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Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims
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Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of the […]

WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

05/25/2025 By Middle East Monitor

For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

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The End of Bonapartism and the War on Terror

The End of Bonapartism and the War on Terror

NYT columnist Tom Friedman’s column, “9/11 is over,” sounds the death knell for the Neoconservative use of 9/11 and is in particular an attack on […]

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Iraq Preachers Lambaste Senate

Iraq Preachers Lambaste Senate

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases sermons given in Iraq on Friday, both Sunni and Shiite. ‘Round-up of Iraqi Friday Sermons 28 SepIraq […]

Juan Cole

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Saturday roundup

Saturday roundup

At the Global Affairs blog, Philip Cunningham, who teaches at Dosisha University in Japan considers the ways in which W.’s Iraq debacle has weakened the […]

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Iraqi Establishment Rejects US Senate Resolution Al-Maliki: A Disaster for Iraq and the Region

Iraqi Establishment Rejects US Senate Resolution Al-Maliki: A Disaster for Iraq and the Region

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday rejected the US Senate resolution calling for a soft partition of Iraq. Reuters reports: ‘ “They should stand […]

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Senate Partitions Iraq

Senate Partitions Iraq

The US Senate voted for a soft partition of Iraq on Thursday. First they messed up Iraq by authorizing Terrible George to blow it up, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bush-Aznar Transcript: The War Crime of the Century

Bush-Aznar Transcript: The War Crime of the Century

I made two claims about the transcript published by El Pais of Bush’s conversations with Spanish leader Jose Maria Aznar on 22 February, 2003, at […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Birk: Sectarian Numbers in Iraq

Birk: Sectarian Numbers in Iraq

Sectarian Numbers Guest comment by Joshua Birk In his September report to Congress, General Petraeus claimed “the number of ethno-sectarian deaths was down by over […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Transcript Reveals Impeachable Offenses by Bush Re: Iraq War

Transcript Reveals Impeachable Offenses by Bush Re: Iraq War

El Pais published a transcript of the conversation between George W. Bush, Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, and Condoleeza Rice held at Crawford before the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Hundreds Dead and Wounded in Wave of Violence in Iraq Deadliest Bombing in Baghdad since July

Hundreds Dead and Wounded in Wave of Violence in Iraq Deadliest Bombing in Baghdad since July

McClatchy reports that a wave of bombings shook Iraq on Wednesday. In double bombing in the Baghdad market of Baya` left 32 dead and nearly […]

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