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

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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Multinational Troops Hit In Iraq Polish

Multinational Troops Hit in Iraq; Polish Officer, 6 Ukrainians Wounded The Polish military announced Friday that the multinational force under its command, which includes Bulgarians, […]

Juan Cole

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Islamic Party Of Iraq Meets With Syrian

Islamic Party Of Iraq Meets With Syrian

Islamic Party of Iraq Meets with Syrian President The Secretary General of the Sunni, Iraqi “Islamic Party,” Muhsin Abd al-Hamid, met yesterday with Bashar al-Asad, […]

Juan Cole

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Radical Shiite Leaders Moderate Stance

Radical Shiite Leaders Moderate Stance

Radical Shiite leaders Moderate Stance toward US Nir Rosen reports that Muhammad Yaqoubi, leader of the breakaway Sadrist group, al-Fudala, has moderated his anti-American statements […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Held In Najaf Assassination

Egyptian Held In Najaf Assassination

Egyptian Held in Najaf Assassination Attempt The Iraqi Information Network announced that the local police in Najaf had apprehended one of the assailants who attempted […]

Juan Cole

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Turks Nix Sending Troops To Iraq Turks

Turks Nix Sending Troops To Iraq Turks

Turks Nix Sending troops to Iraq The Turks have finally just announced that they will not send troops to Iraq, and the whole issue is […]

Juan Cole

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Im At Conference In Anchorage Of All

Im At Conference In Anchorage Of All

I’m at a conference in Anchorage of all places. I’ll try to make some entries later Friday, but am having trouble getting internet access, or […]

Juan Cole

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Historians Dispute Analogies To Germany

Historians Dispute Analogies To Germany

Historians Dispute Analogies to Germany, Japan, with Iraq The Bush administration has continually compared the situation of post war Iraq with that of Germany and […]

Juan Cole

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Afp Some Translators Quitting After

Afp Some Translators Quitting After

AFP: Some Translators Quitting after Death Threats AFP is reporting that some translators working for the Coalition have received death threats accusing them of being […]

Juan Cole

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Najaf Strikes In Protest Holy City Of

Najaf Strikes In Protest Holy City Of

Najaf Strikes in Protest The holy city of Najaf announced a general strike for Thursday to protest the collapse of security that allowed such events […]

Juan Cole

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