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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
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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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Steele On Ahmadinejad Of Arenas Of

Steele On Ahmadinejad Of Arenas Of

Steele on Ahmadinejad: Of Arenas of Time and Intransitive Verbs Jonathan Steele of the Guardian does a good piece about the controversy over Iranian President […]

Juan Cole

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Islamists Experts Speculate On Abu

Islamists Experts Speculate On Abu

Islamists, Experts Speculate on Abu Hamza, new leader of “al-Qaeda in Iraq” Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the new leader of the Salafi Jihadis in Iraq, has […]

Juan Cole

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Maysan Governing Council Members Go On

Maysan Governing Council Members Go On

Maysan Governing Council Members Go on Strike The deteriorating security situation in southern Iraq has been dealt another blow, as provincial governing council members have […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad

Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad

Bush Sneaks In and Out of Baghdad Again 24 Dead in Kirkuk Bombings Iraq’s civil war claimed at least 55 lives on Tuesday. Guerrillas detonated […]

Juan Cole

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Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

Bush To Iraq In Shambles You Create

Bush to an Iraq in Shambles: You Create Your Own National Fund Or, “Let them Eat Cake” An informed observer writes: ‘ THURMONT, Md., June […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam Be Vigilant In Face Of

Fallujah Imam: Be Vigilant in Face of US Conspiracies Sadrist al-Nu`mani: Violence in Iraq Orchestrated by US Shiites Condemn HAMAS The USG Open Source Center […]

Juan Cole

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Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds Of New Security Ministers

Backgrounds of New Security Ministers The USG Open Source Center rounds up information on the new ministers of interior and defence, and of national security. […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim To Tehran Basra

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim To Tehran Basra

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim to Tehran Basra, Federalism, Iran’s Nuclear Program on Agenda Shiite Iraqi clerical leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is multi-tasking, according to al-Zaman [Ar.]/ […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Deliberations Need For Political

Bush Deliberations Need For Political

Bush Deliberations: Need for Political Track in Counter-Insurgency Paul Bremer says he hopes Bush’s cabinet summit will develop an effective military plan for defeating the […]

Juan Cole

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