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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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A McCain/ Huckabee Ticket? Would Huckabee Sink McCain?

A McCain/ Huckabee Ticket? Would Huckabee Sink McCain?

In his victory speech on super Tuesday, John McCain said: ‘ I want to congratulate Governor Huckabee and his supporters on their success today. Not […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Hot Pursuit into Syria, Iran, had been authorized; US Kills Innocents at Adwar Mass Grave with 50 Bodies Found at Samarra

Hot Pursuit into Syria, Iran, had been authorized; US Kills Innocents at Adwar Mass Grave with 50 Bodies Found at Samarra

The Bush administration authorized hot pursuit of Iraqi Baathists into Syria and Iran, according to a just-released document at wikileak. The document also reveals that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey Hits 70 Sites in Iraq; US Accidentally Kills 13; Sistani Aides Kidapped in Basra

Turkey Hits 70 Sites in Iraq; US Accidentally Kills 13; Sistani Aides Kidapped in Basra

The Turkish air force bombed 70 targets inside Iraq in Kurdistan, which they allege are bases for the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group. The […]

Juan Cole

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Zogby: McCain Dominates; Obama Enjoys Super Sunday

Zogby: McCain Dominates; Obama Enjoys Super Sunday

Zogby is circulating the below: Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Poll: Ahead of Super Tuesday, McCain Dominates Everywhere Except California; Obama Enjoys a Super Sunday UTICA, New York—Republican Arizona […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Still Central to Campaign; The Dark Side of McCain; Turkey Kills 10 Kurdish Guerrillas

Iraq Still Central to Campaign; The Dark Side of McCain; Turkey Kills 10 Kurdish Guerrillas

Frank Davies of the Mercury News Service challenges the conventional wisdom that Iraq has faded as a campaign issue. He writes: ‘ But as the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Fights Three Wars in Iraq;

US Fights Three Wars in Iraq;

Tom Ricks of WaPo says that the US military sees itself as fighting 3 wars: 1. The war against Arab volunteers (“al-Qaeda”) 2. The war […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
91 Dead in 2 Baghdad Blasts

91 Dead in 2 Baghdad Blasts

Two women set off separate suicide bombs in two markets in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 91 persons and wounding a similar number. Contrary […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: "Blowback from the GOP’s Holy War’

Cole in Salon: "Blowback from the GOP’s Holy War’

My Salon column is out: Blowback from the GOP’s holy war:The 2008 Republican race has left a bitter legacy of sloganeering against Muslims. It may […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Soldier Killed; British Base Rocketed; Bombings in Baghdad

US Soldier Killed; British Base Rocketed; Bombings in Baghdad

People keep asking in puzzlement what Bush expected to get out of his Iraq misadventure. It is the oil, habibi, the oil. Akhbar al-Khalij newspaper […]

Juan Cole

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