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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise
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Genetic Study shows “Phoenicians,” like all “Nations” were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going […]

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

The Madeleine ship: A Message of Solidarity with Gaza and resolve to break the Blockade

06/01/2025 By Juan Cole

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

Cheers And Jeers As Cannes-Winning Director Jafar Panahi Returns To Iran

06/01/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Mosque Attack Wounds 4 Us Raids

Mosque Attack Wounds 4 Us Raids

Mosque Attack Wounds 4 US Raids against al-Dhari, Muqtada Sibernews reports, ‘A car bomb has exploded close to a Shia mosque in eastern Baghdad as […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi And Scarlet Pimpernel Westley

Zarqawi And Scarlet Pimpernel Westley

Zarqawi and the Scarlet Pimpernel WESTLEY: ‘ Well, Roberts had grown so rich, he wanted to retire. So he took me to his cabin and […]

Juan Cole

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6 Us Servicemen Killed At Ramadi 10

6 Us Servicemen Killed At Ramadi 10

6 US Servicemen Killed at Ramadi 10 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded Guerrillas near Ramadi detonated a roadside bomb on Wednesday as a Marine convoy went […]

Juan Cole

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Shiites Compromise With Sunnis Over

Shiites Compromise With Sunnis Over

Shiites Compromise with Sunnis over Constitution Drafting Committee al-Sharq al-Awsat and AFP Jawad Maliki, the deputy leader of the Da`wa Party led by Iraqi Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Friedman And Imaginary Troops Tom

Friedman And Imaginary Troops Tom

Friedman and Imaginary Troops Tom Friedman, writing in the New York Times, makes several policy decisions with regard to Iraq. The first is to stay […]

Juan Cole

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48 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Suicide

48 Dead In Guerrilla Violence Suicide

48 Dead in Guerrilla Violence Suicide Bombing in Khalis Targets Iraqi Troops Knight Ridder reports that a suicide bomber in an Iraqi army uniform detonated […]

Juan Cole

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Apartheid For Arabs In Irbil Iranian

Apartheid For Arabs In Irbil Iranian

Apartheid for Arabs in Irbil? Iranian Kurds Riot An eyewitness has described for me by email driving through the north of Kurdistan and seeing enormous […]

Juan Cole

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Gitmo By Sea 5 Star Holidays For

Gitmo By Sea 5 Star Holidays For

Gitmo-by-the-Sea: 5-Star Holidays for Oppressed Christians: Fisher Guest Satire by William Fisher “Oppressed Christians: Looking for a five-star holiday? Have we got a deal for […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 29 Iraqis Tuesday

Guerrillas Kill 29 Iraqis Tuesday

Guerrillas Kill 29 Iraqis Tuesday, Wound over 100 in North 3 US Servicemen Dead Kurds Abducting Arabs, Turkmen in Kirkuk The Associated Press reports “And […]

Juan Cole

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