Us Soldier Khalidiya Police Chief

Juan Cole 09/16/2003

US Soldier, Khalidiya Police Chief Killed

Guerillas Monday killed a 1st Armored Division soldier in central Baghdad with rpg fire as he was patrolling. In the western town of Khalidiya, three men assassinated Col .Khedeir Mekhalef Ali, police chief in al-Khaldiya.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page