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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

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Civil War What Civil War Cole In Salon

Civil War? What Civil War? Cole in Salon Readers have repeatedly asked me for a criterion by which we might fairly objectively decide if Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite

At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite

At Least 35 Killed Lebanon Shiite Leaders Criticize American Meeting Roadside bombs targetting police in Baghdad and Iskandariyah killed five and wounded a dozen on […]

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Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas

Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas

Daring Jailbreak Suggests Guerrillas’ Power Sistani, Senators press Jaafari on new Government Up to 200 Iraqi guerrillas in the Sunni Arab city of Miqdadiyah north […]

Juan Cole

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39 Killed Sunni Arabs Demand War

39 Killed Sunni Arabs Demand War

39 Killed Sunni Arabs demand War Reparations from US At least 39 Iraqis were killed in guerrilla violence on Monday, the third anniversary of the […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Catastrophes Of Third Year Of

Top Ten Catastrophes of the Third Year of American Iraq The American war against Iraq began on March 20, 2003, so today is the third […]

Juan Cole

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Allawi This Is Civil War 35 Killed In

Allawi This Is Civil War 35 Killed In

Allawi: This is Civil War 35 Killed in Sectarian Violence Iyad Allawi, the former interim prime minister of Iraq, said Sunday that Iraq is in […]

Juan Cole

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Bushs Greater Middle East

Bush’s Greater Middle East

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Reject Us Iran Talks Propose

Sunnis Reject Us Iran Talks Propose

Sunnis Reject US-Iran Talks Propose Oversight of Prime Minister Small protests were held by peace activists throughout the US and the world on Saturday. Some […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani On Homosexuality Andrew

Sistani on Homosexuality [Andrew Sullivan has linked to this post, but makes three errors in as many sentences. 1) This is not a defense of […]

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