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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
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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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El Mundo: New Governor of Badghis Controversial

El Mundo: New Governor of Badghis Controversial

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo profiling Delbar Jan Arman, a former member of the Hizb-i Islami […]

Juan Cole

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Fadl Rebellion against Government is Put Down

Fadl Rebellion against Government is Put Down

It seems fairly clear from McClatchy’s account that the slummy Sunni Arab district of al-Fadl in Baghdad went into rebellion against the government of Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Two Major Attacks on Pakistani Police; Obama Focuses on Al-Qaeda

Two Major Attacks on Pakistani Police; Obama Focuses on Al-Qaeda

Ten gunmen attacked a police training facility near Lahore on Sunday, killing 20 and wounding 150. They deployed 11 bombs and machine gun fire. Two […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: Obama’s Domino Theory

Cole in Salon: Obama’s Domino Theory

My column in Salon.com is out, “Obama’s domino theory,” in which I worry that “The president sounds like he’s channeling Cheney or McCain — or […]

Juan Cole

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Cole interview at Washington Note

Cole interview at Washington Note

Video of my conversation with Steve Clemons about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, is up at the Washington Note website. Clemons is a […]

Juan Cole

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Jang on Baluchistan’s Sense of Deprivation

Jang on Baluchistan’s Sense of Deprivation

The USG Open Source Center translates an editorial on Baluchistan from the Urdu newspaper “Jang.” There is now talk that the Obama administration will extend […]

Juan Cole

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Gun Battle with Sunni Arabs in Downtown Baghdad

Gun Battle with Sunni Arabs in Downtown Baghdad

The Shiite government of Iraq arrests Adil Mashhadani, an Awakening Council or Sons of Iraq leader who had turned against the radical Salafi fundamentalists and […]

Juan Cole

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World Reactions to Obama Plan for Afghanistan

World Reactions to Obama Plan for Afghanistan

NATO and Afghan troops raided a bomb-making cell of insurgents in the southern Pushtun province of Helmand, killing 19 guerrillas, it was announced on Saturday. […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Cheragh: Obama Plan for Afghanistan Flawed

OSC: Cheragh: Obama Plan for Afghanistan Flawed

The USG Open Source Center translates an Afghan editorial criticizing elements of President Obama’s new plan for Afghanistan. It displays the gravest doubts that he […]

Juan Cole

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