Us Soldier Assassinated In Mosul Drive

Juan Cole 12/09/2003

US Soldier Assassinated in Mosul Drive-By; Iraqi Policeman Killed

Four Iraqis in a vehicle conducted a drive-by shooting directed at US troops in Mosul Monday, killing a US soldier from the 101st Airborne Division. In Baqubah, guerrillas detonated strategically a tank round, killing an Iraqi policeman who was a bomb disposal expert.

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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