Staff / TruthdigNov 5, 2007
The government of President Pervez Musharraf has expanded its crackdown on democratic institutions in Pakistan, detaining political rivals as well as journalists and rights advocates. Condoleezza Rice, meanwhile, has hinted that the U.S. will likely continue to send billions of dollars in aid to the increasingly dictatorial regime. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 4, 2007
As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf struggles to maintain power in his country, The Washington Post goes behind the scenes to look at the Bush administration's wobbly relations with Musharraf, whom Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was unable to dissuade from imposing emergency rule. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 28, 2007
This week's Mosaic Intelligence Report looks at the US's newly imposed sanctions against Iran's military -- the first time, the Link TV report points out, that the U has sought to punish another country's military this way Could America's latest move constitute a prelude to war? Iranian officials have reacted angrily, saying the sanction strategy is "doomed to failure". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 26, 2007
Typically cool as a cucumber, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggled to hold it together Thursday as members of the House Oversight Committee let her have it on everything from the enormous, expensive and incomplete U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to Blackwater's killing spree. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 18, 2007
Let's review these key ingredients from a White House news conference on Wednesday and see if they remind us of anything, shall we? We had: President G. W. Bush -- check! Fear-mongering about weapons that a Middle Eastern nation is allegedly developing -- check! Accusations from the Bush administration about said Middle Eastern nation lying about said weapons to the U.N. -- check! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 13, 2007
George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin used to have a loving relationship, but the two have grown cold and distant in recent years. Bush blames Russia's deteriorating democratic process, while Putin is upset because the U.S. wants to build a missile shield on his doorstep. Bush's friend Condi stopped by Moscow to try to smooth things over, but it looks like it didn't go too well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 6, 2007
Asked to what extent the State Department had covered up corruption in the government of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the department's top Mideast official told the House Oversight Committee that information that could "damage" the U.S. relationship with Iraq is considered "confidential." That didn't go over well with committee Chairman Henry Waxman, who then threw down the gauntlet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 24, 2007
Any lingering question as to whether Blackwater USA security contractors were to blame in the Sept. 16 shootout in Baghdad that left 11 Iraqis dead and 12 wounded may be cleared up by a videotape of the incident, which was reportedly filmed from a nearby police station. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 1, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is busy shopping a recently unveiled arms package, totaling a staggering $63 billion in aid and first-rate weaponry, to America's Mideast "allies" like Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- but, as Scheer notes, there's a discrepancy between the Bush administration's official reasons for this show of goodwill and the real motives behind the deal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 30, 2007
Truthdig tips its hat this week to Washington Post reporters Barton Gellman and Jo Becker, whose four-part exposé on Vice President Dick Cheney leaves little room for doubting his sinister influence on President Bush. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 26, 2007
Russian President Vladimir Putin took a moment during his final parliamentary address to make it eminently clear that he disapproves of a U.S. plan to create a missile shield in Eastern Europe, vowing to put a hold on Russian compliance with a key European military treaty in retaliation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 20, 2007
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Condoleezza Rice concluded a highly vaunted two-hour meeting with no firm commitment other than an agreement to maintain communication. The elephant in the room was Abbas' recently announced deal to share power with Hamas, an arrangement that prompted the U.S. and Israel to threaten a boycott. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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