Three Years of War in Iraq: a Timeline

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2006 The blog ThinkProgress has put together a stellar walk-through of the major events of the conflict. (Above: Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech aboard an aircraft carrier.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq: Three Years In

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2006 It's the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq Where do we stand? The NY Times calls the undertaking a miserable, botched fiasco Iraq's former interim prime minister calls the sectarian violence "civil war" An LA Times reporter says that Bush is working to lower expectations in Iraq Donald Rumsfeld, writing in the Washington Post, sees the occupation through rose-colored glasses A BBC reporter gives a "glass-half-full / glass-half-empty" reading, but the headline uses the word "bleak". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

John Lennon: 25 Years Later

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2005 "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." - John Lennon (Oct. 9, 1940-Dec. 8, 1980) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )