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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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Dozens Of Iraqis Wounded Several Killed

Dozens Of Iraqis Wounded Several Killed

Dozens of Iraqis Wounded, several Killed Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in the Azamiya district of West Baghdad Wednesday, missing their target of a US […]

Juan Cole

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Wesley Clark Bush Has 7 Nation Hit List

Wesley Clark Bush Has 7 Nation Hit List

Wesley Clark: Bush has 7-Nation Hit List A Malaysian newspaper claims to have gotten an advance peek at statements in the new book by Wesley […]

Juan Cole

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Governing Council Backs Off From Total

Governing Council Backs Off From Total

Governing Council backs off from Total Economic Liberalization The Interim Governing Council said Wednesday that Finance Minister Kamil al-Kaylani’s remarks on Monday were merely his […]

Juan Cole

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Mudarrisi Criticizes Planning For New

Mudarrisi Criticizes Planning For New

Mudarrisi Criticizes Planning for new Constitution Sayyid Hadi al-Mudarrisi, a major cleric of the holy shrine city of Karbala, issued a denunciation Wednesday of the […]

Juan Cole

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Aqila Al Hashimi Gravely Ill Ap Reports

Aqila Al Hashimi Gravely Ill Ap Reports

Aqila al-Hashimi “Gravely Ill AP reports that Interim Governing Council member Aqila al-Hashimi, wounded by machine gun fire in an assassination attempt on Saturday, has […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Address To Un Disappointing Us

Bush Address To Un Disappointing Us

Bush address to UN Disappointing The US needs three things from the United Nations desperately with regard to Iraq. The first is legitimacy. It needs […]

Juan Cole

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Inc Moves To Take Over Iraqi Finances

Inc Moves To Take Over Iraqi Finances

INC Moves to Take over Iraqi Finances, Economic Policy More on the ambitious “shock treatment” of the Iraqi economy announced Monday. Apparently Ahmad Chalabi’s Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Petroleum Smuggling British Navy

Petroleum Smuggling British Navy

Petroleum Smuggling The British navy intercepted 7 ships smuggling petroleum out of southern Iraq to the Persian Gulf, according to al-Zaman. Smuggling reduces the country’s […]

Juan Cole

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Fao Says Millions Of Iraqis Suffer

Fao Says Millions Of Iraqis Suffer

FAO Says Millions of Iraqis Suffer Hunger The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) issued a report on Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

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