Olbermann: Who does Bush ‘think he’s F’n kidding?’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2006 The MSNBC anchor uses a clip from Bush's own State of the Union address to contradict the president's claim on Monday that he never made a direct connection between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein. Olbermann then says: "Who does the president think he's F'n kidding?" Hats off to Olbermann for showing the backbone that is so often absent in media coverage of the president's claims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Grim Details Emerge in New Detainee Abuse Scandal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2006 The New York Times uncovers the story of a top-secret detention center in Baghdad where American jailers "used detainees for target practice in a game of jailer paintball." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kurds Riot and Turn Against Their Leaders

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2006 Remember Kurdistan, that semiautonomous northern part of Iraq that the U.S. always points to as a model of stable, quasi-democratic governance? Well, corruption up there is so systemic that thousands of people vented their anger by burning down a government museum. The horrible irony: The museum commemorates the thousands of Kurds who died in Saddam Hussein's 1988 gas attack. It had become an emblem of government greed. Another front just opened up in the Iraqi civil war that the Pentagon claims doesn't exist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Pulls Plug on Hussein in Wake of Shouting Match

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2006 In his first formal testimony in his trial, the deposed Iraqi leader called on Iraqis to cease the sectarian violence and join forces against the Americans--while insisting that he is still the rightful leader of Iraq. The judge trying the case, quarreling with Hussein several times during his 40-minute speech, ended by closing the session to the public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Knew More Than He Let On About Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bush never let the nation in on the fact that the Energy and State departments had given him reports that cast major doubts on Saddam's WMD capacity and his willingness to attack the U.S. The National Journal has this major exclusive. It has become undeniable that Bush & Co. never had any intention of allowing America to properly weigh all the evidence available on Saddam's prewar capabilities and intentions. (Hat tip: Brad Blog) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Ultimate Mistake

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 2, 2006 I'm against Saddam Hussein. I'm sorry it didn't work out the way they wanted it to. Now let's go. Because anybody who tells you it couldn't possibly get worse is a fool. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dubai: Great Theater

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 It's the season's big hit, a zany farce with pompous officials in the Bush administration and their hysterical courtiers in the mass media asserting positions that are patently absurd but hilarious to watch. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ex-CIA Chief Blasts Bush on Iraq Intel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 America's former top spy for the Middle East accuses the White House of "cherry-picking information" to justify a decision it had already made to go to war. | storyWho wants to bet on how long it will take the CIA to start swift-boating this guy? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Security Chief in Secretly Made Tape: We May ‘Miss Saddam’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2006 Remember when the neocons boasted that invading Iraq would be good for Israel? The chief of Israel's domestic security agency, Yuval Diskin, begs to differ. Diskin said in a secretly taped speech that a "strong dictatorship would be preferable to the present 'chaos' in Iraq." So much for making the Middle East more stable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hussein on Trial

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2005 My enemy's enemy was my friend In the early 1980s, the US was shaking hands with Saddam Hussein after he had committed crimes for which he's now on trial. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

 

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U.S. Occupation Is Worse Than Hussein

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 It is time we called a halt to our mindless messing in the Iraqi people's lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )