Protesters Punished, Blackwater Shooters Remain Free

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2008 Last week at the gates of the mercenary company Blackwater, nonviolent protesters who re-enacted an infamous Blackwater shooting were arrested. As "Blackwater" author Jeremy Scahill notes: "The arrest of the activists and the subsequent five days they spent locked up in jail is more punishment than any Blackwater mercenaries have received for their deadly actions against Iraqi civilians." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone Preps My Lai Movie

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2007 Bruce Willis will star in an Oliver Stone film about the My Lai massacre, perhaps the most infamous atrocity to emerge from the Vietnam War. In other Stone news, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he has "no objection, generally speaking," to the director's rumored desire to make a biopic about him but that Stone would need to "let me know what are the frameworks." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Loaded Issue

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 22, 2007 If you want to understand why the gun debate is so intense, look no further than Virginia, where Second Amendment advocates flaunt their rights in the faces of parents whose children have just been shot. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Virginia Closes Insane Gun Loophole

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2007 Mentally ill people who've been deemed a danger to themselves and involuntarily committed will no longer be able to legally buy guns in Virginia. Gov. Timothy Kaine issued the executive order in response to the massacre at Virginia Tech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virginia Shooter Had No Difficulty Buying Guns

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2007 As more details emerge from the massacre at Virginia Tech, it has become tragically clear that the least remarkable aspect of the crime was the purchase of the weapons that killed 33 people. An investigation has found that Cho Seung-Hui bought two pistols quickly, affordably and, for the most part, legally. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Saddam’s American Allies

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 Former "60 Minutes" producer and author Barry Lando connects the dots between Saddam Hussein and his American backers in this powerful documentary. (h/t: BarryLando) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Charges Emerge From Haditha Killings

Staff / Truthdig Dec 22, 2006 A year after 24 Iraqi civilians were killed in the town of Haditha, eight U.S. Marines have been charged in the crime -- four with second-degree murder and four others with covering up the slaughter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sri Lankan Government Accused of Aid Worker Massacre

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2006 Cease-fire monitors in Sri Lanka have blamed government security forces for the slaughter of 17 humanitarian aid workers earlier this month. Although government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels both claim to be sticking to the cease-fire, violence has escalated in recent months. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Troops Reportedly ‘Smiled Before Killing’ Detainees

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Four US paratroopers charged with murdering three detainees in Iraq smiled before shooting them, according to the BBC Separately, in the Haditha massacre, a Pentagon official says evidence supports the claim that U troops deliberately killed some two dozen civiliansAtrocities like these are further poisoning America's already toxic image in the Middle East, and a continued occupation is likely to produce more of the same. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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The Occupation of Iraqi Hearts and Minds

Nir Rosen / Truthdig Jun 28, 2006 Truthdig contributor Nir Rosen, an American reporter who has lived for the last three years in Iraq and who can pass as Middle Eastern, describes what it's like to live under the boot of a culturally callous -- and sometimes criminal -- occupying force in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Marine’s Lawyer: Haditha Killings Were Lawful

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2006 A lawyer for a Marine involved in the Haditha massacre said his client had followed military rules of engagement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Videotape May Show New U.S. Massacre of Iraqi Civilians

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 The US military has said that four people died during a military operation in the town of Ishaq in March, but this tape may prove that U forces in fact deliberately killed 11 innocent Iraqis This comes in the wake of the separate alleged U massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha in November . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )