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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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Cheney will Ask Mubarak for Egyptian Troops for Iraq: al-Zaman Will Cairo counter Tehran? Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney will meet Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak […]

Juan Cole

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Only 1 Of Dec

Only 1 Of Dec

Only 1% of Dec. 15 Votes Thrown Out by Commission Iraq Results Unchanged by Investigation The rash of helicopter downings, with another Apache shot out […]

Juan Cole

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10 Things Martin Luther King Would

10 Things Martin Luther King Would

10 Things Martin Luther King Would have Done about Iraq Every year we honor Martin, and we hear again his stirring speech, “I have a […]

Juan Cole

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5000 Protest In Karachi That Was Worse

5000 Protest In Karachi That Was Worse

5,000 Protest in Karachi “That was worse than a crime; it was a mistake.” –Talleyrand on Napoleon’s execution of the Duc D’Enghien Dawn reports that […]

Juan Cole

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Wave Of Attacks On Police Iraq Model

Wave Of Attacks On Police Iraq Model

Wave of Attacks on Police Iraq the Model: Guerrillas shot or blew up Iraqi policemen and soldiers all over the country on Sunday. At least […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqs Economic Doldrums With Reference

Iraqs Economic Doldrums With Reference

Iraq’s Economic Doldrums With reference to my comment on Sunday about Iraq’s economy being a mess, and my link to a Guardian article on the […]

Juan Cole

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Arab League Troops For Iraq Al Hakim

Arab League Troops For Iraq Al Hakim

Arab League Troops for Iraq? Al-Hakim Rejects Tyranny of the Minority Rumors are flying in Cairo that the US is asking Arab countries to send […]

Juan Cole

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Strike In Pakistan Fails Pakistan

Strike In Pakistan Fails Pakistan

Strike in Pakistan Fails Pakistan Demands Apology Ooops. The bombing of a village in northern Paksitan, apparently done in hopes of killing al-Qaeda #2 Ayman […]

Juan Cole

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Us Helicopter Shot Down Sunni Arabs

Us Helicopter Shot Down Sunni Arabs

US Helicopter Shot Down Sunni Arabs Cannot Block Formation of Government Guerrillas north of Mosul engaged Iraqi police in a firefight. When a US helicopter […]

Juan Cole

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