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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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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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2 Killed In Seizure Of Sadrist Office

2 Killed In Seizure Of Sadrist Office

2 Killed in Seizure of Sadrist Office in Baghdad; Muqtada Aide Had Called for IGC Resignation Two pieces of information from BBC world monitoring. First, […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Aide Australia Out According To

Muqtada Aide Australia Out According To

Muqtada Aide: Australia Out! According to Australian Broadcasting Co., Imam Amer al-Hussaini, an aide to Muqtada al-Sadr, called Sunday for an immediate withdrawal of Australian […]

Juan Cole

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Incompetence Or Double Dealing In

Incompetence Or Double Dealing In

Incompetence or Double-Dealing in Coalition Management of Iraq? The Coalition decision to provoke a fight with Muqtada al-Sadr’s movement only three months before the Coalition […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Clashes In With Coalition In

Shiite Clashes In With Coalition In

Shiite Clashes in with Coalition in Najaf Baghdad: Phase II of the Anti-Occupation Struggle Begins Nine Coalition Troops Killed, Dozens wounded in Confronting Uprising [Updated] […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Information Or Party Propaganda

Iraq Information Or Party Propaganda

Iraq Information or Party Propaganda? The Guardian has a story on Sunday about how the Iraq Information Office is not just a Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Protest Newspaper Closure In

Thousands Protest Newspaper Closure In

Thousands Protest Newspaper Closure in Baghdad Some 5,000 followers of Muqtada al-Sadr marched through largely Shiite East Baghdad on Saturday, protesting the closure of his […]

Juan Cole

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Gypsy Town Razed By Militant Sadrists

Gypsy Town Razed By Militant Sadrists

Gypsy Town Razed by Militant Sadrists as Den of Iniquity The Financial Times reports, a little belatedly, that Muqtada al-Sadr’s Army of the Mahdi militia […]

Juan Cole

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Kaplan Is Fallujah Mogadishu See Fred

Kaplan Is Fallujah Mogadishu See Fred

Kaplan: Is Fallujah Mogadishu? See Fred Kaplan’s suggestive comparison of Fallujah to Mogadishu at the Slate weblog.

Juan Cole

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Deaths Of Americans In Fallujah In

Deaths Of Americans In Fallujah In

Deaths of Americans in Fallujah: In revenge for Sharon’s Murder of Sheikh Yassin? There is increasing evidence that the brutal attack on the American security […]

Juan Cole

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