2 Frenchmen Shot 4 Protesters Die Four

Juan Cole 01/07/2004

2 Frenchmen Shot; 4 Protesters Die

Four Iraqi protesters were killed by Iraqi police in Basra. They were veterans demonstrating because they had not received their monthly stipends, promised by the CPA. Two civiian French contractors were shot near Fallujah when their car broke down.

American nationalists who dislike the French so much may be put in a difficult position by this latter, since there are now French martyrs to the cause of Iraqi liberation from Saddam.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and 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. Follow him at @jricole.