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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Lawrence Wright’s Play “My Trip to Al-Qaeda” Don’t Miss the Special Engagement of Pulitzer Prize-Winner Lawrence Wright’s My Trip To Al-Qaeda ——————————————————————————– May 10, 2007 […]

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Abdullah Ii To Cheney Israeli

Abdullah II to Cheney: Israeli-Palestinian Problem Linked to Iraq 5 US GIs Killed Massive Manhunt for 3 Captured GIs Sunni Arab guerrillas killed 5 US […]

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Cole On Laffaire Wolfowitz My Column

Cole On Laffaire Wolfowitz My Column

Cole on L’Affaire Wolfowitz My column, “Wolfowitz’s Fatal Flaw,” is available at Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ The small morality play unfolding at the World Bank tells […]

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Iraq
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137 Killed By Guerrillas Us To Talk To

137 Killed by Guerrillas US to Talk to Iran In a tidal wave of violence, 137 persons were killed or found dead in Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
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Sunni Arab Guerrillas Attacked Small Us

Cheney in Saudi Arabia 5 US Troops Killed, 3 Missing Iraqi Parliament Decries Walls Cheney is trying to convince King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia not […]

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Iraq
Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies on Cheney’s Middle East Trip The USG Open Source Center paraphrases reports in the Jordanian press on US Vice President Dick Cheney’s current […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
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Sciri Adopts Sistani Emphasizes

SCIRI Adopts Sistani, emphasizes Iraqiness Bombings kill 26, wound 60 The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq held its annual party convention on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest over Detention of Haleh Esfandiari The Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association helped craft MESA’s letter protesting the detention by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
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Congress Passes Short Lease Bill For

Congress Passes Short-Leash Bill for Bush 9 Iraqi captives executed Congress passed an appropriations bill that only funded the Iraq War for about three months […]

Juan Cole

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