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Atlantan slain on street in Iraq Tireless volunteer found his calling as U.S. diplomat on education mission By BILL TORPY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/26/04 In 2002, Jim Mollen of Dunwoody worked tirelessly for Hands on Atlanta to line up volunteers for dozens of public service projects on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. "I enjoy going out and performing the service on the front line," Mollen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At the time, "front line" was a figure of speech. On Wednesday, Mollen, 48, was shot to death in Baghdad as he drove back alone to the Green...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A State Department security officer was killed Sunday during a mortar or rocket attack at a U.S. base near Baghdad International Airport, the U.S. Embassy announced. Ed Seitz (search), an agent with the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was killed about 5 a.m. at Camp Victory (search), embassy spokesman Bob Callahan said. Camp Victory is the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition's ground forces command. An undetermined number of people were injured in the attack but none with life-threatening injuries, Callahan said. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is on a tour of Asia, said, "The Department...