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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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Arguing with Bush and the GWOT Bush articulated his War on Terror yet again on Thursday. But I think the American public has heard all […]

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21 Killed Around Baghdad Jaafari

21 Killed Around Baghdad Jaafari

21 Killed around Baghdad Jaafari denies Allegations against Iran Guerrilla violence killed 21 persons, including a US soldier, around Baghdad on Thursday. Reuters reports the […]

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Guest Editorial Arato On Iraqi

Guest Editorial Arato On Iraqi

Guest Editorial: Arato on Iraqi Constitution If I Were an Iraqi……. Andrew Arato, New School University ‘ Had I been A French citizen during the […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Editorial Iraq Must Heed Al

Iranian Editorial Iraq Must Heed Al

Iranian Editorial: ‘Iraq must heed Al-Sistani to avoid US “conspiracy”‘ Editorial of Iranian Newspaper Jomhuri-yi Islami, 4 Oct. 05, via BBC World Monitoring for Oct. […]

Juan Cole

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36 Dead Nearly 100 Wounded In Hilla

36 Dead Nearly 100 Wounded In Hilla

36 Dead, Nearly 100 Wounded in Hilla Mosque Attack Cheney: ‘Get Used to It’ A guerrilla detonated his bomb amidst a Shiite mosque in Hilla […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule

Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule

Parliament Reverses Referendum Rule The United Nations has succeeded in convincing the Iraqi parliament to reverse itself. The interim constitution provides that if any three […]

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5 Us Troops Killed In Sweep Of West

5 Us Troops Killed In Sweep Of West

5 US Troops Killed in Sweep of West Sunnis threaten Boycott on new Constitution Five US soldiers have been killed by bombings and a sniper […]

Juan Cole

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Rosh Hashanah And Ramadan I Wont Get

Rosh Hashanah And Ramadan I Wont Get

Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan I won’t get a chance to say this all together again for a while, so L’Shana Tova and Ramadan Mubarak!

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arabs Enraged At Law On 3

Sunni Arabs Enraged At Law On 3

Sunni Arabs Enraged at Law on 3-Province Veto UN Begins Distributing Constitution The Sunni Arabs of Iraq have for some time had a sneaking suspicion […]

Juan Cole

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