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War Crimes
![President Trump pictured with retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher and his wife Andrea Gallagher.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020-0109-trump-gallagher-400x300.jpg)
Trump Has Embraced War Crimes as a Re-Election Strategy
Trump is using a war criminal to rally his base around the crudest notions of nationalism and power.
![President Trump speaks at a signing ceremony on December 20, 2019, in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0107-trump--400x300.jpg)
Conway Says Trump Didn’t Threaten Iranian Cultural Sites — But He Did
Trump threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated for the assassination of Qassim Suleimani.
![A woman wearing a shirt reading "REMOVE TRUMP" holds up her hands with "NO WAR" written on each one](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/2020_0106-trump-protest-400x300.jpg)
Trump Threatens War Crimes Against Iran. Congress Must Stop Him.
We must pressure our congressional representatives to put an end to Trump’s illegal war-making.
![International Criminal Court's prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, addresses a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, on February 27, 2015.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1231-Bensouda-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Decry ICC Prosecutor’s Delay of Israeli War Crimes Investigation
Accountability for Israeli war crimes is long overdue.
![An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015, in Indian Springs, Nevada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1222-reaper-drone-400x300.jpg)
Why We Persist: Activists Have Protested US Drone Base for Over a Decade
If no one speaks out, the Pentagon will keep operating as if it has a popular mandate to keep up the killing.
![A protester waves the Palestinian flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1122-palestine-flag-400x300.jpg)
A BDS Campaign Tackles the Sports Industry in Portland — and Wins
The Portland Trail Blazers ended a corporate partnership thanks to grassroots pressure to support Palestinian rights.
![Sen. Joe Biden speaks during an interview in his office about the possibility of war with Iraq on February 5, 2003.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/11/2019_1111-joe-biden-iraq-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Support of Iraq War Shows How He Would Run the White House
Biden's vote to invade Iraq was no “mistake,” but an indication of his contempt for international law.
![Syrian refugees fleeing the Turkish incursion in Rojava receive bedding materials as they arrive at the Badarash IDPs camp on October 17, 2019, in Dohuk, Iraq.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/GettyImages-1176388252-400x300.jpg)
With Turkey’s Invasion, Trump Helped Create Humanitarian Catastrophe
Democrats must not push the false narrative that the U.S. must keep troops in the Middle East for humanitarian purposes.
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As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey’s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
It is essential that the UN act immediately to stop the carnage and allow humanitarian relief into the war-torn region.
![President Trump speaks during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/2019_0929-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Why Isn’t Congress Impeaching Trump for War Crimes?
Why is coercing a foreign government with U.S. aid seen as more egregious than a foreign policy drenched in blood?