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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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Kimmitt Fallujah Will Be Just Like

Kimmitt: Fallujah will be just like Baqubah On the killing of the US security personnel in Fallujah on Wednesday: ‘ GEN. KIMMITT: What I’m suggesting […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 Us Troops Wounded 6 Iraqis Killed

3 US Troops Wounded, 6 Iraqis Killed Wire services report that guerrillas near Fallujah wounded three US troops with a roadside bomb on Thursday. Also […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch Rice And Beans Tom

Tomdispatch: “Rice and Beans” Tom Engelhardt of Tomdispatch.com discusses the odd maneuvering of the Bush administration around the testimony of National Security Adviser Condi Rice […]

Juan Cole

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9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed In And Around

9 Americans Killed in and around Fallujah; Bodies Desecrated The amount of violence against Americans on Wednesday was remarkable, with 5 US soldiers killed by […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands Of Shiites Protest In

Thousands of Shiites Protest in Downtown Baghdad It wasn’t in the headlines in US media because of the violence in Fallujah, but several thousand angry […]

Juan Cole

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Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi No Right Of Return Compensation

Zubaidi: No right of Return, Compensation for Iraqi Jews The Iraqi minister of Housing and Rebuilding, Bayan Baqir al-Zubaidi, denied Wednesday that the current Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz Of Baghdad Rumors Are Flying

Wolfowitz of Baghdad? Rumors are flying around official Washington that the new US ambassador in Iraq as of July 1 will be Paul Wolfowitz. He […]

Juan Cole

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8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8 Of Iraqi Academics Have Fled 1000

8% of Iraqi academics have Fled, 1000 Professionals Assassinated in past Year Ahmad Janabi reports that ‘ More than 1000 leading Iraqi professionals and intellectuals […]

Juan Cole

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Un Excluded From Overseeing Elections

UN Excluded from Overseeing Elections Al-Hayat reports that the Interim Governing Council (IGC) is rejecting any role for the United Nations in overseeing Iraqi elections […]

Juan Cole

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