The Making of the Boogeyman, 2006

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 As part of Bush & Co.'s campaign to turn Iran into the next imminent threat, Condoleezza Rice calls Tehran a "central banker for terrorism." So, just to get this straight: Iran is the new Iraq, which was the new Afghanistan, which was the new Russia? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fishing for a Pretext to Squeeze Iran

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 Truthdig's Middle Eastern affairs expert argues that the Iranian nuclear issue "has not reached the point of crisis, and therefore other motivations must be sought for the Bush administration's breathless rhetoric." UPDATE: Cole says that Bush's recent linking of Iran to Iraqi roadside bombs is "wholly implausible." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

It’s Enough to Give Evildoers a Bad Name

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 11, 2006 Andy takes a satirical look into the Axis of Evil and finds that its leaders occasionally enjoy a good round of trash-talking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Threatens U.S. With ‘Harm and Pain’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Tehran ratchets up the war of words with the U.S. over American-led action to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions against its nuclear program. We're being threatened by the country Bush didn't invade and whose surrogates we put in power in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nuke State Charmer

Dwayne Powell Mar 7, 2006 Dig deeper

U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Raises Fears

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bush's historic deal with India will shield some Indian nuclear plants from international inspections. A proliferation expert tells the N.Y. Times that this will allow India to "amass as many nuclear weapons as it wants. This is Santa Claus negotiating." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Ascendant After Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 The L Times charts how America's war in Iraq has made Iran the dominant power in the region, with a stronger nuclear program, strengthened ties to Hamas and a burgeoning core of anti-US Shiites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Shooting Party (a perspective from the right)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 As I understand the profound concern of the ever-alert White House reporters, they smell a constitutional crisis because the shooting party failed to alert the media of the accidental shooting down in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Syriana 2’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 China is set to plumb Iranian oil fields in a $100-billion deal, complicating U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran and providing Iran more money to pursue its nuclear ambitions. Can someone please call Stephen Gaghan to figure this one out for us? Or maybe this is a case for Truthdig's Orville Schell, who knows a thing or two about China? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sweden Plans to Be World’s First Oil-Free Economy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 The progressive European enclave has set a 15-year limit on its switch to renewable energy. | storyHey, they won't even have to get on a plane to collect their Nobel Prize! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Hypocrisy on Oil

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 We agree with Arianna and the Washington Post on their incredulity about Bush's plan to wean the U.S. off oil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Threatens to Retaliate on Nuclear Issue

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2006 In his first-ever interview with a Western publication, Iran's foreign minister vows immediate retaliation over a move to refer his nation's nuclear weapons activities to the United Nations Security Council | storyWell, at least we can count on the support of the newly pro-West Iraqi government to back us up if things get messy next-door Oh, wait . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )