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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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Tsunami Toll Nearly 70,000 and Rising Where’s Bush? The known death toll from the tsunami keeps rising so rapidly that a daily weblog cannot hope […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Killed In Iraq Early Wednesday

Dozens Killed in Iraq Early Wednesday morning, a huge explosion rocked West Baghdad, flattening several houses and killing 28, including 7 policemen. Iraqi police were […]

Juan Cole

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Bin Laden Votes In Iraq And Shoots

Bin Laden votes in Iraq and Shoots himself in the Foot Usamah Bin Laden’s latest video was broadcast on al-Jazeera on Monday, in which he […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute

Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute

Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute over Theocracy among Iraqi Shiites The near assassination on Monday of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a leading Shiite cleric and politician, […]

Juan Cole

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Arato Guest Editorial Iraqi

Arato Guest Editorial: The Iraqi Constitution The Iraqi Constitution: A Modest Proposal Andrew Arato Iraq is on the verge of a disaster that is ultimately […]

Juan Cole

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Tsunami Foretaste Of Global Warming

Tsunami a Foretaste of Global Warming The horror of waves caroming across the Indian ocean at 500 miles an hour (the speed of a commercial […]

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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Wounds 39_27

Suicide Bomber Kills 9, Wounds 39 Outside Home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim A carbomber detonated his payload Monday morning outside the home in Baghdad of […]

Juan Cole

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How To Save Iraqi Elections Reprint

How to Save the Iraqi Elections (Reprint Edition) The following piece appeared in the Detroit News in early December: Sunday, December 5, 2004 Bush policies […]

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Iraqthemodel On December 12 Just

Iraqthemodel On December 12 Just

IraqTheModel On December 12, just before I went off to Japan on a trip, I drew attention to a web log entry by Joseph Mailander […]

Juan Cole

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