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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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Arab American Swing Vote Up For Grabs

Arab-American Swing Vote Up for Grabs Gary Younge has a truly excellent article in the Guardian on the Arab-American community and the way they are […]

Juan Cole

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Kerry Gay Daughters And Blue Hairs

Kerry Gay Daughters And Blue Hairs

Kerry, Gay Daughters and Blue Hairs Christopher Manion, a conservative critic of the neoconservatives, is the author of among the more trenchant Christian critiques of […]

Juan Cole

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Neo Baath V

Neo-Baath v. the Shiites Brig. Gen. Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani, the head of the Iraqi secret police, has charged 27 employees in the Iranian embassy in […]

Juan Cole

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Green Zone Hit By Suicide Bombers Two

Green Zone Hit By Suicide Bombers Two

Green Zone Hit by Suicide Bombers Two suicide bombers wrought havoc inside the Green Zone in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least four Americans. Al-Jazeerah […]

Juan Cole

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Why Cheneys Are Angry Why Are Lynne

Why Cheneys Are Angry Why Are Lynne

Why the Cheneys are Angry Why are Lynne and Dick Cheney so angry that John Kerry mentioned their daughter Mary’s lesbianism in the third presidential […]

Juan Cole

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Bush V

Bush v. Kerry: The Persian Gulf Empire and Perpetual War The visions for the American future laid out by George W. Bush and John Kerry […]

Juan Cole

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6 Us Troops Killed Mass Grave Exhumed

6 Us Troops Killed Mass Grave Exhumed

6 US Troops Killed Mass Grave Exhumed A suicide bomber and guerrillas who detonated several roadside bombs killed 6 US troops on Wednesday. Caretaker Prime […]

Juan Cole

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They May As Well Have Voted In May

They May As Well Have Voted In May

They may as Well have Voted in May Hamza Hendawi draws aside the strange curtain that had fallen over election preparations in Iraq. Ash-Sharq al-Awsat […]

Juan Cole

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Quotes Of Day Sy Hersh In Uc Berkeley

Quotes Of Day Sy Hersh In Uc Berkeley

Quotes of the Day Sy Hersh in the UC Berkeley News: “How could eight or nine neoconservatives come and take charge of this government?” he […]

Juan Cole

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