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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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139 Killed As Iraqi Public Doubts

139 Killed As Iraqi Public Doubts

139 Killed, as Iraqi Public Doubts Security Plan 16,000 Demonstrate in Karbala AP reports that political violence killed 139 persons in Iraq on Monday and […]

Juan Cole

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Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding

Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding

Wealthy Gulf Shiites Allegedly Funding Iraqi Shiite Militias International arms dealers are supplying enormous amounts of arms to guerrilla groups in Iraq. A Maltese businessman […]

Juan Cole

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Police Massacre At Dour Near Tikrit

Police Massacre At Dour Near Tikrit

Police Massacre at Dour Near Tikrit, 30 Dead Iraqi Government distances Itself from US charges against Iran Sunni Arab guerrillas deployed a truck bomb against […]

Juan Cole

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Jaafari Expresses Regret Over Us

Jaafari Expresses Regret Over Us

Jaafari Expresses Regret over US Capture of Iranian Diplomats At a time when the Bush administration is making wild and unsubstantiated charges against Iran, a […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Nyt Falls For Bogus Iran Weapons

Nyt Falls For Bogus Iran Weapons

NYT Falls for Bogus Iran Weapons Charges Completely Implausible Numbers are Thrown Around Repeat of Judy Miller Scandal This NYT article depends on unnamed USG […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Putin Denounces Unilateral Us Iraq War

Putin Denounces Unilateral Us Iraq War

Putin Denounces Unilateral US Iraq War Jaafari Calls for US Troops to Depart The US military on Saturday announced 3 GIs killed and 4 wounded […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis Us Accidentally

Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis Us Accidentally

Guerrillas Kill 3 GIs US Accidentally Kills 8 Kurdish Policemen Reuters reports on political violence in Iraq on Friday. Three US GIs were announced killed […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Feith In Situation Room Three Lies

Feith In Situation Room Three Lies

Feith in the Situation Room: Three Lies Former No. 3 at the Pentagon under Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith, has been found guilty […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrist Deputy Health Minister Arrested

Sadrist Deputy Health Minister Arrested

Sadrist Deputy Health Minister Arrested Day of Carnage with Over 100 killed. AP reports that the Sadrist deputy Health Minister, Hakim al-Zamili, detained on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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