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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel Invades Gaza Hits Bridges

Israel Invades Gaza Hits Bridges

Israel invades Gaza, Hits Bridges, Electricity The Israeli military destroyed 3 bridges that connect Gaza, and knocked out electricity along the coast, as troops made […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Mosque Burned Guerrillas Likely

Sunni Mosque Burned Guerrillas Likely

Sunni Mosque Burned Guerrillas (likely Shiite militiamen) use mortar fire to destroy a Sunni mosque and burn down 20 shops in Shahraban near Baquba, northeast […]

Juan Cole

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Personal Investment As Commitment Ap

Personal Investment As Commitment Ap

Personal Investment as Commitment AP says that a “safer Iraq” is needed for US investment. D’oh. But this article reminds me of all the politicians […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Ambassador Calls On Palestinians

Saudi Ambassador Calls On Palestinians

Saudi Ambassador Calls on Palestinians to Use Gandhian Tactics Saudi Elected Parliament within the Decade? I heard the Saudi ambassador to the US, Prince Turki […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Effect My Article On Aftermath

Zarqawi Effect My Article On Aftermath

The Zarqawi Effect My article on the aftermath of the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Muslim world is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ […]

Juan Cole

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Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead Over

Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead Over

Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead over 100 Wounded 130,000 Displaced in Past 4 Months Bombings and other civil war violence took the lives of […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Petroleum Exports Up 25 Killed

Iraqi Petroleum Exports Up 25 Killed

Iraqi Petroleum Exports up 25 killed in Civil War Violence Borzou Daragahi of the LA Times reports severe doubts about PM Maliki’s reconciliation plan in […]

Juan Cole

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23 Killed In Renewed

23 Killed In Renewed

23 Killed in Renewed ViolenceReconciliation Plan to be Unveiled US troops had briefly arrested, then released, Shaikh Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabaan. He is the chief […]

Juan Cole

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Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women Usg

Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women Usg

Militias Oppressing Iraqi Women The USG Open Source Center translates an article about the oppression of women in the new Iraq. Woman’s Rights Observatory on […]

Juan Cole

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