Rockets Fired After Day of Mourning for Slain Iranian Leader

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SARAH EL DEEB / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2020 Rocket falls near U.S. Embassy in Iraq hours after funeral for Qassem Soleimani at which crowd chants "Death to America, death to Israel." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Saudis Sentence 5 to Death in Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing

ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY / The Associated Press Dec 23, 2019 The ruling does not resolve questions about the crown prince's culpability in the grisly slaying of the Washington Post columnist. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Report: Number of Journalists Killed in Retaliation Nearly Doubles in 2018

VERENA DOBNIK / The Associated Press Dec 19, 2018 At least 34 have been targeted and slain, compared with 18 in 2017. At least 53 in total perished while doing dangerous work. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saudi Account of Khashoggi Killing Is Widely Denounced

CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SARAH EL DEEB / The Associated Press Oct 20, 2018 The kingdom's story that the journalist died during a fistfight at the consulate in Istanbul is met with worldwide skepticism and condemnation, except by President Trump. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Father of Slain Iowa Student Praises Hispanic Community

The Associated Press Aug 27, 2018 Mollie Tibbett's dad, Rob, tells mourners that local Hispanics are just "Iowans with better food." His daughter's killing has raised criticisms of U.S. immigration policy after a Mexican farmworker was charged in the death. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Killing: The American Way

By John Pilger / JohnPilger.com Sep 22, 2017 The revisionism never stops. The blood never dries. The invader is pitied and purged of guilt while "searching for meaning in a terrible tragedy." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

To the Next U.S. President, the Unlimited Power to Spy, Imprison and Kill

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2016 By mutual consent of those in power in Washington, all resistance to illegal surveillance, detainment and murder is now firmly in the past, and the power to use them will pass to the nation's next leader—whoever it is. By mutual consent of those in power in Washington, all resistance to illegal surveillance, detainment and murder is now firmly in the past, and the power to use them will pass to the nation's next leader—whoever it is. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Saudi Arabia Is Executing a Person Every Two Days on Average

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 25, 2015 According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia has executed at least 175 people in the past year, as the rate of beheadings soars under King Salman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Star-Spangled Baggage

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Apr 17, 2014 Amid the barrage of coverage of Specialist Ivan Lopez's shooting spree at Fort Hood, evidence that has been in plain sight for years of how the violence of America’s distant wars comes back to haunt the "homeland" was missing. In that context, Lopez’s killings are one more marker on a bloody trail of death that leads from Iraq and Afghanistan into the American heartland. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

At Least 65 Mohamed Morsi Supporters Killed in Cairo

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 27, 2013 Corrected: Egyptian security forces opened fire on a Muslim Brotherhood protest early Saturday morning, killing roughly 65 supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Justice Dept. Closes Probe of CIA Prison Deaths

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 The U.S. Justice Department ordered a “complete whitewash” of accountability in the torture and killing of prisoners in CIA custody at the end of a three-year investigation on Thursday, announcing it will not prosecute anyone involved in those cases, says Glenn Greenwald, columnist for The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Breivik Declared Sane, Given Maximum Sentence

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 25, 2012 Anders Behring Breivik, “the Norwegian far-right extremist” who killed 77 people and wounded hundreds during twin attacks in Norway last summer, was Friday declared to have been sane throughout the course of his rampage. A court sentenced him to at least 21 years in prison. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )