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Alternet’s 10 Signs of the Impending Police State

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2006 An indispensible roundup, and it's not just The War and The Spying. Alternet also points to presidential signing statements, free speech zones, the Internet clampdown, and touchscreen voting machines. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drone Aircraft May Prowl U.S. Skies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2006 The Congress hears from police agencies that envision using unmanned military drones for surveillance -- in one troubling example, high above American cities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Claim: U.S.-Trained Iraqi Police Abetting Massacres

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 Time magazine says evidence is mounting that the Shiite-dominated police force has become a corps of shock troops bent on killing Sunnis. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gunmen Seize 50 at Iraq Security Firm

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 This incident--coming on the heels of the discovery of 20 bodies dumped in Baghdad--is the face of urban civil war on the model of the Battle of Algiers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death Squads and Prison Abuse in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In a big story that is receiving scant media attention, the U claims that Iraqi police forces are acting as "death squads" to wipe out Sunnis At the same time, the Iraq parliament is condemning the U for the newly released pictures of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )