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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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289 Iraqis Killed Or Wounded In Day Of

289 Iraqis Killed Or Wounded In Day Of

289 Iraqis Killed or Wounded in Day of Rage Four Killed in Karbala Demonstration McClatchy estimates that 289 Iraqis were killed or wounded in political […]

Juan Cole

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100 Dead In Bombings Violence Iraq

100 Dead In Bombings Violence Iraq

100 Dead in Bombings, Violence; Iraq, Kurdistan, traded Barbs After the bombings of a major bridge in Baghdad and the cafeteria of the parliament, guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

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Detained In Two Worlds Taner Akam Story

Detained in Two Worlds: The Taner Akçam Story Professor Taner Akçam submitted the below text to IC and it is being published by his kind […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Parliament Bomber Was Probably

Parliament Bomber Was Probably

Parliament Bomber was Probably Bodyguard; Turkey Threatens to Invade Iraq; Wolfowitz Promotes Girlfriend The bombing of the cafeteria in the Iraqi parliament on Thursday was […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Iraqi Parliament

Breaking News: Iraqi Parliament Cafeteria Bombed A suicide bomber wearing a bomb vest managed to get into a cafeteria in the parliament building in the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Thursday Morning In Baghdad Truck Bomb

Thursday Morning In Baghdad Truck Bomb

Bridge Damaged, 9 dead in Truck Bombing; Sadrists, Sunni Accord Front threaten withdrawal from Iraqi Government; Dodd, Obama Critique McCain Thursday morning in Baghdad, a […]

Juan Cole

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Caf Letter On Finkelstein Case

Caf Letter On Finkelstein Case

CAF Letter on the Finkelstein Case Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association, Letter on the Finkelstein Case: 10 April 2007 The Rev. Dennis […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
3 Us Troops Killed 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis

3 Us Troops Killed 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis

3 US Troops Killed, 16 Wounded 19 Iraqis Dead, 33 Wounded in Muqdadiya Bombing The wire services reported at least 55 killed in political violence […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
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White And Carapico Re Cole How To Get

White and Carapico re: Cole, “How to Get out of Iraq” My piece in The Nation on “How to Get out of Iraq” is generating […]

Juan Cole

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