Lebanese PM Rejects U.N. Cease-Fire Plan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2006 From the AP: "Lebanon's government rejected a U.N. cease-fire plan backed by President Bush on Monday, demanding Israel immediately withdraw even before a peacekeeping force arrives and promising to send 15,000 troops to take control of the Hezbollah stronghold along the border." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence Rages in Mideast, Diplomacy Sputters at U.N.

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Hezbollah rockets killed at least six in Israel; almost 10,000 Israeli troops have crossed in Lebanon; and a U.S. veto is blocking the U.N. Security Council from demanding an immediate cease-fire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Bomb Kills Four U.N. Observers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 The United Nations peacekeepers were holed up at an observation post in southern Lebanon. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Panel: Close Guantanamo

Staff / Truthdig May 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 )

U.N. Cuts Darfur Food Rations in Half

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 The United Nations is taking the drastic step because of severe funding shortfalls. Other than Libya, none of Sudan's partners in the Arab League have contributed any money. "This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made," says a U.N. director. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fool Me Once…

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Bush that the UK will not offer any support to strike Iran, regardless of whether there is a U.N. mandate to do so, according to The Scotsman newspaper. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Joins the Nuclear Club, Moves Toward Large-Scale Enrichment

Blair Golson / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Tehran successfully enriched uranium for the first time on Tuesday, and signaled its intention to expand the program rapidly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott Ritter Argues That Iran Poses No Real Threat

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 Former intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter cuts through a recent L.A. Times story which claimed that "Iran could manufacture enough highly enriched uranium to build a bomb within three years." He provides a rather technical, but extremely convincing, argument for why it is unlikely that Iran could pose a nuclear threat anytime soon. (video: h/t Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Memo: Bush Was Set on War

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 The New York Times gets a closer look at a UK official's memo that indicates Bush was set on an invasion of Iraq regardless of a U.N. resolution or the outcome of the WMD issue. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Documents Show Saddam’s WMD Frustrations

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 AP reports that Hussein and his inner circle were exasperated in their attempts during the 1990s to prove to the world that they'd given up banned weapons, according to transcripts of meetings found among documents seized after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. "We don't have anything hidden!" Saddam once interjected, documents show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annan Backs Guantanamo Closure

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 In the wake of a UN report condemning the US treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the U secretary-general says America must shut down the prison "as soon as possible" U officials react about as you might expect Earlier: Read about the former U interrogator whose book blew the lid off inhumane practices at Gitmo Update: From the Jordan Times (via Watching America): "It is immensely sad that the U should end up imitating the worst aspects of the very systems it says it wants to 'democratize'". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blair OK’d Iraq Invasion Before U.N. Resolution, Book Says

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2006 The new edition of a book by a London University professor claims that the prime minister was prepared to join the war even before the second UN resolution in January 2003 | storyWe're shocked, SHOCKED to learn that the U gambit was apparently a ruse . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )