UN Gives In — As Long As They Keep Paying Dues, Saudis Can Bomb Yemeni Children

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‘Big Stink, Necessary Evil’: A Poem That Will Change Your Perspective on the Atomic Bombings (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2016 Jill McDonough’s poem on the planes that followed and photographed the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II is a harrowing depiction of the justifications that follow mass destruction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Suspected Islamic State Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 10 in Istanbul

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 A deadly blast ripped through the city's Sultanahmet tourist district Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 more. Turkey's prime minister placed blame for the attack on Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trump Peace

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We Are in Pitiless Times

By Vijay Prashad / Open Democracy Nov 16, 2015 After Paris, macho language about "pitiless war" defines the contours of leadership. Little else is on offer. It is red meat to our emotions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Analysts Knew Afghan Site Destroyed in Airstrike Was a Hospital, AP Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 16, 2015 American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the Afghan hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in Kunduz because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Bombing a Hospital Is a War Crime

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2015 To call the U.S. bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a war crime and to demand reparations, healing and a public rethinking of the aims of this war is perhaps the most effective way we have to address war itself, to stand up to its powerful perpetrators and to put a halt to their uncontrolled behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: ‘I Apologize to the Victims’ of Boston Marathon Bombing (Updated)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 Following a series of emotionally charged testimonials from survivors and relatives of victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, convicted co-perpetrator Dzhokhar Tsarnaev publicly apologized to them all during a court hearing at which he waited to be officially sentenced to death. UpdatedFollowing a series of emotionally charged testimonials from survivors and relatives of victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, convicted co-perpetrator Dzhokhar Tsarnaev publicly apologized before being sentenced to death. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The American Cult of Bombing

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch Aug 21, 2014 When you do something again and again only to see indifferent or even negative results, you wouldn’t be surprised if a neutral observer questioned your sanity. Yet few Americans question the sanity or cult-like behavior of American presidents as they continue to seek solutions to complex issues by bombing Iraq (as well as numerous other countries across the globe). Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Israel Has Been Bitten by a Bat

Lawrence Weschler / Truthdig Jul 19, 2014 The news out of Israel and Palestine: relentless, remorseless, repetitively compulsive, rabid. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Charge Your Phone or Lose It to the TSA on Flights to the U.S.

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 8, 2014 If your phone or tablet won't turn on at certain airport security checks, you may have to abandon your device overseas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Car Bombs Triple and Suicide Bombings Rise by One-Third Worldwide

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2014 Civilian deaths due to improvised explosive devices have increased by 70 percent over the past three years, with more than 53,000 people killed or injured globally between 2011 and 2013. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )