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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?

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Israel/ Palestine
The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The sloppy Israeli propaganda effort against the Free Gaza humanitarian flotilla has been so bad that the pictures released by the Israeli army have been […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitness Account:  ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

Eyewitness Account: ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

“The Gaza Flotilla Massacre: An Eyewitness Account” from pan-Arab London daily, The Middle East (Al-Sharq al-Awsat): ‘ Haneen Zoabi, who is a Palestinian Arab citizen […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay; <br/> Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay;
Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

More eyewitness accounts are emerging from released aid activists whom the Israelis had imprisoned.” They corroborate the videotape showing that Israeli forces were firing at […]

Juan Cole

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“The Ship Turned into a Lake of Blood”:  Israeli Commandos Used Beatings, Stun Guns, Live Ammo

“The Ship Turned into a Lake of Blood”: Israeli Commandos Used Beatings, Stun Guns, Live Ammo

The humanitarian aid workers taken hostage by Israel on the high seas are beginning to be released, and they describe to the Associated Press a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Historic UNSC Condemnation of Israel, and of Gaza Blockade; <br> World Body Demands release of Aid Activists, Ships

Historic UNSC Condemnation of Israel, and of Gaza Blockade;
World Body Demands release of Aid Activists, Ships

In a rare public denunciation of Israel, the United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned the Israeli raid on the Gaza aid flotilla and deplored […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
World Condemns Brutal Israeli Assault on Humanitarian Convoy

World Condemns Brutal Israeli Assault on Humanitarian Convoy

Israel faced a wave of global condemnation over its military assault on a humanitarian aid convoy in international waters. Everyone from the UN Secretary-General to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Commandos Kill as Many as 10-16 Aid Activists,<br/> wound over 50 as they Board, Capture Gaza Aid Flotilla

Israeli Commandos Kill as Many as 10-16 Aid Activists,
wound over 50 as they Board, Capture Gaza Aid Flotilla

Wire services are reporting that Israeli commandos killed as many as 16 peace activists and wounded over 50 others as they boarded and commandeered the […]

Juan Cole

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McCain on Offshore Drilling, 2008

McCain on Offshore Drilling, 2008

The Republican plan for expanded offshore drilling: Drill Here, Drill Now”: August 4, 2008:

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Environment
“This Scares Everybody” says BP: <br/> Top Kill Fails, Imperils Gulf; <br/> “There are no Solar Spills”

“This Scares Everybody” says BP:
Top Kill Fails, Imperils Gulf;
“There are no Solar Spills”

British Petroleum’s attempt to plug the petroleum gusher a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico through a “top kill,” pumping mud into the oil pipeline […]

Juan Cole

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