Embattled Fallujah Awaits Next Assault

NPR | By Philip Reeves

Published November 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Widespread violence in Iraq is forcing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee Fallujah. The people who remain are caught in the crossfire between U.S. troops and insurgents. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

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