Violence In Iraq Insurgents Killed 12

Juan Cole 06/10/2004

Violence in Iraq

Insurgents killed 12 Iraqi soldiers of the Fallujah Brigade in Fallujah on Wednesday. This is the first time that insurgents targeted the indigenous Iraqi brigade.

It has now been revealed that 10 US troops were wounded in carbomb attacks on Tuesday.

Likewise, Mahdi Army irregular attacked Najaf police on Wednesday and Thursday.

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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