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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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Sistani May Call for US Withdrawal Party Coalitions are Finalized The intrepid Hamza Hendawi of AP gets the scoop: Aides around Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]

Juan Cole

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New Word To Libby It Seems To Me That

New Word To Libby It Seems To Me That

New Word: “To libby” It seems to me that we may have the makings of a new lexical entry, what with the indictment and resignation […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Shiite Warfare Breaks Out In

Sunni Shiite Warfare Breaks Out In

Sunni-Shiite Warfare breaks out in Southeast Baghdad Sadr Joins United Shiite Coalition Al-Hayat: Exhibit A in the case for seeing what is going on in […]

Juan Cole

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All Vice Presidents Men My Article On

All Vice Presidents Men My Article On

All the Vice President’s Men My article on the Neoconservatives running Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney’s foreign policy shop is out today in Salon.com. An […]

Juan Cole

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Larry Johnson On Plame Scandal I Think

Larry Johnson On Plame Scandal I Think

Larry Johnson on the Plame Scandal I think this interview by Wolf Blitzer with Larry Johnson on CNN’s Situation Room on Wednesday is extremely important […]

Juan Cole

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Cockburn Misrepresents Cole Alexander

Cockburn Misrepresents Cole Alexander

Cockburn Misrepresents Cole Alexander Cockburn says in his piece in The Nation: ‘Cole says to The Nation Institute’s Tom Engelhardt that for the United States […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Launch Political Campaign

Sunni Arabs Launch Political Campaign

Sunni Arabs Launch Political Campaign to Kick US Out Three small Sunni parties formed a coalition list on Wednesday. The Iraqi Islamic Party, the National […]

Juan Cole

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More On Niger Gate Part One Of Article

More On Niger Gate Part One Of Article

More on Niger-gate Part One of an article in La Repubblica about the Niger uranium forgeries has been translated and made available. Part two has […]

Juan Cole

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Amazing Shrinking Donkey Arianna

Amazing Shrinking Donkey Arianna

The Amazing Shrinking Donkey Arianna Huffington nails it: the Democratic leadership is continuing to make a big mistake on the Iraq issue by refusing to […]

Juan Cole

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