Corruption Quote by Elliott Colla

“The corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power.”

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You always have regime-friendly poets like Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, whose career basically spans the twentieth century. He's an anti-imperialist, friendly with the Communists, and…

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