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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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Iraq-Blogging Nick Turse at tomdispatch.com skewers Donald Rumsfeld’s various rhetorical strategies of evasion whenever he has been asked hard questions about Abu Ghraib, the situation […]

Juan Cole

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Germans Trust Putin More Than Bush

Germans Trust Putin More Than Bush

Germans Trust Putin More than Bush Frank Domoney kindly sends his translation of a Die Welt article that reports that over-all, the German public trusts […]

Juan Cole

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Koufax Awards Koufax Awards Have Been

Koufax Awards The Koufax Awards have been announced. Many, many thanks to readers who voted mine the best “Expert Blog” and made my piece, “If […]

Juan Cole

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Free Mojtaba And Arash If Blogdex Is

Free Mojtaba And Arash If Blogdex Is

Free Mojtaba and Arash If Blogdex is any indication the campaign to free Mojtaba and Arash is going well. The Iranian government is not immune […]

Juan Cole

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Jaafari Slams Hilary Stephen Farrell

Jaafari Slams Hilary Stephen Farrell

Jaafari slams Hilary Stephen Farrell reports for the London Times that a minor tiff occurred last week between Senator Hilary Clinton and prime ministerial candidate […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Is Prevailed Upon To Withdraw

Chalabi Is Prevailed Upon To Withdraw

Chalabi is Prevailed upon to Withdraw It turns out that the other members of the United Iraqi Alliance prevailed on Ahmad Chalabi to drop his […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Jaafari Pm Candidate For

Breaking News Jaafari Pm Candidate For

Breaking News: Jaafari PM Candidate for UIA Well, the United Iraqi Alliance just announced that Ibrahim Jaafari has won out against Ahmad Chalabi. Jaafari’s victory […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Dead 8 Wounded 18 Iraqis

3 Us Troops Dead 8 Wounded 18 Iraqis

3 US Troops Dead, 8 Wounded 18 Iraqis Killed Wire services reported that ‘ Twenty-two people including four US soldiers have died in a series […]

Juan Cole

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Uia Will Hold Secret Ballot Chalabi

UIA Will Hold Secret Ballot Chalabi, Allawi Still in Running for PM The Shiite religious coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, will hold a secret ballot […]

Juan Cole

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