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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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Us Military Strikes Embarrass Al Maliki

Us Military Strikes Embarrass Al Maliki

US Military Strikes Embarrass al-Maliki While he is in Tehran The US military took advantage of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s absence from the country to […]

Juan Cole

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Beeman To Nyt Hyping Iran Threat In

Beeman To Nyt Hyping Iran Threat In

Beeman to NYT: Hyping Iran Threat in Times of Diplomacy William O. Beeman of the University of Minnesota shared with IC this letter to the […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistani Editor Tancredo Has Expressed

Pakistani Editor Tancredo Has Expressed

Pakistani Editor: ‘Tancredo has Expressed his Evil, inner Self’ At IC Global Affairs, the editors of major Pakistani newspapers reply to Tom Tancredo and Barack […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al Maliki Declines Turkish Treaty On

Al Maliki Declines Turkish Treaty On

Al-Maliki Declines Turkish Treaty on Terrorism Kurdistan Passes Oil Law Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appears to have been ambushed by Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Vs Zombies

Bush Vs Zombies

Bush v. Zombies A satire on Bush administration fear-mongering. courtesy YouTube.

Juan Cole

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Usa Terrorism Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Usa Terrorism Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

US Deployment of Mass Terror: Hiroshima Not a shining moment. From YouTube.

Juan Cole

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Farhi On Afghanistan Iraq And Bush

Farhi On Afghanistan Iraq And Bush

Farhi on Afghanistan, Iraq and the Bush Administration’s Incoherent Iran Policy At our Global Affairs group blog, Farideh Farhi explains “Afghanistan, Iraq and the Bush […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Surge Of Phony Spin On Iraq Cole In

Surge Of Phony Spin On Iraq Cole In

A Surge of Phony Spin on Iraq: Cole in Salon My column is out in Salon.com Tuesday: A surge of phony spin on Iraq Bush’s […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Napoleons Egypt And Page 99 Test

Napoleons Egypt And Page 99 Test

Napoleon’s Egypt and the Page 99 Test Marshal Zeringue’s Page 99 Test highlights my new book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East. This book blog […]

Juan Cole

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