Nir Rosen: How I Reported From Inside the Insurgency

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2006 The acclaimed journalist (and Truthdig contributor), who has spent the last three years in Iraq, explains how his street smarts, Arabic skills and Middle Eastern looks afforded him a view of the Iraqi insurgency almost unparalleled among Western journalists. Check out the Buzzflash interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Ray of Hope From Iraqi Insurgents?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2006 Several Sunni-led insurgent groups have begun talks with the Iraqi government in hopes of starting cease-fire negotiations. The talks began in the wake of the reconciliation plan that the Iraqi prime minister presented on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Afghanistan Spiraling Ever Downward

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai is proving unable to control the insurgency that is terrorizing large swaths of the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi P.M. to Offer Olive Branch to Insurgents

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2006 The Iraqi prime minister is set to unveil a national reconciliation plan that includes amnesty for insurgents, a timetable for withdrawal of allied forces, release of security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons and compensation for some victims of coalition military operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paper Publishes New Details of Insurgency Amnesty Deal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 The Times (U) reports that the Iraqi government is ready to announce a sweeping peace plan that includes amnesty for legitimate resistance fighters Under the plan, there would be a UN-approved timeline for withdrawal of foreign troops; a halt to US operations against insurgents; and compensation for attack victims . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Tries to Whitewash Warnings About Iraqi Insurgency

Staff / Truthdig Jun 19, 2006 Speaking at a press conference today about the Iraqi uprising, the vice president said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered"Problem is, Cheney's statement seems patently false. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Insurgents Post New Beheading Video

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 Beheading videos were the favored means of propaganda of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and this new one was clearly made to quash hopes his death would hamper the insurgency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Experts: Zarqawi Death Unlikely to Stop Insurgency

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 The death of the Al Qaeda leader is likely to downgrade sectarianism in the medium term, an expert on terrorism tells the Washington Post. "But," he added, "the dynamic of sectarian violence is probably past the point of no return." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Death Toll Climbs Sharply in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Just 12 days into April, 33 soldiers have been killed--a figure that surpasses American military deaths for all of March. For several months, U.S. soldiers' deaths had been on the wane, but they now are rising quickly, especially in the heart of the Sunni Arab insurgency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bomb Blasts Kill 79 at Major Shiite Mosque in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2006 Suicide bombers dressed in women's clothes caused the single deadliest blast this year--at a religious bastion of a powerful Shiite party This, combined with Thursday's shrine bombing, could escalate the already horrific violence (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Political Pressure Ratcheting Up on U.S. Over Mosque Killings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 Shiite officials say that American-led forces killed many civilians in a raid on a mosque complex on Sunday. The U.S. has promised a full investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence Claims 81 Lives in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 The sectarian violence continues unabated. Also, a N.Y. Times reporter returns to Iraq after a year away and immediately sizes up the difference between an anti-U.S. insurgency and a civil war (although he doesn't use that word). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )