Staff / TruthdigDec 31, 2009
In response to the attempt to blow up a Northwest flight landing in Detroit on Christmas Day, the U.S. has announced it is planning retaliatory strikes in Yemen against al-Qaida members, though not necessarily those involved in the attack attempt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 31, 2009
I had promised myself that I would treat Dick Cheney's nonsensical outbursts like the pearls of wisdom one hears from homeless people sitting in bus shelters, but my resolution will have to wait. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 30, 2009
There is no “war” against terrorism What George W Bush launched and Barack Obama insists on perpetuating does not qualify Not if by war one means doing the obvious and checking a highly suspicious air traveler’s underwear to see if explosives have been sewn in. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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William Pfaff / TruthdigDec 30, 2009
Iran appears to be in the throes of popular uprising, yet the U.S. and Israel continue to flirt with military intervention for dubious reasons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 30, 2009
The Christmas Day incident on Northwest Flight 253 has brought Yemen further onto the U.S. radar, and now Yemen's foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, is calling for more help from the West to deal with what he considers to be a sizable al-Qaida network operating within his country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 29, 2009
The United States will soon have about 100,000 troops chasing shadows in Afghanistan, not long after an airliner was nearly blown up by a terrorism suspect who had no connection to that country. What's wrong with this picture?All the troops in Afghanistan couldn't stop a terrorist attack on Christmas Day, nor could our lackluster security efforts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2009
Ever vigilant in his attention to potential terrorist attacks on the United States these days, Joe Lieberman hailed the "miracle on Christmas Day" aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and warned that Yemen may be the site of "tomorrow's war." The senator made the comments on last weekend's "Fox News Sunday." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2009
A branch of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has announced its affiliation with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who allegedly tried to set off an explosive device aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 24, 2009
A meeting of alleged al-Qaida leaders was the target of an airstrike carried out by Yemeni forces with American support in a mountainous zone to the southeast of Yemen on Thursday. The Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi was possibly among the 30 or more people killed in the attack, according to The Washington Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 20, 2009
While President Barack Obama will miss his goal of shutting down Guantanamo by January, the U.S. has returned 12 detainees from the notorious prison to their respective homelands. That leaves more than 100 detainees awaiting repatriation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 25, 2009
An escalating conflict between Shiite rebels and Sunni government forces has displaced at least 150,000 people in the northern part of Yemen. Aid agencies are struggling to absorb the stream of civilians as a lack of supplies and internal politics exacerbate the problem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 22, 2009
Another account describing the CIA's alleged use of harsh interrogation techniques has come to light, according to a Newsweek magazine report about the intelligence agency's treatment of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspect in the 2000 bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole in Yemen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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