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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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Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel On Muqtada Al Sadr David Patel

Patel on Muqtada al-Sadr David Patel writes from Iraq concerning the allegation that Muqtada is being “run” by the Iran-based cleric Kadhim al-Haeri: ‘ I […]

Juan Cole

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Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage In Many Iraqi Cities On

Gunbattles Rage in Many Iraqi Cities on Wednesday az-Zaman reports ongoing gunbattles in Ramadi and Fallujah between Sunni Arab forces and US marines. It also […]

Juan Cole

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Militias Forbidden And Us Hypocrisy

Militias Forbidden And Us Hypocrisy

Militias Forbidden? And US Hypocrisy Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor, who has often attempted to peddle frankly false stories, was at it again on […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Fatwa On Insurgency Trans

Sistani Fatwa On Insurgency Trans

Sistani Fatwa on Insurgency trans. J. Cole from Sistani.org Question: You know the cruel methods that the Occupation Forces are employing in the continuing clashes […]

Juan Cole

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12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 Us Troops Killed At Ramadi Over 24

12 US Troops Killed at Ramadi; Over 24 Wounded; 3 Killed at Kadhimiyah US troops died at the hands of Sunni Arab guerrillas at Ramadi […]

Juan Cole

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Second Front Multi City Sadrist

Second Front Multi City Sadrist

The Second Front: Multi-City Sadrist Uprising Continues The difficulty the United States and its allies are having in regaining control of the major cities of […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Factor There Has Been Great Deal

Iran Factor There Has Been Great Deal

The Iran factor There has been a great deal of speculation about possible Iranian connections to the Shiite resistance to US occupation in Iraq. The […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Fights Coalition In Baghdad

Mahdi Army Fights Coalition In Baghdad

Mahdi Army Fights Coalition in Baghdad, Karbala, Basra: Takes control of Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf wire services report that there was more violence […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Proud To Be Outlaw Al Hairi

Muqtada Proud To Be Outlaw Al Hairi

Muqtada: Proud to be an Outlaw; Al-Ha’iri: Americans are making War on the Shiites Ash-Sharq al-Awsat: According to Shaikh Qais al-Khazali, the leader of the […]

Juan Cole

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