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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

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Bin Laden Tape On Iraq Thing That

Bin Laden Tape On Iraq Thing That

Bin Laden Tape on Iraq The thing that always strikes me about Bin Laden is how hysterical he remains all the time in his pronouncements, […]

Juan Cole

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Turks May Not Send Troops To Iraq

Turks May Not Send Troops To Iraq

Turks May not Send Troops to Iraq Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that Turkey has not made a “must go” decision about sending […]

Juan Cole

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Four Us Soldiers Killed 18 Wounded In

Four Us Soldiers Killed 18 Wounded In

Four US Soldiers Killed, 18 wounded In addition to the three US soldiers killed in Karbala on Friday–one of whom the Arabic press is calling […]

Juan Cole

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Demonstrations In Baghdad And Basra

Demonstrations In Baghdad And Basra

Demonstrations in Baghdad and Basra Against US by Shiites The aftermath of the gunbattle in Karbala between US troops and the tribal paramilitary of an […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Gunfight In Karbala For

Breaking News Gunfight In Karbala For

Breaking News: Gunfight in Karbala For twelve hours from Thursday night into Friday early morning, US military police engaged in a gunfight with Shiite militiamen […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings And Attempted Bombings In

Bombings And Attempted Bombings In

Bombings and Attempted Bombings in North Iraq; Pipeline Hit The northern pipeline was bombed again Thursday, setting back US hopes that exports would resume from […]

Juan Cole

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Un Resolution On Iraq Sign Of Bush

Un Resolution On Iraq Sign Of Bush

UN Resolution on Iraq a Sign of Bush Administration Desperation The widespread interpretation of Thursday’s successful US-backed UN Security Resolution on Iraq, that it was […]

Juan Cole

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Us Army Arrests Sadrists In East

Us Army Arrests Sadrists In East

US Army Arrests Sadrists in East Baghdad The US military went into East Baghdad on Thursday with tanks, which stood guard while the soldiers took […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda Takes Credit For Bombing Of

Al Qaeda Takes Credit For Bombing Of

Al-Qaeda Takes Credit for bombing of Baghdad Hotel Guerrillas raked the front of the Baghdad Hotel with gunfire on Wednesday. It had been the target […]

Juan Cole

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