Ambitious Russia Trails U.S. in Arms Sales

Ivo Mijnssen / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 Russia’s weapons merchants are back in the international limelight and the industry is booming. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Arms Race

Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen Jan 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Money Collector

Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China Sep 4, 2012 Dig deeper

Iran and Israel: Only Half the Story

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 In the brief interview he gave NBC before the Super Bowl, President Obama declared, “I’ve been very clear that we’re going to do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and creating an arms race, a nuclear arms race, in a volatile region.” Sounds like a very laudable goal, right? Except for the fact that the nuclear arms race in the Middle East is already under way. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 5, 2012 Barack Obama will be re-elected not as a vindication of his policies but because the Republicans are incapable of providing a reasonable challenge to his flawed performance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America’s Christmas Present to Her Favorite Despots

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2011 Hold that thought about democracy in the Middle East while we sell $60 billion of military hardware to the princes of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. closed the first $30 billion half of a major arms deal Thursday to send 84 F-15 fighter jets to a country that only this month beheaded a woman convicted of witchcraft. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Than 100 Killed in Explosion at Yemen Factory

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2011 The country is already in turmoil, to say the least, so Monday's explosion at an ammunition factory in Yemen, which killed more than 100 people, had political ramifications even if the blast itself was accidental, as local sources reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China’s Growing Military Might and American Rashness

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2011 The U.S. can pursue one of two courses in East Asia: Either negotiate an understanding with regional powers and redeploy American troops, or continue the dangerous drift that provokes China's insecurities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Blackwater Agrees to Pay $42 million in Fines

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2010 The company formerly known as Blackwater (now renamed Xe Services) has agreed to pay $42 million in fines, thereby avoiding criminal charges for the hundreds of alleged export violations it committed as a leading private contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Lifts Arms Sanctions on Russian Firms

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2010 The U.S. has lifted sanctions on several Russian arms dealers, government and private, who were accused of aiding Iran's effort to develop nuclear weapons, as Washington works to win Moscow's support for a Security Council resolution aimed at expanding sanctions against Iran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Nukes, Mortgages, Health Care and the Pope

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2010 So much ground to cover this week! We saw the passage of the notorious health care reform bill, more scandal among the ranks of the pope (who's in a bit of a stew) and a nuclear breakthrough between the U.S. and Russia. Also on this week's show: mortgages, usury and you! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ETA May Drop Arms

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2010 In a potentially historic development for Spain, the political wing of the ETA -- the Basque separatist group -- has announced it will call for the organization to lay down its arms after 40 years. Leaders of the wing are urging the organization, which has been in decline, to focus on bringing the issue of separatism back to the center of Basque politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )