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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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Guest Editorial Fisher On Perle And

Guest Editorial Fisher On Perle And

Guest Editorial: Fisher on Perle and Iran THE PRINCE OF WONDERLAND By William Fisher Good news! The Prince of Darkness has morphed into The Prince […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Uia And Elections Anthony

Sistani Uia And Elections Anthony

Sistani, the UIA and the Elections Anthony Shadid on Sunday in WaPo captured the edgy reality of life on the ground in Iraq in the […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Editorial Sunni Anxieties And

Guest Editorial Sunni Anxieties And

Guest Editorial: Sunni Anxieties and the Rise of Shiite Power by Shahin M. Cole Sunni Anxieties and the Rise of Shiite Power Shahin M. Cole […]

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Mixed Story Im Just Appalled By

Mixed Story Im Just Appalled By

A Mixed Story I’m just appalled by the cheerleading tone of US news coverage of the so-called elections in Iraq on Sunday. I said on […]

Juan Cole

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Election Update At Little After Noon

Election Update At Little After Noon

Election Update At a little after noon EST, Jane Arraf on CNN is reporting about 30 percent turnout in Baqubah, a mixed Sunni-Shiite city to […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Killed In Election Day

Dozens Killed In Election Day

Dozens Killed in Election Day Guerrilla Campaign Guerrillas launched mortar and suicide bomb attacks at polling stations throughout Iraq on Sunday as thousands of Iraqis […]

Juan Cole

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Zogby 9 Of Sunnis Will Vote Stong

Zogby 9 Of Sunnis Will Vote Stong

Zogby: 9% of Sunnis Will Vote Stong Majority of Iraqis Wants US Out Borzou Daragahi of AP reports an Iraqi poll that shows that the […]

Juan Cole

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15 Iraqis Killed In Attacks Focusing

15 Iraqis Killed In Attacks Focusing

15 Iraqis Killed in Attacks Focusing on Polling Places Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that guerrillas killed 15 Iraqis on Thursday and blew up six polling sites, […]

Juan Cole

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Feith Resigns Under Pressure Of

Feith Resigns Under Pressure Of

Feith Resigns Under Pressure of Investigations Douglas Feith, the number three man at the Pentagon who went there from the pro-Likud Jewish Institute for National […]

Juan Cole

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