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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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Massacre Of Spanish Secret Agents

Massacre Of Spanish Secret Agents

Massacre of Spanish Secret Agents Guerrillas ambushed two vehicles carrying Spanish intelligence operatives in Latifiya, a Sunni town just south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Position On New Elections

Sistani Position On New Elections

Sistani Position on New Elections The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani affirmed Saturday in Najaf that he had reservations about the Nov. 15 plan […]

Juan Cole

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72 Us Troops Killed In Hostilities In

72 Us Troops Killed In Hostilities In

72 US troops killed in Hostilities in November 72 US soldiers were killed by hostile fire in Iraq during November, the highest of any month […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Walks Out Of Tourism Conference

Sunni Walks Out Of Tourism Conference

Sunni walks out of Tourism Conference AFP reports that Adnan Doulami, the religious director for Sunni Muslims walked out on a tourism conference on Saturday. […]

Juan Cole

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More On Sa 14 Missiles Brucer Has

More On Sa 14 Missiles Brucer Has

More on SA-14 Missiles BruceR has further technical analysis of the SAM missile attacks on the DHL cargo plane on Nov. 22. Apparently the guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

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Bush To Sistani Good To Have You

Bush To Sistani Good To Have You

Bush to Sistani: Good to Have you Working with Us It turns out that President George W. Bush did meet on Thursday with four members […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Troops Killed Us Kills Sisters

Two Us Troops Killed; US kills Sisters Guerrillas in Mosul killed a soldier with mortar fire that hit the 101st Airborne Division HQ on Friday. […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad W

Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad W

Bush Sneaks in and Out of Baghdad W. must have envisaged his triumphal first trip to Baghdad very differently. Last spring, before the war, he […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistani’s Fatwa to the Americans In the meantime, Bush’s team at the Coalition Provisional Authority were scrambling to respond to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s critique […]

Juan Cole

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