Pakistan Called ?Hub? of Airline Terror Plot

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2006 U.S. and European officials have traced major support for the recently foiled aircraft terror plot to Pakistan, though they praised the Pakistani government for its ?vital? role in unraveling the scheme. Investigators said the operation drew financial and logistical support from Karachi and Lahore, and at least 17 of those in British custody are said to have ties to Pakistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lieberman Seeks to Exploit Terror News for Political Gain

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 Sen Joe Lieberman seized upon news of the foiled British plane bombers to say that a victory for his Democratic rival, Ned Lamont, in November would constitute a victory for the terrorists You know, when John at AMERICAblog asked who was going to be the first one to exploit this situation for political gain, he thought it would at least be a Republican. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

First Snakes, Now Liquids (on a Plane)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 It was looking like snakes were going to be the biggest threat to planes this summer, but energy drink bottles filled with explosive liquids turned out to be the real problem Check out the TSA's hours-old official ban on liquids on planes Update #1: The terrorists were apparently "planning to smuggle hydrogen peroxide-based liquid/slurry explosives" (whatever that is) in the bottles, according to U News Update #2Someone came up with a fitting graphic (above). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brits Foil Terror Plot

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 Scotland Yard has upset a terrorist plot to explode planes in mid-flight from the UK to the U.S. As part of an operation lasting several months, authorities arrested 18 people and raised the threat level in the UK to critical, the highest possible. Update: Bush raised America's threat level to red -- the highest. It's a first for America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Bomb Kills Four U.N. Observers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 The United Nations peacekeepers were holed up at an observation post in southern Lebanon. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annan: Hostilities Between Israel and Hezbollah Must Stop

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded a cease-fire while also condemning Hezbollah and attacking Israel for "excessive use of force." The European Union made similar demands for a cessation of violence and pledged 10 million euros in aid. Bombed-out roads in southern Lebanon are hampering aid efforts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Humanity Lost in Lebanon

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 As Israeli warplanes ravage Beirut in retaliation for Lebanon-based Hezbollah raids, a prominent Beirut-based blogger decries being made a "pawn on the board of an imaginary game." He is "infuriated that such risks and actions can be taken with absolute disregard of the lives that are at stake, the lives of the people that make a country what it is." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America and Iran: Three Nuclear Ironies

Tad Daley / Truthdig Jul 8, 2006 The United States is apparently considering the use of nuclear weapons to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. How can we contemplate nuking people who might nuke people to show that nuking people is wrong? A veteran nuclear weapons expert at Physicians for Social Responsibility unpacks the apocalyptic irony. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

At Least 40 Killed in Two Iraqi Cities

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2006 The two suicide bombings came mere hours after seven Arab Sunni groups offered the Iraqi government a conditional truce. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hollywood Studio Produces Ad Against Suicide Bombing

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 A Hollywood studio and a Lebanese production company have produced a $1-million public service ad aimed at discouraging suicide bombings. Their funding came from "an independent, non-governmental group of scholars, non-political people," according to an exec. (Via Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Attacks Kill 54, Wound 120 in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 The car bomb attacks in southern Iraq and Baghdad made for the bloodiest day in weeks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott Ritter Argues That Iran Poses No Real Threat

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 Former intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter cuts through a recent L.A. Times story which claimed that "Iran could manufacture enough highly enriched uranium to build a bomb within three years." He provides a rather technical, but extremely convincing, argument for why it is unlikely that Iran could pose a nuclear threat anytime soon. (video: h/t Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )