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Ex-CIA Chief Blasts Bush on Iraq Intel

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2006 America's former top spy for the Middle East accuses the White House of "cherry-picking information" to justify a decision it had already made to go to war. | storyWho wants to bet on how long it will take the CIA to start swift-boating this guy? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feeding the Cartoon Furor in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 Look past the cartoons, writes Christian Parenti of The Nation. The violence in Afghanistan stems from grievances over four years of occupation by U.S. and NATO troops and ineffectual foreign aid schemes. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 8, 2006 The entire editorial staff of The New York Press, an alternative weekly, quits in the wake of the paper's decision not to run the controversial Muhammad cartoons. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2006 The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression. | storyMeanwhile, Four Afghans are killed in cartoon-related protests near the U.S. base in Bagram--the first time violence has been directed against America in the controversy. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Most U.S. News Orgs Won’t Run Muhammad Cartoons

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 As violence spreads across the world, Editor & Publisher has the best take yet on why most US news outlets won't re-publish the satirical images | storyABC is one of the very few to do so | video (there's a commercial)Update: Check out the way Truthdig's Mr Fish depicted Jesus in a cartoonIs it offensive, an exercise in free speech, or both?. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Attacks in Iraq Kill 120

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2006 Two suicide bombs claim majority of deaths | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Assails World Leaders Who Lie

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI, in his World Day of Peace speech Jan. 1, had more than a few choice words for world leaders who use lies to incite their citizens towards violence. more (hat tip: Stephen Rivers) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )