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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
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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

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Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies

Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies

Basra Police Chief Dismissed 8 Bodies found in Najaf The political violence in Iraq continues apace. 11 bodies were found dead in Najaf. One of […]

Juan Cole

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Recommended Blog Take Look At All Of

Recommended Blog Take Look At All Of

Recommended Blog Take a look at All of this . . . and Nothing.

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4 Marines Die Fadila Withdraws From

4 Marines Die Fadila Withdraws From

4 Marines Die Fadila Withdraws from Government Friday’s guerrilla violence was relatively muted, though there were bombings and killings. The most serious incident was a […]

Juan Cole

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3 Gis Killed Government Postponed

3 Gis Killed Government Postponed

3 GIs Killed Government Postponed Guerrillas set off bombs to kill 3 GIs in Hilla on Thursday. At least 15 Iraqis were also killed (-al-Sharq […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Founding Fathers Were Just

Bush Founding Fathers Were Just

Bush: Founding Fathers were Just Kidding About Fourth Amendment .President Bush apparently thinks that the fourth amendment of the US Constitution (i.e. the US Constitution) […]

Juan Cole

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19 Dead In Violence Walkout In

19 Dead In Violence Walkout In

19 Dead in Violence Walkout in Parliament over Shiite Ringtone The Iraqi civil war took at least 19 lives on Wednesday, including especially in the […]

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Cole In Salon

Cole In Salon

Cole in Salon.com My article, “Saving Iraq: Mission Impossible,” is out in Salon.com. Excerpt: ‘ Hopes for a breakthrough hinge on the assumption that al-Maliki […]

Juan Cole

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Europeans Offer Iran Deal Iranians Say

Europeans Offer Iran Deal Iranians Say

Europeans offer Iran Deal Iranians say Program Peaceful Over Bush’s initial objections, the Europeans are going to try offering Iran further incentives to abandon its […]

Juan Cole

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Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20 Wounds 70

Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20 Wounds 70

Tal Afar Bombing Kills 20, Wounds 70 Did Coalition Ship 200,000 Guns to Guerrillas? Guerrillas killed 11 persons on a busnear Baqubah Wednesday morning. At […]

Juan Cole

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