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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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Meet Bubba Readers Argued With Me

Meet Bubba Readers argued with me about this during the Democratic primary, but I maintained then that I thought it would be very difficult for […]

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1 Us Soldier Killed Guerrillas

1 Us Soldier Killed Guerrillas

1 US Soldier Killed Guerrillas employed a roadside bomb to kill a US soldier near Salman Pak on Wednesday, and wounded one other. Ash-Sharq al-Awsat […]

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Fallujah And Allawis Fate Tom Lasseter

Fallujah And Allawis Fate Tom Lasseter

Fallujah and Allawi’s Fate Tom Lasseter of Knight Ridder reviews the pros and cons of the coming US attack on Fallujah for caretaker Prime Minister […]

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More On Lancet Stephen Soldz Has More

More on Lancet Stephen Soldz has more on why the Lancet article estimating 100,000 excess Iraqi deaths since the beginning of the war cannot lightly […]

Juan Cole

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Mosul Car Bomb Ams Pledges Civil

Mosul Car Bomb AMS PLedges Civil Disobedience Campaign Wire services report that guerrillas tried to use a car bomb to assassinate an Iraqi general in […]

Juan Cole

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Who Needs Sleep Cnn Is Calling

Who Needs Sleep Cnn Is Calling

Who Needs Sleep? CNN is calling Michigan, Minnesota and Hawaii for Kerry. The total is 249 Bush, 242 Kerry at 2:35 am. Kerry may well […]

Juan Cole

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Race Up In Air Early Wednesday Morning

Race Up in Air Early Wednesday Morning As of this writing, Kerry could still win, but it won’t be easy. Bush has a very small […]

Juan Cole

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Carville Thinks It Is Over James

Carville thinks It is Over James Carville has essentially called the election for Bush. He says his contacts in Ohio are not able to give […]

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Kerry Takes Oregon Maine Cbs Is

Kerry takes Oregon, Maine CBS is projecting Washington, Oregon and California all for Kerry, and he gets all four electoral votes from Maine. This is […]

Juan Cole

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