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Commentary: Violence in the Iraqi city of Erbil
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NPR Morning Edition
04-06-2004
Commentary: Violence in the Iraqi city of Erbil
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
BOB EDWARDS, host:
US and Iraqi troops have sealed off the city of Fallujah for more than 24 hours. They have blocked roads and dug trenches in preparation for an operation to find insurgents after four American civilians were killed and mutilated there last week. Commentator Stacy Gilbert has had to face the conseq...
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