Musayyib Death Toll Rises To Nearly

Juan Cole 07/17/2005

Musayyib Death Toll Rises to Nearly 100

Reuters is reporting that the death toll from the gas station bombing in Musayyib on Saturday has risen to 98. It is now the second most destructive bombing since the Baath regime fell in 2003.

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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

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