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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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Rumsfeld Warns Iran And Syria Us

Rumsfeld Warns Iran And Syria Us

Rumsfeld Warns Iran and Syria US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had Iran and Syria exactly where they want him. he alleged that Syria accepted […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Wants Deep Un Involvement Al

Sistani Wants Deep Un Involvement Al

Sistani wants Deep UN involvement Al-Sabah newspaper in Kuwait, quotes a statement put out by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Monday. DPA summarizes it: Sistani […]

Juan Cole

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Delaying Elections Is Time Bomb

Delaying Elections Is Time Bomb

Delaying Elections is a Time Bomb: Mudarrisi Wire services report that Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi speculated that the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis on […]

Juan Cole

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About Half American Public Is

About Half American Public Is

About Half the American Public is Terminally Stupid A new poll shows that 51% of Americans believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when […]

Juan Cole

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Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline Near Karbala Blown Up

Oil Pipeline near Karbala Blown Up Saboteurs have long prevented oil from being pumped from Kirkuk to Turkey through sabotage of the oil pipelines. But […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing At Kurdish Police Station Kills

Bombing at Kurdish Police Station Kills 13, Wounds Dozens Reuters now says that a suicide bomber killed himself and 13 policemen in an attack on […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al Hakim To Us Stop Stalling On

Al-Hakim to US: Stop Stalling on Elections AP reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), has […]

Juan Cole

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Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski On Neoconservative Coup At

Kwiatkowski on the Neoconservative Coup at the Pentagon The LA Weekly interviews Karen Kwiatkowsky, retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, who watched the Neocon network […]

Juan Cole

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Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni Cleric Assassinated

Prominent Sunni cleric Assassinated The Chicago Tribune reports on the assassination Saturday in the Western Baghdad quarter of Khadra of prominent Sunni cleric Shaikh Dhamir […]

Juan Cole

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