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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

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Iraq Round Up For Saturday Eric Blacks

Iraq Round Up For Saturday Eric Blacks

Iraq Round-Up for Saturday Eric Black’s interview with me about the upcoming Iraq elections is at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Clerics are using the mosque […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Achcar On Sadr

Guest Editorial Achcar On Sadr

Guest Editorial: Achcar on Sadr Initiative “A PAN-IRAQI PACT ON MUQTADA AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE Gilbert Achcar December 9, 2005 As part of his effort to influence […]

Juan Cole

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43 Killed 70 Wounded By Bus Bomber And

43 Killed 70 Wounded By Bus Bomber And

43 Killed, 70 Wounded by Bus Bomber And Rumsfeld’s False Analogy A suicide bomber jumped on a bus in Baghdad just as it was about […]

Juan Cole

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Talabani To Meet With Resistance

Talabani To Meet With Resistance

Talabani to Meet with Resistance Leaders; Shiite Coalition in Friction Al-Hayat: President Jalal Talabani [Ar. ULR] is preparing a meeting in Sulaimaniyah to be attended […]

Juan Cole

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Cole And Franken Al Franken Is In Ann

Cole And Franken Al Franken Is In Ann

Cole and Franken Al Franken is in Ann Arbor and I’ll be on with him today, in the studio at 1-2 pm EST. It should […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Praises Mosul Najaf Unrest In

Bush Praises Mosul Najaf Unrest In

Bush praises Mosul, Najaf Unrest in Kurdistan President Bush in his speech on Thursday maintained that it was a good thing that about half of […]

Juan Cole

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Election Violence In Egypt Kills 8

Election Violence In Egypt Kills 8

Election Violence in Egypt Kills 8 Afghanistan Bombing kills 2 Election violence claimed at least 8 lives in Egypt on Wednesday, and wounded dozens. The […]

Juan Cole

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Dean V

Dean V

Dean v. Bush: “Winning” in Iraq Or Winning Smart? Speaking in San Antonio on Monday, Democratic National Committee head Howard Dean said that the US […]

Juan Cole

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36 Dead 72 Wounded In Attack On Police

36 Dead 72 Wounded In Attack On Police

36 Dead, 72 Wounded in Attack on Police Academy Two suicide bombers, alleged to be brothers, attacked a police academy in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, […]

Juan Cole

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