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Archives for August 2003

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Gunmen Killed Three British Soldiers In

Gunmen Killed Three British Soldiers In

Juan Cole

*Gunmen killed three British soldiers in the southern port city of Basra on Saturday. Details are contradictory and sketchy. Some reports say they had a bomb tossed at them, others wonder if their unmarked car just came to be targeted by car thieves. *Ethnic violence near Kirkuk as Shiite Turkmen clashed with Sunni Kurds over […]

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It Is With Great Sadness That I Report

It Is With Great Sadness That I Report

Juan Cole

*It is with great sadness that I report that a friend of Informed Comment, Naval Reserve Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman (31), was killed Thursday near al-Hilla. The wire services said: “BAGHDAD: A US serviceman on duty with a Marine unit was shot dead south of Baghdad, the US military said today, as the UN prepared to […]

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Guerrillas In Iraq Killed One 1st

Guerrillas In Iraq Killed One 1st

Juan Cole

*Guerrillas in Iraq killed one 1st Armored Division soldier and wounded two others with an improvised explosive in Baghdad just before midnight Wednesday. In Afghanistan, Taliban forces killed a US Special Operations officer in Orgun in Paktia province. *CENTCOM commander Gen. John Abizaid, a straight shooter, is admitting that 140,000 US troops may be in […]

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Three Guerrillas Fired Ak 47s And

Three Guerrillas Fired Ak 47s And

Juan Cole

*Three guerrillas fired AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades at a US military convoy near Tikrit, killing a US citizen working as a translator, and wounding two US soldiers on Wednesday. *Still no firm clues in the truck bombing of the UN HQ. Now there is some question about whether it really was a suicide bombing, or […]

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For My Reaction To Tragic Bombing Of Un

For My Reaction To Tragic Bombing Of Un

Juan Cole

For my reaction to the tragic bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad, see the breaking news item below. *Bahraini officials met with Iraq Interim Governing Council President Ibrahim Jaafari on Tuesday (- Al-Sharq al-Awsat). They expressed their support for the IGC (not the same as recognizing it as a legitimate government) and for Iraq […]

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Breaking News_19

Breaking News_19

Juan Cole

*Breaking News. A suicide bomber set off an enormous truck bomb at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, which was serving as the United Nations Headquarters, beneath the office of UN special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello. De Mello and 17 others are confirmed dead, with 100 or more injured, and much of the front of […]

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Guerrillas Killed Us Soldier In Baghdad

Guerrillas Killed Us Soldier In Baghdad

Juan Cole

*Guerrillas killed a US soldier in Baghdad on Monday with a bomb. In a separate incident, guerrillas attacked a US Army convoy with rocket propelled grenades east of Tikrit, wounding two American soldiers. *Paul Bremer admitted that sabotage was costing American-administered Iraq billions, but told CNN: “I think these bitter-enders that we are faced with […]

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Second Pipeline Blast In North Of Iraq

Second Pipeline Blast In North Of Iraq

Juan Cole

*A second pipeline blast in the north of Iraq further damages the country’s ability to export petroleum, costing Iraqis $7 million a day. Guerrillas showered mortar fire on Abu Ghurayb Prison near Baghdad, killing six Iraqi prisoners and wounding 59. Skittish US troops then accidentally killed a Reuters cameraman at the site. It is not […]

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Guerrillas Lightly Wounded Two Us

Guerrillas Lightly Wounded Two Us

Juan Cole

*Guerrillas lightly wounded two US soldiers with near Baquba on Saturday when they set off a roadside bomb made of four 155 mm artillery shells, ambushing a patrol of Abrams tanks, armored personnel carriers and Humvees, according to D’Arcy Doran of AP. The shrapnel wounded two of our guys (according to al-Sharq al-Awsat; early wire […]

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