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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 Tomdispatch

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Army Of Helpers Of Sunnah Major

Army Of Helpers Of Sunnah Major

Army of the Helpers of the Sunnah a Major Insurgent Group Al-Hayat newspaper in London says it has gotten hold of many memos and videotapes […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Interviews With Chicago Public

Cole Interviews With Chicago Public

Cole Interviews with Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview Those of you with RealAudio can listen to two interviews I did with Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview program, […]

Juan Cole

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We May As Well Just Record All Our

We May As Well Just Record All Our

We may as Well Just Record all our Telephone Calls and send them to Maryland Philip Knightley and Kim Sengupta describe how the US National […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Reaffirms Demand For Elections

Sistani Reaffirms Demand For Elections

Sistani Reaffirms demand for Elections by end of Year The NYT reports that Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has again said the UN needs to set […]

Juan Cole

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High Baghdad Official Forced To Resign

High Baghdad Official Forced To Resign

High Baghdad Official Forced to Resign over Veiling Issue Az-Zaman reports that Jawad Kadhim al-Anani, appointed to a high position in the Baghdad provincial government […]

Juan Cole

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Mahmoud Uthman Igc Too Weak To Be Given

Mahmoud Uthman Igc Too Weak To Be Given

Mahmoud Uthman: IGC too Weak to be given Sovereignty In an interview with ash-Sharq al-Awsat, Kurdish Interim Governing Council (IGC) member Mahmoud Uthman (Osman) said […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Soldiers Die In Helicopter Crash

Two Us Soldiers Die In Helicopter Crash

Two US Soldiers die in Helicopter Crash; Police General Killed AP reports that two US soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday near […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Clerics Fail To Secure Release Of

Sunni Clerics Fail To Secure Release Of

Sunni Clerics Fail to Secure Release of 150 Imprisoned Women (AFP/az-Zaman): Sunni clerics meeting with US officers failed to secure the release of 150 Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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Passion Of Christ In World Religions

Passion Of Christ In World Religions

The Passion of Christ in the World Religions The phenomenon of Mel Gibson’s The Passion, about the death of Jesus of Nazareth, has provoked a […]

Juan Cole

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