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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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Election Boycott Announced Forty Seven

Election Boycott Announced Forty-seven Iraqi political parties, including many with a religious base, have announced that they will boycott the planned January elections. They met […]

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Iraqi Press Reaction To Fallujah

Iraqi Press Reaction To Fallujah

Iraqi Press Reaction to Fallujah Mosque Killing Al-Hayat: (trans. J. Cole): “The killing of a wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque by an American Marine […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Urges Iraqis To Put Aside

Sistani Urges Iraqis To Put Aside

Sistani urges Iraqis to put aside Narrow Interests Al-Hayat, Ja`far al-Ahmar: The battle of Fallujah uncovered some of the fissures, contradictions, and crticisms that had […]

Juan Cole

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Powells Resignation Colin Powells

Powells Resignation Colin Powells

Powell’s Resignation Colin Powell’s resignation as secretary of state may be a more important development than meets the eye. It could be argued that he […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions In Flames Heavy

Sunni Arab Regions in Flames Heavy fighting continued in Fallujah on Monday, according to Reuters, as some guerrillas there demonstrated that they would fight to […]

Juan Cole

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Fallujah And Aftermath In Baiji On

Fallujah And Aftermath In Baiji On

Fallujah and the Aftermath In Baiji on Sunday, clashes between US troops and guerrillas left 12 Iraqis dead and 25 wounded. Most Americans do not […]

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Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member Of Parliament Assassinated

Member of Parliament Assassinated Bombs go off in Baghdad AP rounds up Saturday’s events in Iraq. Explosions went off in Baghdad and at the Green […]

Juan Cole

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Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model For Iraq Fred Kaplan

Regionalist Model for Iraq Fred Kaplan at Slate discusses the proposal of former Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie for consolidating the 18 Iraqi provinces […]

Juan Cole

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Mosul Chaos Al Hayat Reported

Mosul Chaos Al Hayat Reported

Mosul Chaos Al-Hayat reported incidents all over the country. A US Black Hawk helicopter was downed near Taji (20 km northwest of Baghdad), hurting 3 […]

Juan Cole

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