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The Packet — No. 002
State Debris
Documenting strongmen, regimes and the strange machinery of the state for meddlesome foreign observers.
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Coup country, a military junta and Jihadists in the woods
Frontier Bosses and Their Exploits
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Slap Your Face On It
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My connection to the Babatoes
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