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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons

The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Eid al-Fitr Sermon, in which he categorically rejects the idea of Iran ever developing, possessing […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"

Iranian authorities maintained that they counted the ballots of a nationwide election in June in only about 10 hours and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad immediately claimed victory, […]

Juan Cole

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Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program

Newsweek is reporting that the US intelligence community continues to assess that Iran is not working on getting a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’

Note: Revised 9/21/09 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a sermon on Friday for “Jerusalem Day” that is full of the most vile crackpot anti-Semitism that can […]

Juan Cole

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Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80

A suicide bomber used a huge truck bomb to blow up the market in the Shiite village of Ustarzai, Kohat District, killing 33 and wounding […]

Juan Cole

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6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded

Guerrillas attacked an Italian convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 6 Italian troops and 10 Afghan civilians, and wounding over 50 others. Italian PM Silvio […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea

President Barack Obama has scrapped an expensive ($56 bn so far) and probably useless “missile shield” program in the Czech Republic and Poland to which […]

Juan Cole

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Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would wait for a while before deciding whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. The administration is […]

Juan Cole

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Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

Goldstone Report Finds Israeli Military Guilty of War Crimes in Gaza

The Independent reports that a United Nations fact-finding inquiry has found that Israel committed war crimes during its attack on Gaza last winter, as did […]

Juan Cole

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