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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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6,000 US Troops have come home Sick or Wounded Although the number of troops wounded in action in Iraq is still a little less than […]

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Ambassador Wilson Interview By Josh

Ambassador Wilson interview by Josh Marshall, part 2 Talkingpointsmemo has posted the second part of a long interview with Joe Wilson, who served in the […]

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$8.5 Billion in US Loans to Turkey The US Secretary of the Treasury, John Snow, signed an agreement Monday that loans Turkey $8.5 bn. to […]

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Muqtada Supporter Arab Turkmen Unity

Muqtada Supporter Arab Turkmen Unity

Muqtada Supporter: Arab-Turkmen Unity against Kurds A radical young follower of Shiite firebrand Muqtada al-Sadr has called for an Arab-Turkmen alliance against the Kurds in […]

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Attacks In Mosul Baquba Iraqi

Attacks in Mosul, Baquba Iraqi eyewitnesses reported that an automobile exploded Monday in front of the police station in the northern city of Mosul, wounding […]

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Videotape Shows Powell Rice Knew Wmd

Videotape Shows Powell, Rice, knew WMD Claims False Australian journalist John Pilger claims to have incontrovertible proof that the Bush administration knew that Saddam Hussein […]

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Soldier Suffers Neurological Damage

Soldier Suffers Neurological Damage from Bomb in Iraq For the story of one US soldier wounded in Iraq, which brings home some of the horror, […]

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Says Drafters Of

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Says Drafters Of

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Says Drafters of Constitution must be Elected In an interview with al-Zaman, Interim Governor Council member and head of the Supreme Council […]

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Israeli Investment In Iraq Prohibited

Israeli Investment in Iraq Prohibited Planning Minister Mahdi al-Hafez told journalists at the annual IMF/World Bank meetings in Dubai that Israel would not be allowed […]

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