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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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Human Rights Anti Terror And Somewhat

Human Rights Anti Terror And Somewhat

Human Rights, Anti-Terror (and somewhat Anti-American) Demonstrations The demonstrations for human rights and against terrorism in several Iraqi cities on Wednesday were organized by parties […]

Juan Cole

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Cpa Halts Effort To Tally Iraqi War

Cpa Halts Effort To Tally Iraqi War

CPA Halts Effort to Tally Iraqi War Dead AP is alleging that an ongoing program by the Iraqi ministry of health aimed at totalling up […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Battalion Collapses Cnn Reports

Iraqi Battalion Collapses Cnn Reports

Iraqi Battalion Collapses CNN reports that the first new battalion of the Iraqi army being trained by the US has collapsed, with nearly half of […]

Juan Cole

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Hundreds Of Shiites Demonstrate In

Hundreds Of Shiites Demonstrate In

Hundreds of Shiites Demonstrate in Baghdad Hundreds of angry Shiites demonstrated in Baghdad on Tuesday, over the killing of a mosque prayer leader by US […]

Juan Cole

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Clark Lashes Out At Bush On Mishandling

Clark Lashes Out At Bush On Mishandling

Clark Lashes out at Bush on Mishandling of Iraq US presidential candidate Wesley Clark called the Iraq war a “$150 billion mess” on Tuesday, in […]

Juan Cole

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Interim Governing Council Expels

Interim Governing Council Expels

Interim Governing Council expels Mujahidin According to AP, the Iraqi Interim Governing Council has decided to expel from the country the terrorist group, the Mujahidin-i […]

Juan Cole

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Us Arrests 29 In Kirkuk Including 5

Us Arrests 29 In Kirkuk Including 5

US arrests 29 in Kirkuk, including 5 Policemen US forces arrested 29 Iraqis on Tuesday afternoon, including 5 police officers, after a search operation in […]

Juan Cole

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Eyewitness Account Of Us Administration

Eyewitness Account Of Us Administration

Eyewitness Account of US Administration of Iraq Amal Winter posts at H-Net a fascinating account of her recent 3-week trip to Iraq as part of […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Followers Call For Resistance

Sistani Followers Call For Resistance

Sistani Followers: Call for Resistance if Islam is Threatened Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post has written a fine and detailed description of the holy […]

Juan Cole

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