Guerrillas Kill 7 Gis Blow Up 52

Juan Cole 12/27/2006

Guerrillas Kill 7 GIs, blow up 52 Iraqis

AFP rounds up the violence in Iraq on Tuesday. 7 more US GIs were killed, and bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk killed and wounded scores. Fighting broke out between US troops and Mahdi Army militiamen in East Baghdad.

Emily Miller’s op-ed on her brother in Iraq is worth reading.

If you didn’t see it yesterday, look at my “top ten myths about Iraq in 2006.”

About the Author

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