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The Rise of America’s Secret Wars

By Nick Turse / TomDispatch Dec 18, 2017 Elite troops were deployed to 149 nations in 2017, according to U.S. Special Operations Command. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Age of Drones

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 30, 2012 Counterinsurgency is out. Drones, assassination teams, targeted killings and special forces are in. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Assassination as Foreign Policy

William Pfaff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2011 Global domination is a political policy that cannot possibly succeed. The world is not open to domination by a single state. The effort to establish it will destroy the United States itself. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama’s Assassination Machine

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2011 Fred Branfman was in Laos when the U.S. began covertly dropping bombs on the country's civilian population in 1969 as part of its military operations in neighboring Vietnam. Today, he writes about the Obama administration's international counterterrorism plan, which involves 60,000 Special Operations forces worldwide. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.K. Cheers On Arab Spring While Training Its Opponents

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2011 Just days after the British government pledged $181 million in grants and loans to foster economically viable democratic transitions in Egypt and Tunisia, a Freedom of Information Act report confirmed that British military personnel are training the same Saudi security forces that were used to crush recent popular uprisings in Bahrain (more) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Attack in Syria Kills 8

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2008 Syrian authorities have demanded to know why US forces crossed the Iraq-Syria border and killed eight people A U official said the raid -- the first ever on Syrian soil -- targeted foreign fighters Damascus said the dead were Syrian civilians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )