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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?

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Basra Council Dominated By

Basra Council Dominated By

Basra Council Dominated by Fundamenatlists Ash-Sharq al-Awsat: The results have been announced for Basra province. The city of Basra alone has 1.2 million inhabitants, so […]

Juan Cole

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Back Channels Us Military Has

Back Channels Us Military Has

Back Channels The US military has established back-channel negotiations with some of the leaders of the Sunni Arab guerrilla war, according to Time magazine. Earlier […]

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Abu Ghraib In Brooklyn Larry Cohler

Abu Ghraib In Brooklyn Larry Cohler

Abu Ghraib in Brooklyn Larry Cohler-Esses of the New York Daily News reveals that Abu Ghraib has been going on in the United States itself. […]

Juan Cole

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How Many Methods Are There To Enact

How Many Methods Are There To Enact

How Many Methods Are There to Enact a New Constitution in Iraq? Guest Editorial by Andrew Arato Many commentators keep repeating a fundamentally erroneous statement, […]

Juan Cole

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Chalabi Interviewed By Stephanopoulos

Chalabi Interviewed By Stephanopoulos

Chalabi Interviewed by Stephanopoulos George Stephanopoulos interviewed Ahmad Chalabi on ABC’s This Week Sunday morning. Here are some excerpts from the press release issued with […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 55 Dead Over 100 Wounded In

At Least 55 Dead Over 100 Wounded In

At Least 55 Dead, Over 100 Wounded In Ashura Bombings Eight suicide bombers struck at various sites in Iraq on Saturday, killing and wounding dozens […]

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Present Conflicts Looming Conflicts

Present Conflicts Looming Conflicts

Present Conflicts, Looming Conflicts Reuters reports, ‘ Five U.S. soldiers were killed in separate guerrilla attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, three in […]

Juan Cole

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Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 40 Suicide

Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 40 Suicide

Bomb Blasts kill at Least 40 Suicide bombers targeted three Shiite mosques in Baghdad and one near Kirkuk, and other blasts went off elsewhere in […]

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Shiite Iraq Al Hayat Muhammad Husain

Shiite Iraq Al-Hayat: Muhammad Husain Adili, the Iranian ambassador to the United Kingdom, said Thursday that his government had leant substantial help to the United […]

Juan Cole

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