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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Celebrations In Dearborn Arab Americans

Celebrations In Dearborn Arab Americans

Celebrations in Dearborn Arab-Americans in southwest Detroit came out into the frosty streets to celebrate Saddam’s capture, reports Nancy Youssef of the Detroit Free Press. […]

Juan Cole

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Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On Any Other

Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On Any Other

Musharraf Nearly Blown Up On any other day it would be front-page news. As Dawn notes, General Pervez Musharraf, who styles himself president of Pakistan, […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Joke About Capture Of Saddam Ash

Iraqi Joke About Capture Of Saddam Ash

Iraqi Joke about the Capture of Saddam Ash-Sharq al-Awsat says the following is making the rounds in Baghdad: ‘Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, the former Information Ministry […]

Juan Cole

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Rumors Of Iran Connection To Arrest Of

Rumors Of Iran Connection To Arrest Of

Rumors of Iran Connection to Arrest of Saddam Questioned Ali Nourizadeh, writing in the London-based Saudi daily, ash-Sharq al-Awsat, reports that rumors have swirled in […]

Juan Cole

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Reflections On Capture Of Saddam

Reflections On Capture Of Saddam

Reflections on the Capture of Saddam Hussein Seeing a captive, disheveled Saddam on television this morning released a cascade of memories for me. I remembered […]

Juan Cole

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20 Die In Car Bomb At Khaldiya Police

20 Die In Car Bomb At Khaldiya Police

20 Die in Car Bomb at Khaldiya Police Station Guerrillas exploded a car bomb at an Iraqi police station in Khaldiya, west of Baghdad, on […]

Juan Cole

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Continued Opposition To Us Fiat In Iraq

Continued Opposition To Us Fiat In Iraq

Continued Opposition to the US Fiat in Iraq The possibility of a United Nations Commission that would decide whether early elections should be held in […]

Juan Cole

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3000 Iranian Pilgrims Day Foreseen For

3000 Iranian Pilgrims Day Foreseen For

3000 Iranian Pilgrims a Day foreseen for Iraq According to AFP, another son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Muhsin al-Hakim, announced that he had […]

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Gear Up To Resist Shiite Rule

Sunnis Gear Up To Resist Shiite Rule

Sunnis Gear up to Resist Shiite Rule Meanwhile, Rich Potter of the Toronto Star reports that the resistance to the US occupation in Falluja is […]

Juan Cole

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