Staff / TruthdigAug 1, 2006
An Australian newspaper published this picture of Hezbollah members manning an antiaircraft gun in a Lebanese suburb -- proof that Hezbollah is using the cover of residential areas to wage its attacks on Israel and in effect using innocent civilians as human shields. Story and more photos (h/t: BuzzFlash) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2006
The Washington Post explores the rules and etiquette of functioning as a good "wingman"--"the guy who accompanies his buddy to a bar to help him pick up babes." (Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards demonstrate the technique above in a scene from "Top Gun.") Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2006
New Yorker staff writer and Berkeley professor Mark Danner has a new book exploring America's scandalous indifference to the Downing Street Memo--the "smoking gun" that all but proves Bush was set on going to war in Iraq eight months before the actual invasion.
Read the Buzzflash interview Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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