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

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘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

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Sunnis Kill 10 Kidnap 50 Shiites Gis

Sunnis Kill 10, Kidnap 50 Shiites; GIs face Sniper Fire CBS News and the Associated Press report that on Saturday: ‘(CBS/AP) Sunni gunmen ambushed a […]

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Sistani Aide Americans Bomb Both Sides

Sistani Aide Americans Bomb Both Sides

Sistani Aide: Americans Bomb both Sides 4 US GIs killed on Friday Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Ahmad al-Safi, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]

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Democratic Senate Ponders Iraq Massive

Democratic Senate Ponders Iraq Massive

Democratic Senate Ponders Iraq Massive Bombings Shake Shiite districts in Baghdad Since the Democrats now have a majority in the Senate, Barbara Slavin writes, they […]

Juan Cole

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Prosterman Guest Editorial Where Is

Prosterman Guest Editorial: Where is Ike? WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS IS A PRESIDENT WITH IKE’S INTEGRITY AND COURAGE SUEZ & BUDAPEST – 50 YEARS LATER […]

Juan Cole

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Al Zaman Good Riddance To Rumsfeld

Al Zaman Good Riddance To Rumsfeld

Al-Zaman: Good Riddance to Rumsfeld Osman: Abu Ghraib scandal should have required his Resignation The Times of Baghdad [al-Zaman] editorializes in the third person on […]

Juan Cole

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What Does It Mean For Iraq Fourth

What Does It Mean For Iraq Fourth

What does it Mean for Iraq? The fourth popular revolution of the twenty-first century (after the Ukraine, Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan) swept America on Tuesday, as […]

Juan Cole

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Is Bush Unhinged Calling Hannah Arendt

Is Bush Unhinged Calling Hannah Arendt

Is Bush Unhinged? Calling Hannah Arendt Journalist Bill Gallagher of Detroit’s Channel 2 News joins Andrew Sullivan in asking the increasingly unavoidable question: Is George […]

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Baquba Police Kill 20 Pro Saddam

Baquba Police Kill 20 Pro Saddam

Baquba Police Kill 20 Pro-Saddam Demonstrators; Khalilzad to Depart Someone, [presumably, Shiite militiamen] fired mortar rounds into the Sunni Arab Adhamiya district of Baghdad on […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Iraqi Shiites Celebrate Mosul

Iran Iraqi Shiites Celebrate Mosul

Iran, Iraqi Shiites Celebrate Mosul, Baquba, West Baghdad Demonstrate The US military announced that guerrillas had killed 3 US GIs in Iraq over Saturday and […]

Juan Cole

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