1 Us Soldier Killed 2 Wounded In Mosul

Juan Cole 12/08/2003

1 US Soldier Killed, 2 Wounded in Mosul

Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill one US soldier and wound 2 others from the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul on Sunday.

Also, guerrillas bombed a train near Samarra, detaching 12 cars and putting the rail link out of commission for a week or so, according to the Associated Press.

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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