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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 Tomdispatch

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Bombing in Charsadda Kills 34

Bombing in Charsadda Kills 34

A suicide bomber detonated his payload in a market in Charsadda, a half hour drive northeast of Peshawar in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. LAT quotes […]

Juan Cole

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Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Afghan insurgent and former prime minister Gulbadin Hikmatyar has told Aljazeera that Usama Bin Laden is alive and well. Hikmatyar, once the recipient of 20 […]

Juan Cole

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Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Hikmatyar: Bin Laden Alive; Suggests Taliban/al-Qaeda Split

Afghan insurgent and former prime minister Gulbadin Hikmatyar has told Aljazeera that Usama Bin Laden is alive and well. Hikmatyar, once the recipient of 20 […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament approved the electoral law to govern the elections scheduled for early next year. The vote was 141 […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament approved the electoral law to govern the elections scheduled for early next year. The vote was 141 […]

Juan Cole

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Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Hussein Ibish writes in a guest commentary for Informed Comment Last Thursday on Informed Comment, Juan Cole uttered a powerful cris de coeur about prospects […]

Juan Cole

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Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution"

Hussein Ibish writes in a guest commentary for Informed Comment Last Thursday on Informed Comment, Juan Cole uttered a powerful cris de coeur about prospects […]

Juan Cole

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Baradei says Inspectors found 'Nothing;' But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Baradei says Inspectors found ‘Nothing;’ But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Muhammad Elbaradei, said that UN inspectors this week discovered “nothing to be worried about” at a new […]

Juan Cole

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Baradei says Inspectors found 'Nothing;' But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Baradei says Inspectors found ‘Nothing;’ But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled

Outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Muhammad Elbaradei, said that UN inspectors this week discovered “nothing to be worried about” at a new […]

Juan Cole

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