u003cbr\u003ehas killed more than 100,000 people and displaced many more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, the US government gambles with Iraq’s stability by turning a blind eye to Al-Maliki’s internal policy, especially after Wikileaks revealed his complicity in death squads. We are jeopardizing the hard-won political gains that the US achieved by neutralizing the Sunnis of Iraq when it converted them from fighters and boycotters to voters. The US administration fails to show much real concern\u003cbr\u003efor the future of democracy in Iraq except perhaps for its anxiety about Obama’s promises of military withdrawal.","brand":"Modern History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152297967856,"sku":"2940011839085","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011839085_p0.jpg?v=1763550410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011839085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}