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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,

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Us Moves To Hand Sovereignty To Iraqis

Us Moves To Hand Sovereignty To Iraqis

US moves to Hand Sovereignty to Iraqis by June; Well, Sort of We now know what the anonymous Arab diplomat meant when he told the […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Al Sadr Praises New Transition

Muqtada Al Sadr Praises New Transition

Muqtada al-Sadr Praises New Transition to an Iraqi Government Young Shiite radical Muqtada al-Sadr, in his Friday Prayers sermon at Kufa, also praised the new […]

Juan Cole

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Riot In Samawah Ap Reported That

Riot In Samawah Ap Reported That

Riot in Samawah AP reported that demonstrators threw rocks in downtown Samawah, protesting alleged police corruption. Iraqi police tried to deal with the rally by […]

Juan Cole

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Fateful Us Choices In Iraq Rory

Fateful Us Choices In Iraq Rory

Fateful US Choices in Iraq Rory McCarthy, writing for the Guardian from Baghdad, has outlined the new policy options facing Paul Bremer now that his […]

Juan Cole

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Blackwill Nsc Tapped To Take Over Iraq

Blackwill Nsc Tapped To Take Over Iraq

Blackwill, NSC tapped to take over Iraq from Rumsfeld Reliable diplomatic sources in New York have told al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper that the Bush administration has […]

Juan Cole

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New Poll Shows Public Thinks It Was

New Poll Shows Public Thinks It Was

New Poll Shows Public thinks it was Misled on Iraq From The Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland: “No Clear Consensus […]

Juan Cole

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Move To Early Turnover Of Civil

Move To Early Turnover Of Civil

Move to Early Turnover of Civil Authority in Iraq? One outcome of Paul Bremer’s frantic consultations in Washington on the rapidly deteriorating Iraq situation appears […]

Juan Cole

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Japan Pulls Out S

Japan Pulls Out S

Japan Pulls Out; S. Korea Reduces Planned Force The car bombing of the Italian police station at Nasiriyah has had the results the guerrillas were […]

Juan Cole

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Us Army Confiscates Journalists

Us Army Confiscates Journalists

US Army Confiscates Journalists’ Videotape Some thirty media outlets are protesting that the US military on the ground in Iraq is interfering with their coverage […]

Juan Cole

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