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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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Muqtada Thanks Iran Syria Sumaydi

Muqtada Thanks Iran Syria Sumaydi

Muqtada thanks Iran, Syria; Sumayd’i Criticizes Emergency Law as Undemocratic az-Zaman: Muqtada al-Sadr expressed his gratitude Friday to Iranian President Muhammad Khatami and Syrian President […]

Juan Cole

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Voice Of America Staff Petition To

Voice Of America Staff Petition To

Voice of America Staff Petition to Congress I received the following from Alan Heil regarding the Voice of America and the continued sinister attempts to […]

Juan Cole

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5 Us Soldiers Killed 20 Wounded At

5 Us Soldiers Killed 20 Wounded At

5 US soldiers Killed, 20 Wounded at Samarra 4 Iraqis dead, 24 wounded AP reports that the chaos in Samarra spilled over Thursday onto the […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Number Over 20000 Some

Guerrillas Number Over 20000 Some

Guerrillas number over 20,000 Some honest US officials in Iraq are finally admitting that US forces are not meeting a vanguard of international terrorism there […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi And Arab Press Critical Of

Iraqi And Arab Press Critical Of

Iraqi and Arab Press Critical of Emergency Laws The BBC surveys reaction in the Iraqi and Arab press to the announcement of emergency laws by […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Not Al Qaeda Comment By David

Zarqawi Not Al Qaeda Comment By David

Zarqawi not al-Qaeda: Comment by David Wright David Wright, a former Defense Department analyst and former Army Reserve strategic intelligence analyst has sent the following […]

Juan Cole

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Kenny Boy And W

Kenny Boy And W

Kenny Boy and W. Eric Boehlert of Salon.com quotes approvingly two major newspaper leads that did not shy away from mentioning explicitly the close ties […]

Juan Cole

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Children Detainees In Iraq Save

Children Detainees In Iraq Save

Children Detainees in Iraq? “Save the Children” is intervening with Coalition members in Iraq in an attempt to secure the release of an estimated 100 […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Says Edwards Lacks Experience

Bush Says Edwards Lacks Experience

Bush says Edwards lacks Experience George W. Bush alleged Thursday that John Edwards lacks the experience necessary to be president. The problem with this argument […]

Juan Cole

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