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Amid Violence in Iraq, Hopes to Calm Fallujah

NPR | By Mike Shuster

Published December 19, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Bombings in Najaf and Karbala, Iraq, leave dozens dead and wounded, in the latest insurgent attacks. In Fallujah, U.S. Marines and Iraqi forces plan to allow some residents to return to their homes, even as they still encounter insurgents. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

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