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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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India Almost Went To War With Pakistan

India Almost Went To War With Pakistan

India almost went to war with Pakistan twice in the last year, according to India Today. Last winter, Indian forces prepared to attack the Pakistani […]

Juan Cole

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From Discussion Of So Called Koranic

From Discussion Of So Called Koranic

From a discussion of so-called Koranic “belligerancy” in the Medinan chapters In general, theological explanations by themselves do little to explain foreign policy, while foreign […]

Juan Cole

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Letter By Ayman Al Zawahiri Bin Ladens

Letter By Ayman Al Zawahiri Bin Ladens

A letter by Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden’s right-hand man, has been published by Asharq al-Awsat. Dated February 1998, the letter speaks of Americans as “the […]

Juan Cole

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In Response To Question Raised About

In Response To Question Raised About

In response to a question raised about the request Paul Wolfowitz made to put 100,000 US troops into eastern Turkey on the Iraq border, and […]

Juan Cole

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Number Of Iraqi Expatriate Groups Will

Number Of Iraqi Expatriate Groups Will

A number of Iraqi expatriate groups will boycott the forthcoming dissident summit in London, according to Asharq al-Awsat. Al-Hizb al-Islami al-Iraqi, a Sunni Islamist party, […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda Has Launched Campaign Against

Al Qaeda Has Launched Campaign Against

Al-Qaeda has launched a campaign against Usama Rushdi, a former publicist in Holland for the Islamic Grouping (al-Gamaa al-Islamiyyah), he says. The Islamic Grouping was […]

Juan Cole

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Trial Of Suspected Al Qaeda Member

Trial Of Suspected Al Qaeda Member

The trial of suspected al-Qaeda member Mounir El Motassadeq for having been part of the Hamburg cell that planned and carried out September 11, now […]

Juan Cole

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Summit Has Been Set Up Between Pakistan

Summit Has Been Set Up Between Pakistan

A summit has been set up between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan for the initialling of a deal to build a $3.2 bn. pipeline from Turkmenistan […]

Juan Cole

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More Kuwaiti Government Thinks About It

More Kuwaiti Government Thinks About It

     The more the Kuwaiti government thinks about it the less it likes the speech Saddam Hussein gave the day before yesterday. All though it appeared […]

Juan Cole

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