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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel

Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel

By Brett Murphy | – ( ProPublica ) – Ambassador Jack Lew urged Washington to give thousands more bombs to the Israelis because they have […]

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"Investigating war crimes in Gaza" I Al Jazeera Investigations

“Investigating war crimes in Gaza” I Al Jazeera Investigations

Al Jazeera English: “Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera Investigations” Excerpt from YouTube transcript: The West cannot hide. They cannot claim ignorance. Nobody […]

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Think Again:  Do You Think the US Economy Performs better under Republican Administrations?

Think Again: Do You Think the US Economy Performs better under Republican Administrations?

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Quite a few people believe things that are not true, but that do not do much harm. […]

Arnold Oliver

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Iran’s Strikes on Israel have set Conflict in the Middle East Spiraling, in rising Security Threat

Iran’s Strikes on Israel have set Conflict in the Middle East Spiraling, in rising Security Threat

By Javed Ali, University of Michigan | – (The Conversation) – Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1, 2024, amplifying […]

The Conversation

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“What Should I Do With This Pain?” Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians urge Peace and Reconciliation, drawing on their Grief

“What Should I Do With This Pain?” Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians urge Peace and Reconciliation, drawing on their Grief

By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the first anniversary of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel approaching, the death toll in Gaza climbing to […]

Tomdispatch

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Vice-Presidential Debate: A Successful Governor takes on a Firehose of Hate and Falsehoods

Vice-Presidential Debate: A Successful Governor takes on a Firehose of Hate and Falsehoods

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a Southern man of letters, I’ve learned a lot from Tennessee Williams’ plays and films. Watching […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
Why Tehran chose to attack Israel

Why Tehran chose to attack Israel

( The National ) – Iran is the first Middle Eastern state in the 21st century to strike Israel directly, having fired a massive salvo […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

( Code Pink ) – On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Türkiye's Hezbollah Dilemma

Türkiye’s Hezbollah Dilemma

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As the conflict in Lebanon intensifies, Türkiye finds itself walking a diplomatic tightrope. While it has openly condemned […]

Volkan Isbasaran

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