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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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Marsh Arabs Attack Basra Governor 22

Marsh Arabs Attack Basra Governor 22

Marsh Arabs Attack Basra Governor 22 Killed, 93 Wounded in Baghdad Bombings Security Collapses in Mosul The Gulf Daily News writes that bombs killed 22 […]

Juan Cole

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Battle Of Speeches Breaks Out In Wake

Battle Of Speeches Breaks Out In Wake

Battle of the Speeches Breaks out in Wake of Lebanon War Israel shot 5 Hizbullah fighters on Tuesday and Hizbullah fired ten rockets inside Lebanon […]

Juan Cole

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Civil War Violence Reaches New Heights

Civil War Violence Reaches New Heights

Civil War Violence Reaches New Heights in Iraq Religious Group Clashes with Police in Karbala Bush Opposes Partition Faith-based civil war violence killed 110 civilians […]

Juan Cole

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Close Building War On Iran Ray Close

Close Building War On Iran Ray Close

Close: The Building War on Iran Ray Close, a retired CIA analyst of Arab affairs, writes: ‘ Despite vehement official assertions to the contrary, indications […]

Juan Cole

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Fragile Ceasefire In Lebanon Naharnet

Fragile Ceasefire In Lebanon Naharnet

Fragile Ceasefire in Lebanon Naharnet/ AFP report ‘ A ceasefire aimed at silencing the guns in Lebanon remained fragile as thousands of Lebanese streamed back […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Comment On Occasion Of Uri

Guest Comment On Occasion Of Uri

Guest Comment: On the Occasion of Uri Grossman’s Death Todd Hasak-Lowy On the Occasion of Uri Grossman’s Death ‘ About five years ago I had […]

Juan Cole

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Vl Day Patrick Mcgreevy Writes From

Vl Day Patrick Mcgreevy Writes From

VL Day? Patrick McGreevy writes from Beirut: ‘ VL Day? It’s 11 pm in Beirut, and honking cars and motorbikes are cruising the Corniche while […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Majority Report Im Booked To

Cole On Majority Report Im Booked To

Cole on Majority Report I’m booked to be on Air America’s Majority Report Monday evening 7:40 or so EST. Please consider writing to tell the […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Kills 38 Civilians On Eve Of

Israel Kills 38 Civilians On Eve Of

Israel Kills 38 Civilians on Eve of Ceasefire Hersh: Israeli Campaign Dress Rehearsal for War on Iran 250 Hizbullah Rockets Slam into northern Israel, Kill […]

Juan Cole

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