Argentina defeats the IMF and moves South America left

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2006 Just four years after defaulting on more than $100 billion in debt, Argentina is expected to completely re-pay its debt to the International Monetary Fund and strengthen its alliance with Venezuela's populist leader, Hugo Chavez. Read the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2006 The same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print pro-U.S. stories written by American soldiers masquerading as indepenent journalists has also been "compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work," according to the New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UK Gov’t. Tries To Cover Up Its Use Of Torture-Stained Intel

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2005 As Daily Kos puts it, "The British government is trying to prevent the publication of memos which detail how information procured by torture in Uzbekistan is being used by the US and the UK." The Independent has the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

But Is It Good for the Jews?

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Dec 30, 2005 "Munich," Steven Spielberg and the perils of criticizing Israel. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 28, 2005 Why is it not bigger news that those infamous Iraqi female scientists once routinely referred to in the media as "Dr. Germ" and "Mrs. Anthrax" have been quietly released from imprisonment in Iraq without any charges being brought by their U.S. captors? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chalabi Zeros Out

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2005 The slate headed by Ahmed Chalabi, a man the Pentagon once packaged as the George Washington of Iraq, may not get a single seat in the new Iraqi legislature. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Iraq Invasion Will Prove a Disaster For Israel

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2005 As argued elsewhere on this site by Juan Cole and Robert Scheer, one big cost of our invasion of Iraq is that Bush must now cozy up to the militants in control of Iran Now the top pro-Israel lobby accuses Bush of selling out its opposition to Iran's nuclear weapons program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Victory in Iraq

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2005 For the Bush White House, the good news from Iraq just never stops. But the joy that President Bush has expressed over the country's latest election, though more restrained than his infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, will similarly come back to haunt him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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The Big Blowup Over Venezuela

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Dec 14, 2005 Update: Hugo Chavez and the Latin American left picked up an important new ally when, a few weeks ago, peasant leader Evo Morales (shown at right here) was elected as president of Bolivia. What's all the fuss over Hugo Chavez? Marc Cooper examines the mercurial leader and his contentious relations with the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

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China: Boom or Boomerang

Orville Schell / Truthdig Dec 3, 2005 At the same time that China is recording huge increases in trade surpluses and currency reserves, deadly riots are breaking out on the outskirts of some of the country's largest cities. In this Dig, scholar Orville Schell challenges the current wisdom about China being an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force.Schell challenges the current wisdom that China is an inevitable superpower and unstoppable economic force. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Serious Miscalculations About Syria

Tyler Golson / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 A young scholar who has lived in Damascus finds it not a "rogue state" but a complex, jittery mosaic surprisingly receptive to America. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

“The People of Fallujah Love Cindy Sheehan”

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 Sunni leaders who plan to participate in the Dec. 15 Iraq elections told Marines that they are encouraged by the actions of activist Cindy Sheehan and others who are calling for a U.S. withdrawal. Sheehan should be congratulated for showing the Iraqi people and the rest of the world what democracy is all about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )