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Deepak Tripathi
Deepak Tripathi is a writer. Before 2000, he spent 23 years with the BBC as a commentator, editor and correspondent. He set up the BBC office in Afghanistan and was the first resident correspondent in Kabul in the early 1990s. Particularly interested in US policy and great power rivalries. His latest books are Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan (Potomac Books, 2010) and Breeding Ground: Afghanistan and the Origins of Islamist Terrorism (also Potomac Books, 2010).
His articles have appeared in international publications such as The Economist and The Daily Telegraph of London and he contributes to ZNet, AlterNet, CounterPunch, George Mason University's History News Network, Online Journal and the Palestine Chronicle.
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A society in which important actors live in denial of each other's interests and legitimacy is a society threatened by the abyss.…
The finger points everywhere. At he who starts the fire, He who pours oil. Who stands quietly by, Who screams violently. …
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CounterPunch, July 30, 2012 The refugee crisis in Syria is worsening In 1995, I had a rare opportunity to spend some time…
On June 23, 2012, I was interviewed live by Chuck Mertz, host of This is Hell! radio show on 89.3FM Chicago. The…