Baghdad Braces for Attack

NPR | By Anne Garrels

Published March 17, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Tension in Baghdad increases as the city prepares for a U.S.-led assault to remove Saddam Hussein. Soldiers gather along streets and residents stock up on food and gas. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

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