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    "The “Chalabi Syndrome” and the Perils of Outsourced Regime Change",
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  "textContent": "Why foreign-backed alternatives risk repeating Iraq’s destabilizing trajectory in Iran.  The term “Chalabi Syndrome” is not a rhetorical invention or a passing political label. It is a warning—about the widening gap between a nation’s internal democratic will and externally engineered political projects. The reference is to the post-2003 experience of Ahmed Chalabi, whose lobbying […]\n\nThe post The “Chalabi Syndrome” and the Perils of Outsourced Regime Change appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "The “Chalabi Syndrome” and the Perils of Outsourced Regime Change"
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