Scooter Libby Takes Another One for the Team

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 Poor I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. First, he was tossed under the bus in the kerfuffle over Valerie Plame's identity leak. Now, as a result of same, Libby's been stripped of his legal license in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protesters Set Fire to U.S. Embassy in Belgrade

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 A demonstration of about 150,000 people near the American Embassy in Belgrade turned riotous Thursday when protesters opposed to Kosovo's bid for independence from Serbia stormed the embassy and set fire to its façade. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Envoy in Burma: ‘Where Are the Monks?’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2007 Burma's military government has intensified its crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night. U.S. Embassy personnel have found some Buddhist monasteries completely deserted while others have been closed off by soldiers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crocker Sounds Alarm on Iraqi Refugees

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2007 In a terse State Department memo, US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker admonishes America's acceptance of Iraqi refugees as critically slow Crocker estimates that it would take the U nearly two years to process and admit 10,000 refugees referred for resettlement to the U. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Wilson Bashes Cheney Cabal at House Hearing

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2007 Former Ambassador Joe Wilson (above) had his day Wednesday at a House hearing about I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's controversial commutation, accusing President Bush and his men -- Karl Rove, Dick Cheney and Libby -- of playing key roles in a "character assassination campaign" against him and his wife, outed CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, and of misleading the American people about the real reasons for the Iraq war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Considers ‘Other Actions’ in Gaza

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2007 The Israeli ambassador to the U.S. has said his country's actions in Gaza, including airstrikes, have been "very measured" in response to Palestinian rocket attacks and a devolving political situation, but that "other actions" may be necessary in the future. An anonymous Israeli official said that could include reoccupying Gaza, which he described as the least desirable scenario. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Possible U.S. Troop Increase in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2006 Gen. George W. Casey announced that he is considering sending more U.S. troops to Iraq in order to help quell the violence. This is a major reversal of the military withdrawal that started last December. The reductions stopped in June when the violence in Baghdad showed no signs of abatement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Ambassador: Iran Inciting Iraq Attacks

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2006 "Iran is pressing Shiite militias here to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon, the American ambassador to Iraq said Friday," according to the N It remains to be seen whether the peace deal between Israel and Hezbollah will blunt Iran's alleged fomentation of violence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ambassador: Bush Didn’t Know Sunni From Shiite

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2006 More inspiring news about our leader from Raw Story: "Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is claiming President George W. Bush was unaware that there were two major sects of Islam just two months before the President ordered troops to invade Iraq." Can't say we didn't see this coming. Remember Bush's infamous "World Leaders Pop Quiz"? (video) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Maybe If We Tried a Slingshot

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jun 29, 2006 Confrontational hard-liners Don Rumsfeld and John Bolton continue to ramp up tensions between the U.S. and North Korea; Molly Ivins wonders if maybe it's still not too late for a little diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Iraqi Ambassador to America: Marines Killed My Cousin

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 Watch the exchange on CNN in which Al-Sumaidaie makes the startling accusation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Ambassador to U.S.: Marines Killed My Cousin

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 The new Iraqi ambassador to America, fresh after meeting Bush in Washington for the first time, told CNN that U Marines killed his cousin in cold blood in Haditha five months before the November massacre there (h/t: The Dan Report) This is huge: The ambassador of a newly minted "friendly" country went on national TV to accuse the U of murdering a relative Diplomatically speaking, it's a violent smack across Bush's face . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )