Further Instability In Iraq Guerrillas

Juan Cole 11/11/2003

Further instability in Iraq

Guerrillas hit a convoy at Iskandariya, killing one American soldier.

Guerrillas exploded an improvised bomb along the side of the street in Basra, killing 3 civilians at least.

In Mosul, guerrillas killed a petroleum official and his son with machine gune fire on Monday.

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor in the History Department 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