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Dewey Beats Truman — Again?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 15, 2010 Could Prime Minister Gordon Brown pull off the biggest political upset since 1948? Britain's Conservatives are ascendant, but there's reason for Brown to hope. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Britain Reveals ‘Inhuman’ Treatment of U.S. Prisoner

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2010 Against the wishes of the U.S. government, British authorities released information Wednesday about the "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment of former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed. The abuse allegedly took place in 2002 in Pakistan, following Mohamed's capture and prior to his internment at Gitmo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gordon Brown Wants to Give U.K.’s Poor Free Laptops and Internet

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2010 The British PM has announced a plan to spend the equivalent of nearly half a billion dollars providing free laptops and broadbrand Internet access to 270,000 low-income families. The program will need parliament's blessing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Osama’s Not Here, Man

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2009 Days after British PM Gordon Brown chastised the Pakistani government for failing to capture Osama bin Laden, Pakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani (pictured), claimed that he has yet to see any "credible or actionable intelligence" on bin Laden's whereabouts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2009 Perhaps inspired by reports that President Obama plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown said Monday that Great Britain would deploy an additional 500 soldiers to the region. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Everybody but Us

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British PM: ‘No Double-Dealing’ in Lockerbie Bomber’s Release

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2009 The Scottish government may not be united with respect to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's decision to release the so-called Lockerbie bomber, Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, last month, but for his part, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants to make it clear that any conspiracy theorists working on this case should hang it up already. Hmmm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top U.S. General Calls for Strategy Change in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2009 General Stanley McChrystal, the top-ranking U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, on Monday issued his highly anticipated report about the status of the conflict on that troubled front, and his assessment of the situation doesn't fully help President Obama's cause in ramping up America's Afghan war effort since he took office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Britain Under Fire From U.S. for Breaking Lockerbie Bomber Pledge

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2009 Earlier this month, the Scottish government released convicted "Lockerbie bomber" Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, afflicted with terminal prostate cancer, to live out the rest of his days in his native Libya -- a move that reportedly went against a decade-old agreement with the U.S. that those found guilty of causing the 1988 airline tragedy would stay put in Scotland to serve their time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colorful’ Leaders Could Learn From Boring Brown

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2009 It sometimes pays to be a nondescript politician, like Gordon Brown of Britain. Flamboyance of the Latin kind gets you into the newspapers, but for bad reasons as well as good. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Brown Holds His Ground as Troops Die

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2009 Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his government's policy in Afghanistan after eight British soldiers were killed over the weekend. In the past two weeks, 15 U.K. servicemen have died, making the total death toll for British military personnel in Afghanistan greater than the Iraq toll, 179. As a result, Brown and his ministers have been under increasing criticism by the MPs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Blames It All on the West

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2009 A recount of 10 percent of the ballots in Iran's June 12 presidential election has begun amid heightened tensions with the West. Nine British Embassy workers were arrested in Tehran on Sunday for allegedly being behind the postelection civil unrest. Five of the detainees were later released, but the EU is threatening to pull out its diplomats. Updated Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )