By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatchJan 16, 2015
In the midst of the December holiday news-dumping zone, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) quietly notified Congress of several pending arms deals for Iraq. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 20, 2014
Though it may seem like an absurd, cruel joke, it's not just our police departments that are being militarized; our school districts are getting tanks as well. Here's what Stephen Colbert has to say about it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 19, 2014
The "Last Week Tonight" host explains how U.S. towns like Ferguson became militarized with the excuse of the drug war and 9/11 and offers some possible solutions to the conflict in Missouri. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 9, 2011
Airstrikes Thursday in NATO's campaign against Moammar Gadhafi's forces killed at least four Libyan rebels in a "friendly fire" accident, the second in a week. After a bit of foot-dragging by the British deputy commander of the air campaign, NATO apologized to the rebels. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2011
Rebels in Libya were celebrating amid tank and artillery ruins after opposition forces, with the aid of coalition airstrikes, wrestled control over a key oil town from Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 3, 2010
At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker truck flipped over and blew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The blast was reportedly sparked by a cigarette as local residents attempted to collect oil spilling from the wreck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 18, 2008
A huge Saudi-owned oil tanker, the Sirius Star, was seized by pirates on Saturday as it headed toward the U.S. with 2 million barrels of oil and 25 crew members on board. The tanker is now on its way to Somalia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 10, 2008
Unnecessary and extraordinarily expensive, the once-green-lit controversial KC-X midair refueling tanker program has stalled, according to the Pentagon. Any movement on the $40 billion contract to purchase new Air Force tankers will have to wait for the next U.S. administration, a clear sign that military-industrial complex spending is an institutional, rather than administrative, problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 25, 2008
Remember Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general played to chilling effect by Sterling Hayden in the 1964 movie "Dr. Strangelove"? If you're too young for that reference, you probably don't recall when the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) dominated our military posture toward our Soviet enemy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 18, 2008
Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the US aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U-Europe team
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