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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting In Ramadi Anbar Mourns

Heavy Fighting in Ramadi Anbar Mourns Zarqawi Al-Zaman reports that heavy street fighting broke out on Friday in downtown Ramadi between US forces and guerrillas. […]

Juan Cole

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Key Positions Filled Guerrilla

Key Positions Filled Guerrilla

Key positions Filled Guerrilla Movements Pledge to Fight on Iraq has filled the key positions of minister of defense, minister of interior, and minister of […]

Juan Cole

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Yale Affair I Am Not Going To Talk

Yale Affair I Am Not Going To Talk

Yale Affair I am not going to talk about the Yale affair per se. But I did want to clear up some misimpressions I’ve seen […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Killed In Baquba Prime

Zarqawi Killed In Baquba Prime

Zarqawi Killed in Baquba Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday morning that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, along with 7 aides, in a US […]

Juan Cole

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Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27

Maliki Names Security Officials 27 dead in Civil War Violence Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broke a nearly 6-month deadlock on fully forming a new government […]

Juan Cole

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Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview With Iraqi Speaker Of House

Interview with Iraqi Speaker of the House The USG Open Source Center translates an important interview with Iraq’s Sunni Arab speaker of the parliament. ‘Speaker […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War Leaves 22 Dead Iraqi

Iraqi Civil War leaves 22 Dead Iraqi Islamic Party Charges US with Massacres In the continuing Iraqi Horror Picture Show, police found 9 heads along […]

Juan Cole

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50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently Ams Pulls Out

50 Kidnapped Violently AMS Pulls out of Reconciliation Conference Megan Stack* poignantly describes the scene where 50 Iraqis were brazenly kidnapped by men in camouflage […]

Juan Cole

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Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist And Jihadist As Iraq

Islamist and Jihadist as Iraq Education Minister In his memoirs, US Civil Administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, expressed delight that when his appointed Interim Governing […]

Juan Cole

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