Iraqi Paper Reopens; U.S. Bombs Fallujah

NPR | By Philip Reeves,

Brian Naylor

Published July 18, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi allows the Shiite weekly Al-Hawza to resume publication, reversing a decision by recently departed U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer. In Fallujah, attacks by U.S. forces left at least 11 dead. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor and NPR's Philip Reeves.

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