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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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7 Killed Including 4 Marines Mortars

7 Killed Including 4 Marines Mortars

7 Killed, including 4 Marines; Mortars land near Allawi’s INA Offices Wire services report that 7 persons were killed in separate incidents in Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

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Shin Bet At Abu Ghuraib Respected

Shin Bet At Abu Ghuraib Respected

Shin Bet at Abu Ghuraib The respected journal of military affairs, Jane’s, is reporting that Israeli Shin Bet interrogators were used by the Americans at […]

Juan Cole

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Veterans Protest War As Dishonest In

Veterans Protest War As Dishonest In

Veterans Protest War as Dishonest In a move reminiscent of the Vietnam era, some returning Iraq veterans are condemning the Iraq war as basically dishonest. […]

Juan Cole

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Car Bomb In Khalis Kills 13 3 Marines

Car Bomb In Khalis Kills 13 3 Marines

Car Bomb in Khalis kills 13; 3 Marines Die in al-Anbar On Tuesday, Australian Broadcasting says that guerrillas drove a car bomb into the midst […]

Juan Cole

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Tomdispatch Way We Were Veteran

Tomdispatch Way We Were Veteran

Tomdispatch: The Way we Were Veteran journalist Tom Engelhardt considers the impact of the past three years on the position of the US in the […]

Juan Cole

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Mylroie As Bush Rasputine Peter Bergen

Mylroie As Bush Rasputine Peter Bergen

Mylroie as Bush Rasputine Peter Bergen, veteran journalist and al-Qaeda expert, raises the question of whether the bizarre and crackpot theories of Laurie Mylroie have […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Parties Radio Free Europeradio

Iraqi Parties Radio Free Europeradio

Iraqi Parties Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has worked up a basic guide to Iraqi political parties. It has a Part One and a Part Two. […]

Juan Cole

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John Edwards And Iraq War Now That

John Edwards And Iraq War Now That

John Edwards and the Iraq War Now that John Kerry has chosen John Edwards as his running mate, I looked around for some Edwards quotes […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Comment On Fallujah And Kaplan

Guest Comment On Fallujah And Kaplan

Guest Comment on Fallujah and Kaplan: Nir Rosen Journalist Nir Rosen, who has spent most of the past year in Iraq and has fluent Arabic, […]

Juan Cole

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