3 U.S. Troops Killed by Afghan Gunman

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 10, 2012 Three U.S. special operations soldiers were killed by a uniformed Afghan in the country's southern Helmand province in the latest in a series of “green-on-blue” attacks in which Afghan police or soldiers turn their weapons on coalition troops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Settlers Open Fire on Palestinians (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 Footage released by an Israeli human rights group shows Israeli police and soldiers standing by while settlers fire on a group of Palestinians in the northern region of the West Bank. It is unclear which side provoked the incident. One Palestinian was wounded in the confrontation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kabul Attacks Blamed on NATO Intelligence

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has branded the Taliban’s 18-hour siege of Kabul and places across eastern Afghanistan on Sunday an intelligence failure and called for an investigation into NATO security operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Man Arrested in Plot to Bomb Pentagon, Capitol

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2011 A Massachusetts man was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday on suspicion of planning an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled airplanes loaded with explosives. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taliban Attack U.S. Embassy in Kabul

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2011 The Obama administration vowed to relentlessly pursue Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents who, using suicide bombers, assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, attacked the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 10, 2011 We have still not woken up to whom we have become, to the fatal erosion of domestic and international law and the senseless waste of lives, resources and trillions of dollars to wage wars that ultimately we can never win.We have still not woken up to whom we have become, to the erosion of law, the waste of lives, the trillions spent on wars we can never win. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Hackers Fake 9/11 Attack on NBC News’ Twitter Feed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2011 The Script Kiddies -- a new group of cyber pranksters -- hacked NBC News' Twitter account Friday afternoon and posted bogus news alerts that a commercial airliner had crashed into Ground Zero. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Egyptians Attack Israeli Embassy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2011 Egyptian protesters attacked the Israeli Embassy in Cairo late Friday night, forcing the ambassador and his staff to flee to Israel for safety as the crowd tore down the newly built concrete wall that surrounded the building. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Cartoonist Attacked in a Warning to Dissidents

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2011 Pro-Assad gunmen severely beat a popular Syrian political cartoonist Thursday, breaking both his hands as a warning to anti-government protesters that dissent is not welcome. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Retaliates After Bloody Attacks in South

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2011 Israeli warplanes struck targets in Gaza late Thursday after a series of deadly cross-border terrorist attacks in southernmost Israel earlier in the day. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defense Lawyer Doubts Norway Suspect’s Sanity

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2011 The lawyer defending Anders Behring Breivik, who pleaded not guilty in court after admitting he carried out the deadly attacks in Norway, said his client might be insane. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Suspect in Norway Bombing and Shooting Spree Charged

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2011 Norwegian police charged a man Saturday whom they describe as a right-wing Christian fundamentalist in connection with a deadly bombing in Oslo and shooting spree at a summer camp for liberal youth that killed at least 92 people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )