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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
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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 in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

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Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

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10-20 Dead in Failed Terrorist Prison Break Sunni Arabs Demonstrate Against Election Results in Samarra Prison guards killed between 4 and 16 inmates when some […]

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Kurds Plan To Seize Kirkuk Militarily

Kurds Plan To Seize Kirkuk Militarily

Kurds Plan to Seize Kirkuk Militarily: Knight Ridder Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder reports that the Kurds have seeded 10,000 peshmerga militiamen into the Iraqi […]

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Over 10000 Sunnis Secularists March In

Over 10000 Sunnis Secularists March In

Over 10,000 Sunnis, Secularists March in Baghdad against Election Results; Al-Hakim meets Kurdish Leaders AP reports that in Iraq, over 10,000 mainly Sunni Arab demonstrators […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Myths About Iraq In 2005 Iraq

Top Ten Myths About Iraq In 2005 Iraq

Top Ten Myths about Iraq in 2005 Iraq has unfortunately become a football in the rough and ready, two-party American political arena, generating large numbers […]

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Over 20 Dead 46 Wounded In Guerrilla

Over 20 Dead 46 Wounded In Guerrilla

Over 20 Dead, 46 Wounded in Guerrilla War; Governor of Diyala Wounded in Assassination Attempt Sunnis Threaten Boycott A wave of guerrilla bombings and apparently […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Sunnis Demonstrate Against One

Shiites Sunnis Demonstrate Against One

Shiites, Sunnis, Demonstrate Against one Another over Elections; Five Percent of Ballots Fraudulent: IECI According to Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times, Sunni Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Christians In Peril This

Iraqi Christians In Peril This

Iraqi Christians in Peril this Christmas Because of the poor security, Iraqi Christians had to celebrate midnight mass at sundown instead. Many Christians have fled […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Calls For Government Of

Sistani Calls For Government Of

Sistani Calls for Government of National Unity According to AFP, Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie met Saturday with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and then […]

Juan Cole

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Interlibrary Loan Dhs Story Hoax Story

Interlibrary Loan Dhs Story Hoax Story

Interlibrary Loan/ DHS Story a Hoax The story of the interlibrary loan request for Mao’s Little Red Book that produced an interview by the Department […]

Juan Cole

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