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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?

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Civil War What Civil War Cole In Salon

Civil War? What Civil War? Cole in Salon Readers have repeatedly asked me for a criterion by which we might fairly objectively decide if Iraq […]

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At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite

At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite

At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite Leaders Criticize American Meeting Roadside bombs targetting police in Baghdad and Iskandariyah killed five and wounded a dozen on […]

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Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas

Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas

Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas’ Power Sistani, Senators press Jaafari on new Government Up to 200 Iraqi guerrillas in the Sunni Arab city of Miqdadiyah north […]

Juan Cole

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39 Killed Sunni Arabs Demand War

39 Killed Sunni Arabs Demand War

39 Killed Sunni Arabs demand War Reparations from US At least 39 Iraqis were killed in guerrilla violence on Monday, the third anniversary of the […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Catastrophes Of Third Year Of

Top Ten Catastrophes of the Third Year of American Iraq The American war against Iraq began on March 20, 2003, so today is the third […]

Juan Cole

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Allawi This Is Civil War 35 Killed In

Allawi: This is Civil War 35 Killed in Sectarian Violence Iyad Allawi, the former interim prime minister of Iraq, said Sunday that Iraq is in […]

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Bushs Greater Middle East

Bush’s Greater Middle East

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Sunnis Reject Us Iran Talks Propose

Sunnis Reject Us Iran Talks Propose

Sunnis Reject US-Iran Talks Propose Oversight of Prime Minister Small protests were held by peace activists throughout the US and the world on Saturday. Some […]

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Sistani On Homosexuality Andrew

Sistani on Homosexuality [Andrew Sullivan has linked to this post, but makes three errors in as many sentences. 1) This is not a defense of […]

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