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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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Engelhardt: The World According to Tomdispatch

Engelhardt: The World According to Tomdispatch

The following excerpt is mirrored from Tomdispatch.com in celebration of the publication of Engelhardt’s latest edited book, The World According to TomDispatch: America in the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Seeking 58 Bases; Khamenei Tells al-Maliki not to sign Security Pact

US Seeking 58 Bases; Khamenei Tells al-Maliki not to sign Security Pact

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Monday with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Farsnews writing in Persian, Khamenei told al-Maliki that the […]

Juan Cole

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Moyers, O'Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"

Moyers, O’Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"

Fox Producer Porter Barry ambushes Bill Moyers at National Conference for Media Reform 2008, insisting that the NCMR is a partisan organization (it is not) […]

Juan Cole

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Napoleon’s Egypt in Paperback

Napoleon’s Egypt in Paperback

Some readers asked me to let them know when my recent book, Napoleon’s Egypt, was out in paperback. Well it is out and can be […]

Juan Cole

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Moyers on the Crisis of US Media

Moyers on the Crisis of US Media

Bill Moyers addresses the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008: via Freepress.net See also 2012: the End of the Internet:

Juan Cole

Iraq
2 GIs Killed, 18 Wounded; Al-Maliki Tries to Reassure Tehran; Mudarrisi Denounces Security Accord

2 GIs Killed, 18 Wounded; Al-Maliki Tries to Reassure Tehran; Mudarrisi Denounces Security Accord

The guerrilla movement in Iraq struck with three strategic attacks and several lesser ones on Sunday. A suicide bomber targeted US troops at a patrol […]

Juan Cole

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The Real Question is, Would a President McCain be good for Women?

The Real Question is, Would a President McCain be good for Women?

A spate of newspaper articles has appeared profiling women activists who are furious that their candidate was defeated and who feel Senator Clinton was disrespected […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iran Alleges US Bribing Iraq MPs on SOFA

Iran Alleges US Bribing Iraq MPs on SOFA

The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian radio broadcast that alleges the US is trying to bribe members of the Iraqi parliament to pass […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
OSC: Iraqi Government Defends Negotiators in SOFA Talks

OSC: Iraqi Government Defends Negotiators in SOFA Talks

The USG Open Source Center reports on the efforts of the ruling United Iraqi Alliance (Shiite fundamentalist parties backing Nuri al-Maliki; OSC calls it United […]

Juan Cole

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