Marine Kirkuk Police Iraqi National

Juan Cole 08/03/2004

Marine, Kirkuk Police, Iraqi National Guard Killed

Agence France Press reported that guerrillas killed a US Marine Tuesday in al-Anbar Province during ‘security and stability operations.’

Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that guerrillas ambushed a police patrol in Kirkuk, killing three policemen and wounding 6.

Guerrillas in Karbala killed an Iraqi national guardsman and wounded 3 others in an attack on their patrol.

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