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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 Juan Cole

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College Professors In Mosul Strike

College Professors in Mosul Strike The professors at Mosul University announced a general strike on Tuesday, demanding an increase in pay. They were protesting that […]

Juan Cole

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3 Us Soldiers Wounded 1 Iraqi Policeman

3 Us Soldiers Wounded 1 Iraqi Policeman

3 US Soldiers Wounded, 1 Iraqi Policeman Killed and 1 Wounded; 7 Protesters Killed; Demonstrations and Counter-Demonstrations Throughout Iraq Guerrillas set off a roadside bomb […]

Juan Cole

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On Point I Was On Nprs On Point Tuesday

On Point I Was On Nprs On Point Tuesday

On Point I was on NPR’s On Point Tuesday evening. I was surprised to find the other guests reporting an attitude in the CPA and […]

Juan Cole

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Saddam May Attempt To Implicate Us Mark

Saddam May attempt to Implicate US Mark Matthews of the Baltimore Sun points out that Saddam may attempt to implicate Western powers and US political […]

Juan Cole

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New Political Map Of Us Implication For

New Political Map of the US: Implication for Elections and Iraq Robert David Sullivan, writing in The Commonwealth, has proposed a new political map of […]

Juan Cole

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Sandwich Analysis Of Gotim News

Sandwich Analysis Of Gotim News

Sandwich Analysis of “Got’im” News Conference: Tom Engelhardt Journalist Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com caught something important about the news conference that announced Saddam’s capture in his […]

Juan Cole

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Anti Union Laws And Privatization In

Anti-Union Laws and Privatization in Iraq Many thanks to Greg Lipman for alerting me to the David Bacon article on labor issues and privatization in […]

Juan Cole

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1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 Us Soldier Killed 8 Iraqis Killed 25

1 US Soldier Killed; 8 Iraqis killed, 25 Wounded in Car Bombings at Iraqi Police Stations Pro-Saddam Demonstrations in Falluja and Tikrit A roadside bomb […]

Juan Cole

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Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections In Samawa

Successful Caucus Elections in Samawa Veteran Middle East reporter Nicholas Blanford writes in the Christian Science Monitor about the successes of the Coalition Provisional Authority […]

Juan Cole

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