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Amid Violence in Iraq, Hopes to Calm Fallujah

By Mike Shuster
Published December 18, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

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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Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.