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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

08/13/2025 By Juan Cole

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Cpa Official Launches False Allegations

Cpa Official Launches False Allegations

CPA Official Launches False Allegations against Iran In a desperate attempt to redirect anger away from the Coalition Provisional Authority, one of its officials told […]

Juan Cole

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Aftermath Ap Reports That Shiite And

Aftermath Ap Reports That Shiite And

The Aftermath AP reports that Shiite and Sunni clerics jointly led a big procession from East Baghdad to Kazimiyah on Wednesday, attempting to emphasize communal […]

Juan Cole

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Rooting For Company Washington Post

Rooting For Company Washington Post

Rooting for the Company The Washington Post also has an interesting article by Dana Priest on why the 300 CIA case officers in Iraq haven’t […]

Juan Cole

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Us Allies Iraq War Increased Terror

Us Allies Iraq War Increased Terror

US Allies: Iraq War Increased Terror Threat Not only are Shiites in Iraq upset with poor US provision of security, but the publics in major […]

Juan Cole

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Sectarian Strife In Iraq Aps Hamza

Sectarian Strife In Iraq Aps Hamza

Sectarian Strife in Iraq? AP’s Hamza Hendawi has a good piece today on the way in which the Ashura bombings “strain the Iraqi social fabric.” […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Fix Date For Elections Az

Al Hakim Fix Date For Elections Az

Al-Hakim: “Fix Date for Elections!” az-Zaman: Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) has said that the date […]

Juan Cole

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Sunnis Donate Blood To Shiites Az Zaman

Sunnis Donate Blood To Shiites Az Zaman

Sunnis Donate blood to Shiites Az-Zaman: In the Sunni city of Fallujah, mosque officials with microphones urged citizens to donate blood to the victims of […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Vp Condemns Al Qaeda As Force

Iranian Vp Condemns Al Qaeda As Force

Iranian VP Condemns al-Qaeda as force behind Ashura Bombings America Political Enemy, Shiism Ideological Enemy, of al-Qaeda Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings At Kazimiyah And Karbala Day

Bombings At Kazimiyah And Karbala Day

The Bombings at Kazimiyah and Karbala The day of Ashura’ is the holiest in the calendar of Shiite Islam, commemorating the brutal martyrdom of the […]

Juan Cole

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