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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

08/22/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Shrine of Imam Musa al-Kazim Targeted, 60 Killed, 125 Wounded

Shrine of Imam Musa al-Kazim Targeted, 60 Killed, 125 Wounded

Update: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Baghdad Saturday morning on a mission to assess the reasons for the recent rise in large-scale bombings. […]

Juan Cole

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A Modest Proposal: George’s Day and Saving Bookstores (and not bad for Florists either)

A Modest Proposal: George’s Day and Saving Bookstores (and not bad for Florists either)

There is a delightful custom in Barcelona. On April 23, St. George’s Day, men give their girlfriends or wives a rose. And the women give […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales Signed off on Torture

Cheney, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales Signed off on Torture

McClatchy reports that torture was reauthorized in spring of 2003 by four Bush administration officials: Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales. It […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 78 Killed in Iraq Bombings; AP: At Least 110,000 Dead in Violence

At Least 78 Killed in Iraq Bombings; AP: At Least 110,000 Dead in Violence

Brian Murphy of AP reports that bombings in Iraq killed 78 persons on Thursday A female suicide bomber in the upscale Shiite neighborhood of Karrada […]

Juan Cole

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REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER ON MSNBC

REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER ON MSNBC

MSNBC sent me this by email. I couldn’t find it on the web, so I’m reprinting here- JRIC REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER […]

Juan Cole

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Pelosi was Briefed on Harman’s Wire Tap

Pelosi was Briefed on Harman’s Wire Tap

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she was briefed several years ago that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) had shown up in a wiretap. Pelosi […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney, Rumsfeld Pressured for Torture to Justify Iraq War; 5 Killed in Iraq Mosque Bombing

Cheney, Rumsfeld Pressured for Torture to Justify Iraq War; 5 Killed in Iraq Mosque Bombing

Jonathan S. Landay at McClatchy has discovered the real reason that Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad were tortured dozens of times in the run-up […]

Juan Cole

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Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved

Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved

On being interviewed by Robert Siegel of National Public Radio on Tuesday, Rep. Jane Harman kept denying she knew which conversations had been referred to […]

Juan Cole

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Harman Scandal: All about War on Iran

Harman Scandal: All about War on Iran

Jeff Stein of CQ.com reported on Sunday evening that the National Security Agency had picked up a telephone conversation by Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) with […]

Juan Cole

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