The Jamil Hussein controversy refers to an allegation by conservative bloggers, including Michelle Malkin, that a massacre the Associated Press reported had never happened. When the source, a man named Jamil Hussein, was called upon to substantiate his claims and failed to surface, it was suggested that he did not exist .

The AP reported that "rampaging militiamen burned and blew up four mosques" in the Hurriya neighborhood of Baghdad and that six Sunnis had been dragged out of prayers and burnt alive. They attributed this claim to "Jamil Hussein", saying he was a captain in the Iraqi police.

The Multi-National Force - Iraq claimed that an "an Iraqi Army patrol investigating the area found only one mosque had been burned in the neighborhood" and "was also unable to confirm media reports that six Sunni civilians were allegedly dragged out of Friday prayers and burned to death." .

Malkin has apologised for denying Capt. Husseins existence "Corrections", MichelleMalkin.com, 6 January 2007 but contests AP claims of destroyed mosques and civilians burned alive. Malkin visited Iraq and determined that only one mosque had suffered significant damage.. She further noted that the AP's only corroborating witness has recanted and that no-one since has found any evidence of the claim about people being burned alive.