Joshua Cho / FAIRNov 24, 2019
The death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi should have been a good time for U.S. journalists to reflect on the 18-year-long war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigOct 28, 2019
As the terrorist's killing is lauded, it's worth recalling he was in U.S. custody when he began organizing what would become the Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
ROBERT BURNS, DEB RIECHMANN and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated PressOct 27, 2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi presided over a global jihad and arguably became the world’s most wanted man. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 15, 2018
This article was first posted in 2017 shortly after the U.S. fired missiles into Syria in reaction to reports that the government there had used chemical weapons. In it, Chris Hedges argues that the Middle East will not know peace until the U.S. leaves the region. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Medea Benjamin and Kate HarvestonJun 28, 2017
The president is slashing the U.S. domestic budget and putting money into a war machine that only continues to inflame tensions around the world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 8, 2017
Amid the U.S. outrage over Syrian civilian deaths from banned weapons, we should not forget America’s role in creating and perpetuating the seemingly endless conflict. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 12, 2014
Rumors are swirling that Islamic State leader Ibrahim al-Samarra’i (who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) was severely wounded and that some of his chief lieutenants were killed by a U.S. airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 20, 2014
As the Iraqi military made a push on Tikrit north of Baghdad on Tuesday, a video briefly surfaced purporting to show the IS beheading an American journalist, James Foley, a freelancer for GlobalPost who had been missing in Syria for two years. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 2, 2014
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s proclamation of himself as “caliph” is rather like the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan declaring himself the Holy Roman emperor. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 30, 2014
Ibrahim al-Badri, a run-of-the-mill Sunni Iraqi cleric, gained a degree from the University of Baghdad at a time when pedagogy there had collapsed because of the Saddam Hussein dictatorship and international sanctions. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 24, 2009
Two suicide bomb explosions -- one in central Baghdad and the other in Diyala province -- killed at least 78 people on Thursday, according to the Associated Press, marking the worst day of violence in over a year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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