Iraq’s PM Heads to Iran for Advice

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2010 Nouri al-Maliki is more than influenced by the Shiite clerics in Iran who have done so much for the troubled Iraqi prime minister. Maliki just schlepped over the border for a powwow with Iranian bigwigs. Tehran's spokesman said the PM was in town to exchange views, but for all we know he just needed a hug. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Computer Nerd Barbie

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2010 On today's list: Speaking more than one language can delay Alzheimer's, literary tattoos, why they hate us (hint: it's not our freedom), and Barbie goes geek. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israeli Navy Kills Gaza Fisherman

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 Just days after an Israeli private security guard killed a Palestinian man and wounded four others, the Israeli navy fired upon a Palestinian fishing boat near Gaza and killed one fisherman. --JCL Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama and Iraq: ‘Through a Glass, Darkly’

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Sep 21, 2010 The president and the American people will all too soon come to recognize that the quagmire in Iraq is far from over. In fact, one might say it has only just begun. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘They Kill Alex’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 6, 2010 Crazed and distraught with grief, the father went into his garage and took out five gallons of gasoline and a propane torch. He walked past the three Marines in their dress blues and began to smash the windows of the government van with a hammer. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Fewer Bullets

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The Ambiguity of War’s End

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 31, 2010 Now that the Iraq war is over -- for U.S. combat troops, at least -- only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Leaves Iraq Much Worse Off

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2010 Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life. What a havoc the United States has wreaked in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Six in 10 Against Afghan War

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2010 The shelf life of the war in Afghanistan seems to be nearing expiration, with roughly four in 10 Americans now backing the nine-year effort, a decline in support that echoes the fact that eight in 10 believe the conditions in Afghanistan will remain the same or worsen over the next year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Petraeus Demurs on Afghan Pullout

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2010 President Obama may have marked 2011 on his calendar to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, but his commander there, Gen. David Petraeus, isn't so sure. Withdrawal, Petraeus said in an interview with NBC, must be "conditions-based." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Unloads in Egypt

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 Avoiding the kind of confrontation that led to the flotilla fiasco in May, a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship has docked and unloaded its cargo in Egypt after the Israeli navy forbid it to sail directly to Gaza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Biden Does Baghdad, Finds Occupation ‘Delicious’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2010 The vice president is spending his Independence Day in Iraq. Speaking from what he described as Saddam Hussein's hunting lodge, Biden celebrated the toppling of the former Iraqi ruler, saying, "I find it delicious that that's happened." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )