Talafar No Longer Bush’s Model Town
A group of off-duty Shiite policemen is suspected of shooting about 70 Sunni men inside their homes Tuesday night in Talafar, an Iraqi border town that President Bush once pointed to as proof that Iraqi forces were able to contain insurgent violence.A group of off-duty Shiite policemen is suspected of shooting about 70 Sunni men inside their homes Tuesday night in Talafar, an Iraqi border town that President Bush once pointed to as proof that Iraqi forces were able to contain insurgent violence. The ambush is considered a possible retaliation for explosions earlier in the day that killed more than 50 in a Shiite zone of the town.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...BBC:
Iraqi officials said the attack occurred in a district of the town where tensions have been rising between Shia, Sunni and Turkmen residents.
Elsewhere, two suicide trucks carrying chlorine were detonated near a compound in Fallujah, wounding 15 soldiers.
This year, the ground feels uncertain — facts are buried and those in power are working to keep them hidden. Now more than ever, independent journalism must go beneath the surface.
At Truthdig, we don’t just report what's happening — we investigate how and why. We follow the threads others leave behind and uncover the forces shaping our future.
Your tax-deductible donation fuels journalism that asks harder questions and digs where others won’t.
Don’t settle for surface-level coverage.
Unearth what matters. Help dig deeper.
Donate now.
Opinion
There's no doubt that it's bad. But that's nothing new, and in the absence of hope, we can at least keep perspective.
Media
Remembering TV’s most progressive daytime host, fired for giving airtime to Iraq War opponents.
TD Original
As these “heat and pressure” explosive munitions become more widely used, observers say international law is “utterly inadequate.”
Wounds of War
20 years after the Iraq War prison scandal, victims are still in court and Washington is still trying to forget.
Film
In “I Am Gitmo,” French director Philippe Diaz recreates the torture rooms inside the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.
Wounds of War
Two decades after being brutally tortured, three Iraqis have brought a lawsuit against the U.S. military contractors responsible.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.