This article, written by Hugh Gusterson, appeared on The Bulletin on February 02,2012 As the last American soldiers left Iraq in December, so, too, did many of the journalists who had covered the war, leaving little in the way of media coverage of post-war Iraq. While there were some notable exceptions — including two fine articles by MIT’s John Tirman that asked how many Iraqis had been killed as a result of the US invasion — overall the American press published few articles on the effects of the occupation, especially the consequences for Iraqis.

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What Happened to Iraq’s Great Universities?

The study of 360,000 children comes in response to concerns over the consequences of the serious radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March.

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Japan Studies Radiation Effects on Children

Ministers do not “fully understand” the consequences of increasing the amount of money NHS hospitals can earn from private patients, an MP says.

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It will take time for some of the consequences to manifest themselves, as scientists observe and analyze the response of the regional ecosystem.

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Gulf’s Complexity and Resilience Seen in Studies of Oil Spill

Rep. Peter King’s scheduled hearing next week on the subject of Muslim radicalization is drawing criticism from one seemingly unlikely expert: Daniel Pipes, who no one (except possibly the lunatic Pamela Geller and her cadre of racists) could mistake for an apologist for radical Islam. Says Pipes, about these misbegotten hearings: “The U.S. government should investigate domestic Islamist radicalization,” Daniel Pipes, the Middle East Forum director who has written extensively on the threat posed by radical Islamists, said in an e-mail. “Unfortunately, Rep. Peter King has proven himself unsuited for this important task, as shown by the gratuitous controversy he has generated over the mere selection of witnesses.” The problem of radicalization is a serious one — obviously, the thoughts and actions of such men as Anwar al-Aulaki and Nidal Hasan suggest that, on the margins, radicalization of American Muslims is a problem demanding attention — but the vast majority of American Muslims reject the violence and extremism of Islamism, and they are right to fear the consequences (intended?)  of Rep. King’s probe, which does not seemed designed to generate light on the subject, and could only serve to marginalize the mainstream.

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Peter King, Scholar of Islam

On the fringes of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos this week, there was plenty of substantive discussion – including about the dangers posed by our “too big to fail”/”too big to save” banks, the consequences of widening inequality (reinforced by persistent unemployment in some countries), and why the jobs picture in the U.S. looks so bad. read more

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Davos: Two Worlds, Ready or Not

Fifteen-year-old Emma Evans is like any other teenage girl; she thinks that her parents don´t understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one day she will be forced to face up to the consequences of her actions. Life seems to be carrying on as normal, until one day Emma starts experiencing frightening fits. Her parents are convinced that her problems are either medical or psychological, but when doctors´ tests are unable to draw any conclusions, the family is forced to look elsewhere for answers. It all started off as a bit of fun, Emma never really believed it, but the truth is there is something dark and sinister within her, and it won´t take long to surface. Movie Details

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Exorcismus

The USA Today series on the systematic misconduct of federal prosecutors continues today, with an examination of the consequences that prosecutorial misconduct has for criminal defendants. It considers the case of James Strode: . . .

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SCOTT HORTON—How Prosecutorial Misconduct Helps Criminals Get Off

The commandant of the Marine Corps and the chiefs of staff of the Army and Air Force warned of the consequences of ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

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Service Chiefs Tell Panel of Risks to Repeal of Gay Ban

If the president doesn’t help fellow Democrats soon, the consequences could be brutal.

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What Obama owes loyalists