Charles Taylor Finds Yahweh

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2009 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has found a new religion, reports say. The one-time African dictator, on trial at The Hague accused of crimes against humanity, has decided to convert to Judaism. According to one of his wives, after arriving in the Netherlands "he got to know that he really, really wanted to be a Jew." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Move Over, President Karzai, Here Comes Your Prime Minister

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2009 In an attempt to weaken Afghan President Hamid Karzai's grip on power, certain powers that be from the West are creating a brand new prime minister position and planning to redirect funds from Karzai's headquarters in Kabul to the provinces. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s ‘Wanton Destruction’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2009 Human rights investigators are adding yet another alleged war crime to existing accusations of Israel's war-time exuberance, as Amnesty International officials believe Israel's military forces engaged in "wanton destruction" of civilian homes during the bloody assault on Gaza. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palestinians Push for War Crimes Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2009 On the heels of Israel's election and its bloody three-week assault on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority is pressing the International Criminal Court to investigate the possibility of war crimes committed by Israeli commanders. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia, Georgia Reach Tentative Peace Agreement

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2008 Early Wednesday morning, Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreed to a plan to stop the fighting that flared up Friday. However, the crisis isn't over and the terms of the agreement aren't all clear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War Crimes Tribunal Awaits Karadzic

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 He is almost unrecognizable in the guise of alternative therapist Dr. Dragan Dabic, but it apparently took more than long hair, a beard and an invented identity to keep former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's past from catching up with him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Karadzic Captured

Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany Jul 23, 2008 Dig deeper

Serb War Crimes Suspect Arrested

Staff / Truthdig Jul 22, 2008 Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the murder of civilians in Sarajevo and Srebrenica during the Bosnian war, has been arrested in Serbia after being underground since 1997. Seems the lure of EU membership is getting the government there to turn up some old stones. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cannibalism Charge at Hague Trial

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2008 Gruesome details are emerging from the war crimes trial of Charles Taylor (above, right), the former president of Liberia. The leader of one of Taylor's death squads has testified that the president ordered his militias to cannibalize their enemies, including African and U.N. peacekeepers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )