Islamic State Killer Featured in Videos Is Identified as Mohammed Emwazi

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 27, 2015 He was dubbed "Jihadi John" before his real name was known, and as of Thursday, The Washington Post claimed that the killer from the Islamic State group who was prominently featured in recent beheading videos is Kuwaiti-born Londoner Mohammed Emwazi. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Looking Back on 2014’s Truthdiggers of the Week

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2014 Every week the Truthdig editorial staff selects a Truthdigger of the Week, a group or person worthy of recognition for speaking truth to power, breaking the story or blowing the whistle. Here are 10 Truthdiggers from 2014 we think are worth reflecting upon at the end of the year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will the Election Turn on Terrorism?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 3, 2014 The threat from Islamic State "is personal for us in New Hampshire," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

James Foley’s Family Says It Was Intimidated by U.S. Government

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 14, 2014 Members of the family of the U.S. journalist killed by the Islamic State last month have told various media outlets that the Obama administration "threatened" them with criminal charges of aiding terrorists if they tried to pay a ransom for him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What College Students Can Teach Us About Beheadings and Our Own System of Capital Punishment

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 9, 2014 Last week, something happened to disrupt the Western superiority narrative of Middle Eastern beheadings, at least for me: I went back to college. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vice President Joe Biden Will Chase ISIS ‘to the Gates of Hell’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 4, 2014 Joe Biden isn't waiting for a formal declaration of war against the Islamic State. The vice president said Wednesday that America's enemies underestimate her strength and resolve. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How America Made ISIS: Their Videos and Ours, Their ‘Caliphate’ and Ours

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Sep 3, 2014 Minus a couple of invasions, the steps being considered or already in effect to deal with “the threat of ISIS” are a reasonable summary of the last 13 years of what was once called the Global War on Terror and now has no name at all. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Facing the Horror of Syria Using Alternatives to War

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 29, 2014 To begin to tackle the problem of Syria, what matters more than who exactly is being killed is who is doing the killing. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How the Brutalized Become Brutal

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 25, 2014 The beheading of a U.S. reporter, Hamas' executions of suspected collaborators and fundamentalists' slaughters in Iraq are the end of a long horror story, not the beginning. [This column appeared Aug. 24, 2014. Chris Hedges will file a new, original column Monday evening.] Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: James Foley

BLANK Aug 25, 2014 The slain photojournalist was "drawn to the human rights side" of war reporting and spoke admiringly of the humanism of his colleagues and some of his early captors. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama’s Budding Cambodia Policy in Syria

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 Former British ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer is advocating that the U.S. and Western Europe stop advocating the overthrow of the Baath regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and instead coordinate with it to move against the so-called Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Patrick Cockburn: Islamic State Uses ‘Snuff Films’ to Promote Atrocities

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Patrick Cockburn on James Foley's murder and the rise of the Islamic State, Dennis Kucinich on the militarization of police, and Joshua Rofe on the 2,500 teen lifers in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )