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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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6 Us Troops Deaths Announced 4 Police

6 Us Troops Deaths Announced 4 Police

6 US Troops’ Deaths Announced; 4 Police Killed ash-Sharq al-Awsat/AFP: The US military authorities announced Monday that guerrillas had killed 6 US troops in the […]

Juan Cole

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Shiite Leaders Negotiate With Muqtada

Shiite Leaders Negotiate With Muqtada

Shiite Leaders Negotiate with Muqtada The London daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that attempts to mediate between radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr and the US are […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance If

Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance If

Sistani Threatens Shiite Resistance if US Invades Najaf The Iranian newspaper Baztab is reporting that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has sent a strongly-worded message to […]

Juan Cole

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More What Went Wrong Carol Giacomo

More What Went Wrong Carol Giacomo

More ‘What went Wrong?’ Carol Giacomo quotes an array of policy experts on the problem with the current US strategy in Iraq: ‘ What’s really […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Fresh Air Ive Long Been Fan Of

Cole On Fresh Air Ive Long Been Fan Of

Cole on Fresh Air I’ve long been a fan of Terry Gross’s NPR show, “Fresh Air.” So am happy to report that I am interviewed […]

Juan Cole

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Us Turns To Negotiations With

Us Turns To Negotiations With

US Turns to Negotiations with Insurgents As Riccardi points out, the Bush Administration has abruptly ceased its cowboy rhetoric and says it is willing to […]

Juan Cole

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Pentagon Announces Death Of 17 Us

Pentagon Announces Death Of 17 Us

Pentagon Announces Death of 17 US Troops in Iraq; 5 Killed Sunday Nicholas Riccardi of the LA Times (reg. req.) reports that Iraqi guerrillas killed […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Aid Denies Seeking Asylum In

Muqtada Aid Denies Seeking Asylum In

Muqtada Aid Denies Seeking Asylum in Iran; Demands release of Hostages The LA Times reported that on Sunday, a spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr said, “There […]

Juan Cole

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Did Badran Resign Because Alawi Is Out

Did Badran Resign Because Alawi Is Out

Did Badran Resign because Alawi is Out as PM? Or in? al-Hayat: Sources close to the Interim Governing Council say that the resignation of Interior […]

Juan Cole

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