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Was Volcano-Driven Climate Change partially Behind the Black Death?
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Was Volcano-Driven Climate Change partially Behind the Black Death?

Juan Cole

Mongols of the Golden Horde catapulted the cadavers of plague victims over the wall of the city of Caffa

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One way Zohran Mamdani could arrest Indicted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu

One way Zohran Mamdani could arrest Indicted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu

12/09/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

12/09/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Bremer Flees Iraq Two Days Early Paul Bremer suddenly left Iraq on Monday, having “transferred sovereignty” to the caretaker Iraqi government two days early. It […]

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Fallujah Nir Rosens Brave And

Fallujah Nir Rosen’s brave and essential reporting from Fallujah in the New Yorker is a must read. A taste: ‘ A young boy from Najaf […]

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10 Killed In Iraq Including Us Soldier

10 Killed in Iraq, including a US Soldier; One Marine Held Hostage A US Marine was taken hostage in Iraq on June 21, and the […]

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Fahrenheit 911 I Saw Michael Moores

Fahrenheit 9/11 I saw Michael Moore’s new film in Ann Arbor at the midnight show last Thursday, thinking I might say something about it over […]

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2 Billion Unaccounted For In Cpa

$2 Billion Unaccounted for In CPA Handling of Iraq Finances The BBC reports that of nearly $20 billion in Iraqi money that the Coalition Provisional […]

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Iraq Haunts Bush In Istanbul Nabil Al

Iraq Haunts Bush in Istanbul Nabil al-Tikriti, who teaches history part-time at Loyola University New Orleans, writes Sunday from Istanbul: ‘ Hello: There are 15 […]

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Clarke Invasion Of Iraq Enormous

Clarke: Invasion of Iraq an Enormous Mistake In a speech in Orlando, former White House counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke said, according to AP: ‘ The […]

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Attacks Target Party Offices in Iraq Al-Hayat: Guerrilla attacks on Saturday concentrated on party offices of parties allied with the United States. Gunmen attacked the […]

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Should Cheney Be Fined 275000 Vice

Should Cheney be Fined $275,000? Vice President Dick Cheney shouted “go fuck yourself!” at inoffensive Senator Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, at a photo opportunity […]

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