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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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Bombings In Basra Hibhib Kill At Least

Bombings in Basra, Hibhib kill at least 20 Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number 2 man in al-Qaeda, released a video Friday in which he pledged that […]

Juan Cole

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Cair Miami Cult Not Muslims I Just Saw

Cair Miami Cult Not Muslims I Just Saw

CAIR: Miami Cult not Muslims I just saw the spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations on CNN saying that the Miami cult members […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Rejects Withdrawal Bombings In

Senate Rejects Withdrawal Bombings In

Senate rejects Withdrawal Bombings in Basra, Baghdad, Diyala 25 Executed at Mosul 53% of Americans want a timetable for a phased withdrawal of troops from […]

Juan Cole

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Press Access To Internet Being

Press Access To Internet Being

Press Access to Internet being Censored Journalists at the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere are suffering a loss of internet access as a result of […]

Juan Cole

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Western Soldiers Writing From Iraq

Western Soldiers Writing From Iraq

Western Soldiers writing from Iraq, Then and Now War Post shares letters of soldiers in Iraq back home, from two historical periods. Some letters are […]

Juan Cole

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Michigan Peaceworks Event On Sunday

Michigan Peaceworks Event On Sunday

Michigan Peaceworks event on Sunday The internet isn’t very good for narrow-casting, but for my Michigan readers let me draw attention to the following important […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Workers Abducted 4 Marines

Shiite Workers Abducted 4 Marines

Shiite Workers Abducted 4 Marines Killed The US military announced that guerrillas killed four US Marines in al-Anbar Province. Some reports said that guerrillas abducted […]

Juan Cole

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For Outgoing Senator Santorum Top Ten

For Outgoing Senator Santorum Top Ten

For Outgoing Senator Santorum: Top Ten Ways We Know Saddam Did not Have WMD “There are many Senators whom I hold in a certain respect […]

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Kirkuk Governor Not Cent From Baghdad

Kirkuk Governor Not Cent From Baghdad

Kirkuk Governor: Not a Cent from Baghdad! The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with the governor of oil-rich, ethnically turbulent Kirkuk city.

Juan Cole

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