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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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Sistani Position On New Elections

Sistani Position On New Elections

Sistani Position on New Elections The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani affirmed Saturday in Najaf that he had reservations about the Nov. 15 plan […]

Juan Cole

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72 Us Troops Killed In Hostilities In

72 Us Troops Killed In Hostilities In

72 US troops killed in Hostilities in November 72 US soldiers were killed by hostile fire in Iraq during November, the highest of any month […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Walks Out Of Tourism Conference

Sunni Walks Out Of Tourism Conference

Sunni walks out of Tourism Conference AFP reports that Adnan Doulami, the religious director for Sunni Muslims walked out on a tourism conference on Saturday. […]

Juan Cole

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More On Sa 14 Missiles Brucer Has

More On Sa 14 Missiles Brucer Has

More on SA-14 Missiles BruceR has further technical analysis of the SAM missile attacks on the DHL cargo plane on Nov. 22. Apparently the guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

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Bush To Sistani Good To Have You

Bush To Sistani Good To Have You

Bush to Sistani: Good to Have you Working with Us It turns out that President George W. Bush did meet on Thursday with four members […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Troops Killed Us Kills Sisters

Two Us Troops Killed Us Kills Sisters

Two Us Troops Killed; US kills Sisters Guerrillas in Mosul killed a soldier with mortar fire that hit the 101st Airborne Division HQ on Friday. […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad W

Bush Sneaks In And Out Of Baghdad W

Bush Sneaks in and Out of Baghdad W. must have envisaged his triumphal first trip to Baghdad very differently. Last spring, before the war, he […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistanis Fatwa To Americans In Meantime

Sistani’s Fatwa to the Americans In the meantime, Bush’s team at the Coalition Provisional Authority were scrambling to respond to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s critique […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Raises Objections To Latest

Sistani Raises Objections To Latest

Sistani Raises Objections to Latest Coalition Plan According to al-Hayat, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq and a […]

Juan Cole

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