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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Attack on US Base Repulsed in Afghanistan

Attack on US Base Repulsed in Afghanistan

Afghan guerrillas attacked a US forward operating base in Gardez, Paktia Province, on Friday. NATO issued a press release, saying “The attack began when a […]

Juan Cole

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O'Donnell wonders why Monkeys aren't still evolving into Humans

O’Donnell wonders why Monkeys aren’t still evolving into Humans

Bill Maher on his HBO television show Friday night played another clip of Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for senator from Delaware, from the 1990s. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Rumsfeld, Bush and the Supreme War Crime

Rumsfeld, Bush and the Supreme War Crime

Joyce Battle at the National Security Archive has used the Freedom of Information Act to spring classified documents from 2001 about the Bush administration’s sneaky […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s outrageous speech at the United Nations, in which he blamed the US government for staging the September 11 attacks against itself, […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch:  Decline of US Empire Not So Bad

Tomdispatch: Decline of US Empire Not So Bad

Tom Engelhardt is fine reading for a Thursday.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Mass Protests as Israeli Contractor Kills two in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Mass Protests as Israeli Contractor Kills two in Palestinian East Jerusalem

The poor Palestinians of East Jerusalem have few assured human or civil rights. Anyone may do anything to them at any time, and they have […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Makdisi:  The Tragedy of Obama’s Middle East Policy

Makdisi: The Tragedy of Obama’s Middle East Policy

Ussama Makdisi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: In the tragic story of U.S-Arab relations, no era has been as violent as our […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
9 US GIs Killed in Afghan Heli Crash as Violence Grows

9 US GIs Killed in Afghan Heli Crash as Violence Grows

A helicopter crash in Zabul near Qandahar in southern Afghanistan left 9 American troops dead and 3 other persons (one an American civlian) wounded. The […]

Juan Cole

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Obama dismisses Iran War Prospects, overrules Clinton

Obama dismisses Iran War Prospects, overrules Clinton

The Obama administration is clearly trying to send signals to Iran during the General Assembly session of the United Nations that Washington is open to […]

Juan Cole

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