Gadhafi Is Reported Killed in Libya

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 After months of local turmoil and international military intervention, a major development has occurred that constitutes the end of an era in Libya, as official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col Moammar Gadhafi is dead Updated (more) Official media in the North African nation reported Thursday that longtime leader Col. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yemen’s President Vows to Give Up Power

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2011 After 33 years in power, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he will step down in the coming days. Earlier, after returning from Saudi Arabia where he received medical treatment for injuries sustained in a June assassination attempt, Saleh called for early elections, a move that set off violent protests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.K. Cheers On Arab Spring While Training Its Opponents

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2011 Just days after the British government pledged $181 million in grants and loans to foster economically viable democratic transitions in Egypt and Tunisia, a Freedom of Information Act report confirmed that British military personnel are training the same Saudi security forces that were used to crush recent popular uprisings in Bahrain (more) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Can’t Resist Meddling in the Middle East

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2011 The struggle is under way to re-establish American control over the successors to those despots whom popular uprisings have ousted from Tunisia and Egypt, threatening the careers of still other abusive absolute monarchs and presidents-for-life (and their offspring). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Crowd Control

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Be Consistent — Invade Saudi Arabia

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 23, 2011 Once again an American president summons the passions of a human rights crusade against a reprehensible ruler whose crimes, while considerable, are not significantly different than that of dictators the U.S routinely protects.How long will the U.S. and its allies ignore the elephant in the room posed by an alliance for human rights and anti-terrorism with regimes in the Middle East that stand for neither? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Nothing to See

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Sandstorm

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Pattern

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Gadhafi Locked

Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis Feb 26, 2011 Dig deeper

Bracketology

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Team Obama Divided on Egypt Approach

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2011 Maybe you've noticed that the Obama administration's strategy with regard to the ongoing Egyptian uprising has lacked a certain consistency That's partly because of divisions within the president's closest circles about how to deal with the crisis and its various factions (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )