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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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Us Kills As Many As 12 Innocents 7

Us Kills As Many As 12 Innocents 7

US Kills as many as 12 Innocents; 7 Ukrainians die in Blast US troops south of Baghdad near Yusufiyah ran into a roadside bomb near […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Sunnis Must Have Effective

Sistani Sunnis Must Have Effective

Sistani: Sunnis Must have Effective Participation Al-Hayat: [What follows is a paraphrase:] A source close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf affirmed Saturday that […]

Juan Cole

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Election Woes Nancy Yousef Of Knight

Election Woes Nancy Yousef Of Knight

Election Woes Nancy Yousef of Knight Ridder reports from Baghdad that campaigning for the January 30 elections has worsened ethnic tensions. Her interviews with university […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 9 Us Troops 18 Bodies

Guerrillas Kill 9 Us Troops 18 Bodies

Guerrillas Kill 9 US Troops 18 Bodies of Lured Workers Found in Mosul Guerrillas in northwest Baghdad detonated a roadside bomb on Thursday evening as […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Tsunami Fundraising Drive Raises

Saudi Tsunami Fundraising Drive Raises

Saudi Tsunami Fundraising Drive Raises over $30 million in First Day Saudi Arabia Television held a fundraising drive for the victims of the tsunami and […]

Juan Cole

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Mysterious Us Strike In Irbil

Mysterious Us Strike In Irbil

Mysterious US strike in Irbil Condemned by Kurds The US military appears to have become convinced that Ansar al-Sunnah, a breakaway group from the largely […]

Juan Cole

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Murphy Sunnis Not Registered Dan

Murphy Sunnis Not Registered Dan

Murphy: Sunnis not Registered Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor reports from Baghdad that many Sunni Arab families in Iraq are not registered to […]

Juan Cole

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Car Bomb At Hilla Police Academy Kills

Car Bomb At Hilla Police Academy Kills

Car Bomb at Hilla Police Academy Kills at Least 20 Guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside a police academy in Hilla, a city of 500,000, […]

Juan Cole

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Baghdad Governor 6 Bodyguards

Baghdad Governor 6 Bodyguards

Baghdad Governor, 6 Bodyguards Assassinated 5 US Troops, 10 Iraqi Commandoes also Killed The pro-American governor of Baghdad and his convoy were ambushed on Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

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