20,000 Killed While No One Was Watching

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2009 The London Times reports that the final weeks of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war claimed more than 20,000 civilian lives, mostly at the hands of government forces A UN official tells the paper the actual figure is "Higher Keep going" The government kept aid workers and reporters away during a three-week bombardment that ultimately ended the 26-year war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Civilians Pay the Price of War From Above

Robert Fisk / Truthdig May 11, 2009 Of course there will be an inquiry. And in the meantime, we shall be told that all the dead Afghan civilians were being used as "human shields" by the Taliban and we shall say that we "deeply regret" innocent lives that were lost. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 4, 2009 President Barack Obama met recently with the prime ministers of Canada and Britain, two NATO allies looking for a way out of Afghanistan even as the U.S. is talking escalation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sri Lanka’s Civil War Takes a Toll

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 The toll in the recent spate of clashes in the decades-long battle between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan government has been officially estimated: 40 civilians are being killed every day, with more than 100 wounded, as artillery shells and gun battles between the two sides devastate the Sri Lankan northeast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Troops Finally Out?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2009 About 1,300 Palestinians dead, $2 billion in damage and thousands of devastated families later, Israel claims it has officially pulled its troops from the Gaza Strip after its three-week assault -- with no formal deal between Israel and Hamas and thus no real change in relations between the two sides. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Do They Hate the West So Much, We Will Ask

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 9, 2009 So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a United Nations school, three more in another. Not bad for a night's work in Gaza by the army that believes in "purity of arms". But why should we be surprised? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Resumes Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Following a three-hour pause in its aerial bombardment to allow those in the Gaza Strip to "get medical attention, get supplies whatever they need," Israel has resumed its attack, although it promised additional halts amid reports that Hamas and Israel are working out details of a cease-fire Overall, 660 Palestinians have been reported killed, including more than 200 children . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Road Out of Iraq Begins in Vietnam

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Dec 24, 2008 Iraq is not Vietnam, yet there are parallels between the two wars. The American military dominated the battlefield in both conflicts, and yet America the nation emerged the loser in each. A "decent interval" is now needed for American troops to withdraw. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

James Blight on McGeorge Bundy

BLANK Dec 19, 2008 One of JFK's "best and brightest" died wondering how the Vietnam War could have gone so wrong. Now, in an important new book, we have some answers. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Location, Location, Location

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U.S. Loses 9 to Taliban Strike

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2008 Nine American soldiers are dead after a Taliban raid on a small combat outpost in the Afghan province of Kunar, near Pakistan. Coalition forces rarely experience such losses. The attack took place close to where the U.S. allegedly killed 47 civilians, a charge the military denies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )