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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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Iranians Demand British Withdrawal

Iranians Demand British Withdrawal from Basra Bombs in Baghdad and Yusufiyah; reprisal killings in Baghdad; and major pipeline sabotage targeting fuel supplies to the capital. […]

Juan Cole

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Further Abu Ghraib Photos Us

Further Abu Ghraib Photos Us

Further Abu Ghraib Photos US Constitution RIP Salon.com has gotten hold of a complete set of images of torture from Abu Ghraib. This is the […]

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Iraq Seethes Over Abu Ghraib 11 Dead

Iraq Seethes Over Abu Ghraib 11 Dead

Iraq Seethes over Abu Ghraib 11 Dead, 30 Wounded in guerrilla Violence Three major bombings in Baghdad and shootings there and elsewhere killed 11 persons […]

Juan Cole

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New Abu Ghuraib Photos Published Bombs

New Abu Ghuraib Photos Published Bombs

New Abu Ghuraib Photos Published Bombs in Baghdad A series of bombings killed at least 8 persons and wounded over a dozen in Baghdad on […]

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Sunni Guerrilla Movement Consolidating

Sunni Guerrilla Movement Consolidating

Sunni Guerrilla Movement Consolidating, Implacable: ICG The International Crisi Group has released a study of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement in Iraq, using internet posting, […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways Iraq Is Like Harry

Top Ten Ways Iraq Is Like Harry

Top Ten Ways Iraq is like Harry Whittington 1. Cheney attacked secular Iraq, mistaking it for an ally of Usamah Bin Laden. Cheney attacked Harry […]

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Basra Province Boycotts British

Basra Province Boycotts British

Basra Province Boycotts British, demands Danish Withdrawal Thousands of Islamist Kurds demonstrate against Caricatures Guerrillas at Balad, a largely Shiite town north of Baghdad, killed […]

Juan Cole

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Plame Wilson Had Worked On Iran Anti

Plame Wilson Had Worked On Iran Anti

Plame Wilson Had worked on Iran Anti-Proliferation Valerie Plame Wilson and her team at the CIA were working on Iran counter-prolifetation efforts, according to Larisa […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrilla Violence Kills 26 Wounds 47

Guerrilla Violence Kills 26 Wounds 47

Guerrilla Violence Kills 26, Wounds 47 Negotiations on New Government Begin A suicide bomber detonated his belt at a line of persons in Shiite East […]

Juan Cole

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