Bomb Blast In Baghdad Kills 1 Us

Juan Cole 12/06/2003

Bomb blast in Baghdad kills 1 US soldier, 4 Iraqis, wounds 16

Guerrillas set off a bomb in Baghdad as a US military convoy was passing from one direction and an Iraqi civilian minibus from the other. At least 1 US soldier was killed, and eyewitnesses spoke of seeing others wounded. At least 4 Iraqis were killed, and some 16 wounded.

Meanwhile, about 1000 mainly Shiite demonstrators held a rally in downtown Baghdad in favor of US troops, protesting against the guerrillas who kill them and also kill Iraqi by-standers. The political affiliation of the protestors was not mentioned in the press. It is possible that they were reacting to Friday’s bombing and the deaths of civilian Iraqis.

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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