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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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Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam Be Executed Or Exhibited

Should Saddam be Executed or Exhibited in Stocks and Spit on? Shiites Debate The Associated Press reports on the debate in the Shiite holy city […]

Juan Cole

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So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So This Is Liberation One Of Prime

So this is Liberation? One of the prime messages the Bush Public Relations team has attempted to project to the US public is that the […]

Juan Cole

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Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz Al Hakim Recognizes Justice

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Recognizes Justice of Reparations to Iran Reuters reports that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the current president of the Interim Governing Council, has admitted […]

Juan Cole

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Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence For Iraqi Psyche Needed

Convalescence for the Iraqi Psyche Needed: Sunni-Shiite Clashes in Wake of Saddam Capture Maureen Fan of Knight-Ridder observes that the capture of Saddam by the […]

Juan Cole

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Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several Us Troops Wounded In Mosul And

Several US Troops Wounded in Mosul and near Kirkuk; Assassination and a Bomb in Baghdad AFP reports that 3 US soldiers were wounded in separate […]

Juan Cole

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Trials Of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle

Trials Of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle

The Trials of Trying Saddam Veteran Middle East journalist Helena Cobban reflects on a host of issues presented by the task of trying Saddam Hussein.

Juan Cole

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Economic Revival In Basra Accompanied

Economic Revival In Basra Accompanied

Economic Revival in Basra accompanied by Crime Wave Alisha Ryu argues in a report for the Voice of America that the southern city of Basra’s […]

Juan Cole

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Is Capture Of Saddam Bad News For Bush

Is Capture Of Saddam Bad News For Bush

Is the Capture of Saddam Bad News for Bush? William Pfaff argues in the International Herald Tribune that there are lots of reasons that Saddam’s […]

Juan Cole

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Student Chants In Mosul For Those

Student Chants In Mosul For Those

Student Chants in Mosul For those interested in crowd behavior, I note from al-Hayat the chants of student protesters in Mosul below. They are really […]

Juan Cole

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