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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws For Iraq

Bremer Still Writing Laws for Iraq Walter Pincus of the Washington Post reports that US proconsul in Iraq Paul Bremer has unilaterally issued more laws, […]

Juan Cole

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that […]

Juan Cole

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Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists In East

Coalition Battles Sadrists in East Baghdad, Amara, Basrah The Sadrist movement deliberately attempted to provoke the British on Saturday in Amara and Basra. Their provocative […]

Juan Cole

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Some Senior Officers In Iraq Say Were

Some Senior Officers In Iraq Say Were

Some Senior Officers in Iraq Say: We’re Winning Battles, Losing the War George W. Bush’s elective decision to besiege Fallujah in revenge for the killing […]

Juan Cole

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Nato To Bush You Broke It You Own It

Nato To Bush You Broke It You Own It

NATO to Bush: You Broke it, You Own it Paul Richter of the LA Times reports that NATO has had second thoughts about coming in […]

Juan Cole

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Ongoing Crisis Around Muqtada Al Sadr

Ongoing Crisis Around Muqtada Al Sadr

Ongoing crisis around Muqtada al-Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr taunted US troops who are seeking to arrest or kill him. In his Friday prayers sermon in Kufa. […]

Juan Cole

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Mideastization Of Us Or Rumsfeld Must

Mideastization Of Us Or Rumsfeld Must

The Mideastization of the US, or: Rumsfeld Must Resign The Bush administration keeps talking about bringing democracy to the Middle East, but a key element […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Wolf Blitzers 5 Pm Newshour Cnn

Cole On Wolf Blitzers 5 Pm Newshour Cnn

Cole on Wolf Blitzer’s 5 PM Newshour, CNN If current plans hold, I’ll be a guest on Wolf Blitzer’s show sometime 5-6 pm EST on […]

Juan Cole

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