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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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Iraqization Of Afghanistan Massive

Iraqization Of Afghanistan Massive

The Iraqization of Afghanistan A massive suicide car bomb very near the US embassy embassy in Kabul has left at least 3 dead, including Coalition […]

Juan Cole

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Al Qaeda Gloats Over 911 New Videotape

Al Qaeda Gloats Over 911 New Videotape

Al-Qaeda Gloats over 9/11 A new videotape surfaced on Aljazeera Thursday showing Usamah Bin Laden with Ramzi Bin al-Shibh [al-Shibihah], Wa’il al-Ghamdi and other 9/11 […]

Juan Cole

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1500 Dead In August Sunnis In

1500 Dead In August Sunnis In

1500 Dead in August Sunnis in Parliament Complain about Shiite confederacy plan. Two US troops were announced killed on Thursday. The (Sunni) Speaker of Parliament […]

Juan Cole

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40 Killed In Bombings Shootings Al

40 Killed In Bombings Shootings Al

40 Killed in Bombings, Shootings Al-Hakim Seeks Shiite Federal Region Abdul Aziz al-Hakim’s United Iraqi Alliance laid out plans Wednesday in parliament for the creation […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Abu Zubayda And End Of Trust Bush

Bush Abu Zubayda And End Of Trust Bush

Bush, Abu Zubayda and the End of Trust Bush has lied so often, and about absolutely crucial matters of national security, that I do not […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Bush Turns To Fear Mongering Creation

Bush Turns to Fear-Mongering Creation of “Islamic” Bogeyman The Bush administration obviously wishes it were waging war on Nazi Germany. Even the old Soviet Union […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament To Take Up Shiite Federal

Parliament To Take Up Shiite Federal

Parliament to take up Shiite Federal Region US Backs off Criticism of Barzani On Wednesday morning a car bomb in the Qahira district of Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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35 Bodies Found Executed In Baghdad

35 Bodies Found Executed In Baghdad

35 Bodies Found Executed in Baghdad, Kut 10 Coalition Troops dead in 2 Days AP and Reuters report that 33 bodies, most showing signs of […]

Juan Cole

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Tantawi Jihad Is Purely Defensive

Tantawi Jihad Is Purely Defensive

Tantawi: Jihad is Purely Defensive Freedom of Religious Belief Intrinsic to Islam Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Seminary in Cairo, perhaps […]

Juan Cole

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