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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Dayan Calls for Assassination of Erdogan via Sinking of his Proposed Aid Ship

Dayan Calls for Assassination of Erdogan via Sinking of his Proposed Aid Ship

The former deputy general Chief of Staff of the Israeli military has called for a proposed aid ship to Gaza from Turkey to be sunk […]

Juan Cole

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One Hour of Video Released by Gaza Aid Worker

One Hour of Video Released by Gaza Aid Worker

A full hour of raw video from the Mavi Marmara Gaza aid ship from before and during the brutal and illegal assault on it in […]

Juan Cole

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Russia: Missiles not Covered by UN Weapons Ban on Iran

Russia: Missiles not Covered by UN Weapons Ban on Iran

After wavering at first, Russian now maintains that the new round of UN Security Council sanctions on Iran do not forestall a sale by Moscow […]

Juan Cole

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Cameron Plans changed by RPG Threat; <br/> Taliban Resurge in Helmand

Cameron Plans changed by RPG Threat;
Taliban Resurge in Helmand

British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to abandon a planned visit to a military base in Helmand, Afghanistan during his trip to that country […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Humanitarian Workers Release Video

Gaza Humanitarian Workers Release Video

Democracy Now! interviews Iara Lee about the video she managed to get past Israeli jamming, from the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara aid ship […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Colbert:  Palestinians Should Go Back where they Came From

Colbert: Palestinians Should Go Back where they Came From

Stephen Colbert, who parodies rightwing t.v. pundits, debates himself on the Israeli assault on the Gaza aid flotilla and tells the Israeli ambassador to the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Video Shows Israeli Commando Executing American

Video Shows Israeli Commando Executing American

Update: Paul Woodward has discovered an earlier video posted to the Web from which the following was apparently culled, via what he calls ‘creative editing.’ […]

Juan Cole

Environment
BP Spills Coffee

BP Spills Coffee

UCB Comedy: BP Spills Coffee:

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Gift to Iran’s Hardliners: <br/> Cole at Tomdispatch

Israel’s Gift to Iran’s Hardliners:
Cole at Tomdispatch

My essay on the anniversary of the protests in Iran and the ways in which Israeli and US Mideast policy has strengthened the hard liners […]

Juan Cole

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