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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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Polk American Options In Iraq American

Polk: American Options in Iraq American Options in Iraq Guest Editorial By William R. Polk Official inquiries have verified what independent observers have long said: […]

Juan Cole

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Volcanic Weekend Leaves 30 Dead 60

Volcanic Weekend Leaves 30 Dead 60

Volcanic Weekend Leaves 30 Dead, 60 wounded 14 US Troops Among Wounded An explosion of violence on Saturday and early Sunday left 30 dead and […]

Juan Cole

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Gang Fight In Karbala Over Elections

Gang Fight In Karbala Over Elections

Gang Fight in Karbala over Elections Al-Karbala’i: Voter Registration Cards Fall Short Al-Hayat: The first victim of the electoral campaign in Iraq fell on Saturday […]

Juan Cole

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More On Massad Case There Is Now

More On Massad Case There Is Now

More on Massad Case There is now another petition site for Professor Joseph Massad of Columbia University. Darryl Li of Harvard sends in the following: […]

Juan Cole

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24 Dead In Samarra Guerrillas In

24 Dead In Samarra Guerrillas In

24 Dead in Samarra Guerrillas in Samarra detonated three car bombs on Friday, killing some 24 persons and wounding dozens. The guerrillas targeted national guards’ […]

Juan Cole

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Annan Condemns Us Assault On Fallujah

Annan Condemns Us Assault On Fallujah

Annan Condemns US Assault on Fallujah It seems to me that Kofi Annan’s letter attempting to forestall a US levelling of Fallujah puts the Allawi […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qubanji Give Us Indepencence Afp

Al Qubanji Give Us Indepencence Afp

Al-Qubanji: Give us Indepencence AFP/ Ash-Sharq al-Awsat: Sadr al-Din al-Qubanji, a Friday prayers leader in Najaf, called on Persident George W. Bush on Friday to […]

Juan Cole

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Levine Guest Editorial Were All

Levine Guest Editorial Were All

Levine Guest Editorial: “We’re all Israelis Now.” We’re all Israelis Now By Mark LeVine, History, University of California, Irvine Author of Why they Don’t Hate […]

Juan Cole

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Meet Bubba Readers Argued With Me

Meet Bubba Readers Argued With Me

Meet Bubba Readers argued with me about this during the Democratic primary, but I maintained then that I thought it would be very difficult for […]

Juan Cole

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