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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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Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007

Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007

10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. In a recent ABC News/ Washington Post […]

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Iraq
Two Bombings Kill 36 in N. Iraq Iraq Threatens S. Korea on Oil Exports

Two Bombings Kill 36 in N. Iraq Iraq Threatens S. Korea on Oil Exports

Guerrillas in the oil refinery town of Bayji killed at least 26 persons and wounded 80 others with a suicide truck bombing. In Diyala province […]

Juan Cole

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Christmas in Iraq

Christmas in Iraq

There was no midnight mass among Christians in Iraq again this year. Too dangerous. And of the estimated 800,000 Christians in the country in 2002, […]

Juan Cole

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Barzani Slams Turks

Barzani Slams Turks

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Monday lashed out at Turkey for its air strikes on Iraq. Turkey says it hit terror bases. Bush strongly […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Bombs again; Demo Planned against new Babil Governor

Turkey Bombs again; Demo Planned against new Babil Governor

Turkey bombed northern Iraq again on Sunday, in an apparent attack on suspected bases of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group. Early reports were […]

Juan Cole

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Zogby: Huckabee, Obama Surge

Zogby: Huckabee, Obama Surge

Zogby has just released a national new poll that shows that the proportion of voters who are undecided on both sides of the aisle has […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Bombs Iraq Again; Massive Bombing in Pakistan

Turkey Bombs Iraq Again; Massive Bombing in Pakistan

Turkey bombed the Amadiya area of northern Iraq on Saturday. Ankara said that it was targeting bases of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla organization. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Hakim Seeks Constraints on Awakening Councils

Al-Hakim Seeks Constraints on Awakening Councils

The USG Open Cource Center translates portions of the Friday Prayer sermon of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Clinton: Troops Perhaps out in a Year; Al-Hakim Slams Awakening Councils; Rice Bunkers Down

Clinton: Troops Perhaps out in a Year; Al-Hakim Slams Awakening Councils; Rice Bunkers Down

Reuters says that Iraq made a comeback as a campaign issue on Wednesday through Friday of this week. On Wednesday, Senator Hillary Clinton told a […]

Juan Cole

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