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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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Uk Police Seek Links Among Bombers

UK Police Seek links among Bombers Reading between the lines of this FT article, I conclude that UK police have not given up on the […]

Juan Cole

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Frist Stance Setback To American

Frist Stance Setback To American

Frist Stance Setback to American Taliban Senator Frist’s flip flop on the stem cell issue may or may not help his rumored presidential bid in […]

Juan Cole

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Constitution Unfinished As Deadline

Constitution Unfinished As Deadline

Constitution Unfinished as Deadline Looms 17 Dead in Violence Saturday Sunni Arab members of the constitution drafting committee are still rejecting language that would make […]

Juan Cole

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London Bombings State Of Play After

London Bombings State Of Play After

London Bombings: State of Play After the dramatic arrests on Friday in London and Rome, it appears that the foot soldiers of the July 21 […]

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate In Baghdad As

Sunnis Demonstrate in Baghdad As Bombings Kill 28, wound 46, with 3 US Soldiers Dead 1 Million Iraqis say “US Out”! Maher al-Thanoon of Reuters […]

Juan Cole

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Nation Forum On Middle East Unintended

Nation Forum On Middle East Unintended

Nation Forum on Middle East “Unintended Consequences: A Forum on Iraq and the Mideast,” in The Nation is now available online. Journalists Helena Cobban and […]

Juan Cole

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Attacks In Baqubah Mansur Train

Attacks In Baqubah Mansur Train

Attacks in Baqubah, Mansur Train, Pipeline bombed Reuters reports on deaths in the guerrilla war on Thursday: In Baqubah and Khan Bani Saad northeast of […]

Juan Cole

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Turks Threaten To Invade Iraq Just

Turks Threaten To Invade Iraq Just

Turks threaten to Invade Iraq Just a reminder how much of a tinderbox Iraq is, and how easily neighboring countries could be drawn into a […]

Juan Cole

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War On Terror Over Bush Administration

War on Terror Over The Bush administration is giving up the phrase “global war on terror.” I take it this is because they have finally […]

Juan Cole

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