Madrid Bombing Raises ETA Concerns

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2006 At least four people were injured when a car bomb exploded at the Madrid airport on Saturday. If the separatist group ETA is responsible, as the Spanish government has charged, the blast would signal the end of a cease-fire that began in March. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Alive in Baghdad: Iraq Through the Eyes of Iraqis

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2006 Founded by Brian Conley, a 26-year-old American journalist, and coordinated in Iraq by 21-year-old Iraqi Omar Abdullah, the website Alive in Baghdad features short films by Iraqis documenting daily life in their war-ravaged country. You must see this site. (BBC story, AiB site) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ten U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2006 The deaths, which resulted from two IED attacks in different parts of the country Wednesday, horrifically underscore the dire references to chaos in the just-released Iraq Study Group report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2006 Amnesty International has referred to some of Israel's actions in Lebanon as "war crimes that give rise to individual criminal responsibility" A report by the human rights organization condemned the deliberate bombing of civilian infrastructure and the loss of civilian life, noting: "Entire families were killed in air strikes on their homes or in their vehicles while fleeing the aerial assaults on their villages as the Red Cross and other rescue workers were prevented from accessing the areas by continuing Israeli strikes". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Attack Threatens Cease-Fire

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2006 Despite the tenuous cease-fire, Israel has launched an attack some 60 miles north of its border in Lebanon. Israeli officials said they were trying to halt a weapons transfer to Hezbollah, and will continue to engage targets until a peacekeeping force can take its place to prevent Hezbollah's rearming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Will Accept Hezbollah Alive, but Not Kicking

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2006 In a reconsideration of its goals, Israel has deemed a disarmed (as opposed to destroyed) Hezbollah an acceptable outcome to its actions in Lebanon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Captures Village and Continues Airstrikes

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2006 Israeli troops have taken the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras, which they claim has been used as a rocket base by Hezbollah. Israel has said it has no plans for a large-scale invasion but intends to use ground forces to attack targets unavailable to its jets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Will Rush Bombs to Israel

Staff / Truthdig Jul 22, 2006 The United States has agreed to a request from Israel to expedite a shipment of precision munitions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lebanon “Torn to Shreds”

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2006 Fouad Siniora, the Lebanese prime minister, called for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah and announced that more than 300 people had been killed in his country during the week of attacks. Twenty-nine Israelis have been killed since the fighting began. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi Blogger Laments Rise of Clerics

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2006 The young, UK-raised Iraqi dentist--whose writing has run in the Washington Post--says this in a recent blog: "Islamic clerics (of all denominations) never fail to disgust me(more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

With Chaos Reigning, Bush Tells Iraqis: Build Your Government

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2006 Bush tells Iraqis in a speech: "It's about time you get a unity government going." Maybe they had trouble hearing him, what with some 25,000 fleeing their homes amid the continuing sectarian violence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two Reports: U.S. Soldiers Killed Many Iraqi Civilians

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2006 Two separate claims of American soldiers murdering Iraqi civilians have arisen. One report involves the alleged killing of 15 people, including a 3-year-old girl; the second involves the alleged murder of 11, including a 75-year-old woman and a 6-month-old infant. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )