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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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Tsunami Toll Nearly 70,000 and Rising Where’s Bush? The known death toll from the tsunami keeps rising so rapidly that a daily weblog cannot hope […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Killed In Iraq Early Wednesday

Dozens Killed In Iraq Early Wednesday

Dozens Killed in Iraq Early Wednesday morning, a huge explosion rocked West Baghdad, flattening several houses and killing 28, including 7 policemen. Iraqi police were […]

Juan Cole

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Bin Laden Votes In Iraq And Shoots

Bin Laden Votes In Iraq And Shoots

Bin Laden votes in Iraq and Shoots himself in the Foot Usamah Bin Laden’s latest video was broadcast on al-Jazeera on Monday, in which he […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute

Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute

Iraqi Islamic Party Withdraws Dispute over Theocracy among Iraqi Shiites The near assassination on Monday of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a leading Shiite cleric and politician, […]

Juan Cole

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Arato Guest Editorial Iraqi

Arato Guest Editorial Iraqi

Arato Guest Editorial: The Iraqi Constitution The Iraqi Constitution: A Modest Proposal Andrew Arato Iraq is on the verge of a disaster that is ultimately […]

Juan Cole

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Tsunami Foretaste Of Global Warming

Tsunami Foretaste Of Global Warming

Tsunami a Foretaste of Global Warming The horror of waves caroming across the Indian ocean at 500 miles an hour (the speed of a commercial […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Wounds 39_27

Suicide Bomber Kills 9, Wounds 39 Outside Home of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim A carbomber detonated his payload Monday morning outside the home in Baghdad of […]

Juan Cole

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How To Save Iraqi Elections Reprint

How To Save Iraqi Elections Reprint

How to Save the Iraqi Elections (Reprint Edition) The following piece appeared in the Detroit News in early December: Sunday, December 5, 2004 Bush policies […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqthemodel On December 12 Just

Iraqthemodel On December 12 Just

IraqTheModel On December 12, just before I went off to Japan on a trip, I drew attention to a web log entry by Joseph Mailander […]

Juan Cole

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