How Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Help Terrorists Achieve Their Aims

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 28, 2016 Recoiling from last week's carnage in Brussels, Americans may be attracted to the "tough" posturing of Trump and Cruz. Yet we know that the leaders of Islamic State welcome such signs of panic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Belgian X-Ray

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 27, 2016 Sudden, horrific events in the middle of a presidential campaign provide an X-ray of the instincts and thinking of the candidates. We can see what their priorities are, and pick up clues about their character. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Would Effective Counterterrorism Look Like After Brussels? (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 27, 2016 The various nostrums proposed by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to counter Islamic State terrorism in Europe and North America (armed police patrols of putative “Muslim neighborhoods,” a Muslim exclusion act, etc.) are of course complete nonstarters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The West Responds to the Attacks in Brussels; Obama Visits Cuba

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 27, 2016 On this week’s edition of KCRW’s “Left, Right & Center,” Truthdig editor in chief Robert Scheer calls for “old-fashioned” police work in response to Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Brussels that killed at least 31. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Takes Center Stage in New Islamic State Propaganda Video

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2016 The terrorist group is using images of the GOP front-runner apparently because of his rhetoric of violence and his inflammatory statements about Muslims. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Corporate-Dominated Media Highlight Western Victims, Ignore Western Violence, Glenn Greenwald Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 26, 2016 It’s “unjustifiable” and “propagandistic” that coverage of horrifying terror attacks is accorded to Western victims of violence “but almost never to the non-Western victims of the West’s own violence,” writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Horror Persists, From Brussels to Cuba — Guantanamo, Cuba, That Is

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Mar 24, 2016 The horror in Brussels is unforgivable. Few can deny, though, that some of the worst policies of the U.S. and its allies serve as recruitment tools for Islamic State and other groups. We need a uniform standard of justice. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Live Blog: It’s Mountain Time for Presidential Candidates on ‘Western Tuesday’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 23, 2016 The news of terrorist attacks in Brussels cast a pall over the presidential primaries and caucuses held Tuesday in Utah, Arizona and Idaho. Update: Clinton and Trump may have taken Arizona, but rivals Cruz and Sanders had major wins in Utah as the latter also took Idaho. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Live Blog: Anti-Muslim Backlash Against Brussels Killings Begins

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Mar 22, 2016 After terrorists take dozens of lives in the Belgian capital, Donald Trump talks torture, Ted Cruz calls for a crackdown on Muslim neighborhoods and social media is flooded with condemnation of Islam. The group that has claimed responsibility for the massacre, Islamic State, warns of worse to come. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Paris Terror Attack Suspect Is Shot and Captured in Belgium

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 19, 2016 Salah Abdeslam, one of the most wanted men in the world, had evaded capture for four months as he slipped through the fingers of authorities on several occasions. Now the alleged mastermind of the November massacre of 130 faces extradition to France. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How One Teenage Girl Was Almost Lured Into Joining Islamic State

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2015 Maysa, a teenager from Brussels, smoked, listened to music and was a “ray of sunshine” at school. And some friendly militants almost led her into the clutches of a belligerent cult. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )