Popularity Setbacks in Afghanistan

Manny Francisco, Manila, The Philippines Mar 24, 2012 Dig deeper

Bales Charged With 17 Counts of Murder

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2012 On Friday, the U.S. military took a significant step in the case of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the American soldier accused of killing 17 civilians in Afghanistan on March 11, by formally charging him with 17 counts of murder, along with other alleged crimes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Army Unleashes Heavy Attack on Homs

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2012 Two days after Russia and China blocked a U.N. resolution calling for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, violence in Homs stepped up a big notch, with near-constant shelling rocking the volatile Syrian city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marine Pleads Guilty in Haditha Massacre Case

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2012 The Iraq War may be "over," but the unfinished business from years of American occupation still lingers. And a particularly grim chapter from that time, reaching all the way back to 2005, was revisited Monday in the trial of Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who entered a guilty plea on dereliction of duty in association with the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arab League Lands in Syria

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2011 Delegates from the Arab League arrived in Syria on Monday in yet another attempt to resolve the crisis that's only intensified since the Syrian government made the evidently hollow gesture last week of agreeing to stop military-enabled assaults on its own people and allow observation from outside its borders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dozens of Deaths Reported in Syrian Clashes

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2011 The bloody battles between the Syrian government and its own people took a turn for the worse early this week, with reports of mass civilian and military casualties emerging Tuesday despite the ongoing ban on foreign media within Syria's borders, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Day Late and $3 Trillion Short

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2011 The New York Times ran a story Wednesday, the day before US and Iraqi leaders marked the official end of the Iraq War, about a shocking find in an Iraqi junkyard: secret interviews from U soldiers talking about the 2005 massacre of civilians in Haditha But this kind of account, as The Washington Spectator's Hamilton Fish noted Thursday, has been passed over by the mainstream press for years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Reportedly Gives Up Pakistan Drone Base

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 Following a suspected US drone attack that slaughtered 25 people – including eight civilians – in northwest Pakistan, American military personnel have allegedly vacated the Pakistani Shamsi Air Base, a key hub for U drone activity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gadhafi Forces Fire Into Residential Areas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2011 Reports are in that Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are firing into residential neighborhoods with cluster bombs and ground-to-ground rockets, weapons criticized for their indiscriminate trajectories, as loyalists vow to crush the anti-Gadhafi rebellion in the city of Misurata. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protecting Civilians

By Michael Kountouris, Greece Apr 11, 2011 Dig deeper

The ‘Kill Team’ Story Gets Worse

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2011 The recent crop of shocking stories about the group of American soldiers -- now known widely as the "Kill Team" -- who formed a death squad to deliberately slaughter Afghan civilians has been topped by a new Rolling Stone exposé that makes matters . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Murdering 3 Afghan Civilians

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2011 After working out a plea bargain that shortened his time in prison from a life sentence to 24 years, Spc. Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty Thursday to deliberately killing Afghan civilians last year and agreed to talk about his alleged Army accomplices. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )