Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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UN Condemns USA for undermining Torture Convention, Calls for Prosecutions
By Thalif Deen | — UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2014 (IPS) – The timing was inadvertently impeccable as two stinging reports on harsh interrogation techniques […]
Ferguson on the Jordan: Israeli Soldier Beats Palestinian Cabinet Minister to Death at Tree Planting Ceremony
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died Wednesday after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a […]
Israel, Egypt Implicated in Torture: Middle East Reactions to Senate Report lament own Involvement
By Juan Cole | — That the release in Washington of a dense 450 page report on CIA torture conducted a decade ago would provoke […]
West Only has Money for Bombs? 60,000 Child Laborers in Jordan as Syrian Refugees struggle to Survive
AMMAN | (IRIN) | – Jordan is straining under the weight of its over 600,000 Syrian refugees, with government officials and aid agencies warning of […]
Psychologists, who Took $81 mn. to Advise, Practice Torture, betrayed the Profession
By Laurence Alison, University of Liverpool During the War on Terror, the CIA’s operations subjected hundreds of suspected terrorists to harsh interrogation techniques, which were […]
McCain on Torture: A Stain on our National Honor, Produces Misleading Info
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) | — Candidate for the best American speech of this decade: “As the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report roiled Capitol […]
In Record, Scientists double Solar Panel Efficiency to 40%
Via UNSW Newsroom | — UNSW’s solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever […]
Why the Founding Fathers thought banning Torture Foundational to the US Constitution
By Juan Cole | — I have argued on many occasions that the language of patriotism and appeal to the Founding Fathers and the constitution […]
Climate Change and Yemen’s Agony
By Juan Cole | (The Nation) — From “Why Is Yemen So Violent? Because It Is So Poor and Thirsty” . Answer: “Yemen’s troubles are […]
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