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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

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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Friedman Wrong About Muslims Again

Friedman Wrong About Muslims Again

Friedman Wrong About Muslims Again And the Amman Statement on Ecumenism Tom Friedman is a Middle East expert who knows a lot about Islam. Why, […]

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Iraq And State Dept

Iraq And State Dept

Iraq and State Dept. Terrorism Watch List Intrepid readers write about the checkered history of the US designation of Iraq as a state sponsor of […]

Juan Cole

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Death Toll In London Climbing Toward

Death Toll In London Climbing Toward

Death Toll in London climbing toward 50 The death toll in the horrible London bombings seems headed toward 50 or higher as some severely wounded […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Comes To London In Iraq Car Bombs

Iraq Comes To London In Iraq Car Bombs

Iraq Comes to London In Iraq, Car Bombs and Attacks Kill 24, Wound Dozens in 24 Hours Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that [Arabic URL] its contacts […]

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Cole At Salon

Cole At Salon

Cole at Salon.com, Beliefnet My article at Salon.com, “The Time of Revenge Has Come, discusses the way Bush’s incompetent crusade in Iraq has made us […]

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Japan In Iraq Reposted By Permission

Japan In Iraq Reposted By Permission

Japan in Iraq Reposted by permission: ‘Shingetsu Newsletter No. 33 July 7, 2005 Japan’s GSDF mission to Samawa has continued to produce a steady drumbeat […]

Juan Cole

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Statement Of Qaeda Al Jihad In Europe

Statement Of Qaeda Al Jihad In Europe

Statement of Qaeda al-Jihad in Europe This is my translation of the statement posted at the al-Qal3ah website claiming credit for the London bombings. – […]

Juan Cole

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Implications Of London Bombing Attack

Implications Of London Bombing Attack

Implications of London Bombing The attack on London is not something it is easy for me to talk about in dry analytical terms. I’ve lived […]

Juan Cole

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16 Killed 39 Wounded In Guerrilla

16 Killed 39 Wounded In Guerrilla

16 Killed, 39 Wounded in Guerrilla Violence Foreign Jihadis Target Shiite Badr Corps Al-Zaman: A statement attributed to Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has announced […]

Juan Cole

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