11 Iraqis Killed 55 Foreign Troops

Juan Cole 02/19/2004

11 Iraqis Killed, 55 Foreign Troops Wounded in Car Bombings

Reuters reports that guerrillas launched two car bomb attacks against a military base near Hilla yesterday, killing 11 and wounding over 100 others, including 55 Coalition troops under Polish command. AP said that “The wounded included 32 Iraqis and 26 Poles, as well as Hungarians, Bulgarians, Filipinos and an American.“

Three US troops had been killed by roadside bombs on Monday and Tuesday.

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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