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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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The Scam of Energy Independence

The Scam of Energy Independence

John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Abdul-Ahad on Iraq's Killing Fields

Abdul-Ahad on Iraq’s Killing Fields

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad of the Guardian on Iraq’s killing fields:

Juan Cole

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Iraq Withdrawal Time Horizon= 2011?

Iraq Withdrawal Time Horizon= 2011?

Worldmeets.us translated an article today from the Iraqi newspaper al-Sabah saying that there has been a breakthrough in the negotiations between the al-Maliki government and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Was Abu Nidal Forgery Aimed at Refuting Joe Wilson?

Was Abu Nidal Forgery Aimed at Refuting Joe Wilson?

The LA Times summarizes the case made by journalist Ron Suskind that the Bush administration orchestrated the forging of a document by Iraqi defector and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells

Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells

The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush Suppressed Evidence Iraq Had no WMD

Bush Suppressed Evidence Iraq Had no WMD

For critics of Ron Suskind’s revelations that Bush and Cheney suppressed evidence that Iraq had no WMD, check out the below: Tyler Drumheller from a […]

Juan Cole

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John H. Brown on Bushian Propaganda

John H. Brown on Bushian Propaganda

John H. Brown, who resigned in protest from the State Department in March of 2003, on the difference between public diplomacy and propaganda with regard […]

Juan Cole

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Swat Violence termed 'Near Civil War'; Obama Slammed in Pakistan

Swat Violence termed ‘Near Civil War’; Obama Slammed in Pakistan

The Pakistani Army, in fierce fighting with tribal forces organized by the Tehrik-i Taliban, claims to have killed some 90 of the enemy in the […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Pressured FBI to Blame al-Qaeda for Anthrax; McCain fingered Iraq on Letterman; Can’t we Change the Name of Washington National Airport?

Bush Pressured FBI to Blame al-Qaeda for Anthrax; McCain fingered Iraq on Letterman; Can’t we Change the Name of Washington National Airport?

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned with regard to the attempt to implicate Iraq in the anthrax scare in fall of 2001 is the reason […]

Juan Cole

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