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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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Schwartz Us Out Now Violence Continued

Schwartz Us Out Now Violence Continued

Schwartz: US out Now The violence continued to percolate along on Thursday in Iraq, with up to 12 persons dead in guerrilla actions. Michael Schwartz […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Evolve Tv Steve Garfield Has

Cole On Evolve Tv Steve Garfield Has

Cole on Evolve TV Steve Garfield has up a trailer for “The Issue”, an interview program at the web-based Evolve TV, on which I am […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Web Interview I Web Video

Cole Web Interview I Web Video

Cole Web Interview I A web video interview with me on Iraq by Diogenes (“Mark In Sanfrancisco”) will be aired Friday. This is the preview.

Juan Cole

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Us Bombs Dhuluiyyah Basra Declares

Us Bombs Dhuluiyyah Basra Declares

US Bombs Dhulu’iyyah Basra declares Noncooperation US warplanes bombed the small Sunni Arab city of Dhulu’iyyah (Thuluiya) on Wednesday. The bombing is unlikely to be […]

Juan Cole

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Huffington On Bolton And Plame Someone

Huffington On Bolton And Plame Someone

Huffington on Bolton and Plame Someone in the Bush White House blew the cover of a CIA operative, Valerie Plame, to punish her husband, Joe […]

Juan Cole

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9 Americans Dead Sadrs Popularity

9 Americans Dead Sadrs Popularity

9 Americans Dead Sadr’s Popularity Grows versus British in Basra Guerrillas have used bombings to kill nine Americans since Monday. Four US GIs were killed […]

Juan Cole

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British Storm Basra Jail With Tanks

British Storm Basra Jail With Tanks

British Storm Basra Jail with Tanks Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times gives the only account of alarming events in Basra I have yet […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Al Sadrs Response To Basra

Muqtada Al Sadrs Response To Basra

Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Response to Basra Events – Achcar Translation Gilbert Achcar writes: “The office of Muqtada al-Sadr published tonight (Sept 19) the following press release […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Television On Basra Tensions

Iranian Television On Basra Tensions

Iranian Television on Basra Tensions BBC World Monitoring translated this report on Al-Alam, the Iranian Arabic-language satellite program, on Sept. 14: September 14, 2005, Wednesday […]

Juan Cole

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