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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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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 […]

Juan 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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37 Us Troops Dead Other Americans

37 Us Troops Dead Other Americans

37 US Troops Dead, Other Americans Wounded Large numbers of Iraqis Killed, Wounded by Car Bombs at Polling Stations, Party HQs AP reports the worst […]

Juan Cole

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Speech Bush Should Have Given This Is

Speech Bush Should Have Given This Is

The Speech Bush Should have Given This is the speech that I wish President Bush had given in fall, 2002, as he was trying to […]

Juan Cole

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