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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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Balder & Dash:  Would our presidential Candidates start a Nuclear War?  They won’t answer.

Balder & Dash: Would our presidential Candidates start a Nuclear War? They won’t answer.

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans' Email

Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans’ Email

By Andrew Crocker and Mark Rumold | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – In a bombshell published today, Reuters is reporting that, in 2015, Yahoo […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

Death by the numbers: A year of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

By Chloe Benoist | Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In October 2015 began what has been in turn called a wave […]

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US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria

US breaks off Military Cooperation with Russia in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arab press reacted to the announcement on Monday by the US government that it was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon

In Mosul, ISIL Extremists Wall in Residents, prepare for Armageddon

Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – – In Mosul, the Islamic State is preparing for a siege, building walls, tunnels and trenches and […]

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Arab World
The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence

The Challenge for the Arab World of tackling Gender-based Violence

By Lina Abirafeh | (The Conversation) | – – It should now be beyond dispute that gender-based violence is a critical human rights issue – […]

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African-Americans
Marvel's New Black Panther Comic - Q&A With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Marvel’s New Black Panther Comic – Q&A With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates | (The Atlantic Video) “The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates visited Fantom Comics in Dupont Circle, Washington DC to take questions from fans about his […]

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Whose Fault is Trump?  Top 7 Culprits

Whose Fault is Trump? Top 7 Culprits

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign platform has from the beginning been based on racism, religious bigotry, […]

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Development
Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic 'Shock Therapy'?

Can Saudi Arabia Survive its Economic ‘Shock Therapy’?

By Nasser Saidi | (Project Syndicate) | – – BEIRUT – Saudi Arabia has long relied on oil to fuel its economic growth and development. […]

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