Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 10, 2014
The recent television kerfuffle involving "Real Time" host Bill Maher and guest Sam Harris over whether Muslims are bad people because their religion is, in the words of Harris, "the mother lode of bad ideas," is symbolic of the new American Islamophobia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 3, 2014
The Fort Hood military base in Texas, which was the site of a 2009 mass shooting, ordered all staff to take shelter Wednesday amid media reports of an active shooting situation that had left several people dead and wounded. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2011
A U.S. soldier who has been absent without leave since early July was arrested Wednesday in a motel room hear Fort Hood in Texas where FBI officials announced Thursday that he had been found with guns and bomb-making materials. The AWOL soldier admitted to planning an attack on the base, an Army alert said Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2011
American-born al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki has apparently survived a U.S. military drone attack in Yemen after he traded vehicles with two supporters who were killed at the scene. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Reese Erlich / TruthdigMar 12, 2010
There seems to be some confusion about who are the real terrorists these days. Allow me to shed some light on the issue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigFeb 22, 2010
What’s as interesting as Stack’s motives are our motives in labeling this act. Was Stack’s gesture an attention-grabbing suicide plot, a deliberate criminal act, an act of heroism or an act of terrorism? It seems that the answer varies according to whom we ask.Was Stack’s gesture an attention-grabbing suicide plot, a deliberate criminal act, an act of heroism or an act of terrorism? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 15, 2010
An Army review of November's shooting spree at Fort Hood has found the military's defenses against internal threats to be "outdated and ineffective." It describes systemic institutional problems that go beyond the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused in the shootings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 4, 2010
The situation in Yemen became more heated Monday as Yemeni forces clashed with suspected al-Qaida operatives, killing two and reportedly wounding a few more 25 miles from the capital city of San'a. According to The New York Times, Yemeni officials linked the militants they targeted in Monday's fight to ongoing threats against U.S. and British embassies in their country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 24, 2009
A meeting of alleged al-Qaida leaders was the target of an airstrike carried out by Yemeni forces with American support in a mountainous zone to the southeast of Yemen on Thursday. The Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi was possibly among the 30 or more people killed in the attack, according to The Washington Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 14, 2009
Does the planned trial of the five alleged 9/11 plotters (including oft-referenced "mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) represent a partisan issue? "Left, Right & Center" mainstay Tony Blankley thinks so, but his left-leaning counterpart, Robert Scheer, begs to differ on this week's show. Also: What's with all the deliberation about Afghanistan? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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