Doctors Optimistic for Girl Shot by Taliban

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 19, 2012 Malala Yousafzai, the Pashtun teenager and women’s rights activist who was shot in the head in early October by Taliban gunmen in northwest Pakistan, could make “pretty much a full recovery,” her doctors in Britain said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2012 A Swiss medical laboratory has found traces of polonium, a rare, highly radioactive metal, in the former Palestinian leader's personal effects. Is that what killed the Nobel laureate? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Drone Warfare Foretells an Ever-Expanding and Illegal War

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jun 13, 2012 President Barack Obama's acts consciously undermine the civilized order of modern society. The United States has quite deliberately made itself an outlaw state. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hope Burning

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 31, 2012 So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who, according to a lengthy leaked insider account in The New York Times, hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA Including childrenSo now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

RFK Jr.’s Estranged Wife Found Dead

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2012 Mary Richardson Kennedy, the estranged wife of prominent environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., became the Kennedy clan’s latest tragedy when she was found dead Wednesday in a barn behind their home in Bedford, N.Y. A medical examiner confirmed that the 52-year-old died from asphyxiation by hanging. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian General Killed by Gunmen in Damascus

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2012 A Syrian military general and hospital director was killed in an attack by three gunmen in a residential street in Damascus on Saturday in an assassination that marks a move away from the anti-government uprising’s nonviolent roots. The killing came ahead of a meeting of Arab League members in Cairo to consider a new response to the violence in Syria. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Errol Morris: The Umbrella Man

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2011 Tuesday marked the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, an event that would definitely qualify as a macro-level historical happening, as academic-turned-gumshoe Josiah "Tink" Thompson tells documentary whiz Errol Morris in this clip about the mysterious "Umbrella Man." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Questions About Gadhafi’s Death Delay His Burial

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 Just as in the case of Osama bin Laden's death last May, some major concerns have cropped up in the international community about the circumstances that led to Libyan leader Col Moammar Gadhafi's end on Thursday Specifically, whether the killing of Gadhafi might have been carried out in (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gadhafi Is Reported Killed in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 After months of local turmoil and international military intervention, a major development has occurred that constitutes the end of an era in Libya, as official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col Moammar Gadhafi is dead Updated (more) Official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Names Iranians in Alleged Assassination Plot

Staff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2011 As if relations between Tehran and Washington weren't troubled enough, Tuesday brought news of a purported plan by Iranian government operatives to kill one Adel al-Jubeir (above), Saudi ambassador to the United States. The alleged bomb plot was shut down by American authorities after two agents apparently recruited the wrong … (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Assassination as Foreign Policy

William Pfaff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Global domination is a political policy that cannot possibly succeed. The world is not open to domination by a single state. The effort to establish it will destroy the United States itself. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

President Karzai’s Half Brother Killed in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was fatally shot at his home in Kandahar on Tuesday by a local police official, Sardar Mohammad, whom Karzai had included in his inner circle The Taliban took credit for the assassination (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )