Nicholas De Genova, Assistant Professor at anthropology at the university of Columbia, made some critical remarks about the war in Iraq. He called for the defeat of U.S. forces in Iraq and told an anti-war gathering that he wanted to see "a million Mogadishus" -- a reference to an operation in Somalia in 1993 in which elite U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force units were pinned down in a fierce firefight. Now 104 Republican House members are urging the firing of the professor, reports Newsday. But meanwhile Lee C. Bollinger, the president of Columbia, repeated on Wednesday an earlier statement that while he was horrfied by Mr. De Genova's remarks, they were protected by academic freedom, reports the New York Times. The case is discussed with great agitation in the american press.

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