Staff / TruthdigJun 14, 2006
This is according to Scott Redd, director of the National Counterterrorism Center. These groups of Islamic radicals are made up of disaffected men in their teens and 20s who draw moral inspiration from Al Qaeda and use the Internet to organize and plan potential attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 10, 2006
American forces carried out almost 40 raids in the wake of the airstrike death of the terrorist leader But as Truthdig contributor Nir Rosen writes, the absence of Zarqawi is likely to lead to greater sectarian bloodshed in Iraq
(Also: Zarqawi survived the attack and tried to escape)
. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Nir Rosen / TruthdigJun 10, 2006
He led Al Qaeda in Iraq, but who was he? What drove Zarqawi to his murderous ends? And what can we learn from his death? Nir Rosen, one of the only Western journalists to have reported extensively from inside the Iraqi insurgency, lays out some answers.
Acclaimed Iraq journalist Nir Rosen explores the life, death and intellectual underpinnings of the terrorist who led Al Qaeda in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 6, 2006
The legendary author's newest work focuses on a likable 18-year-old would-be suicide bomber The N Times and, to a lesser extent, the Washington Post pan the book
. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2006
Twenty years ago this week Newsweek speculated that a "40-year-old single woman was 'more likely to be killed by a terrorist' than to ever marry." In this week's cover story, they retract the hackneyed thesis and reexamine the marriage statistics. (h/t: Broadsheet) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2006
A United Nations panel on torture isn't buying President Bush's assurances that America does not send suspected terrorists to countries known for using torture to extract information. The panel also recommended the closing of America's Guantanamo military prison in Cuba. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 14, 2006
Don't miss this column at the Huffington Post about our nation's ineffectual and morally indefensible drug war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2006
The 9/11 conspirator tells a Virginia court that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to fly a plane into the White House on Sept. 11. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigMar 22, 2006
On the third anniversary of the beginning of his Iraq catastrophe, President Bush yet again dealt in denial, but this time the carefully screened audience at the Cleveland City Club wasn't buying it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2006
The Washington Post ran a week's worth of postings by a young, UK-raised Iraqi dentist who describes the unnerving experience of living "between the hammer of terrorists and the anvil of American, British and Iraqi security forces."
(Also, check out his blog, Healing Iraq, with his bio.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2006
OK, OK, it's not time to get hysterical yet This one doesn't look likely to pass, but
Four senators have introduced a bill that would allow the NSA to eavesdrop, sans warrant, for up to 45 days GOP Sen Arlen Specter objected, saying the law would allow government to "do whatever the hell it wants"
Oh Right What a departure that would be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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