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Transcript: As Fighting Eases, Sadr City Returns to Routine
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- March 31, 2008
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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
03-31-2008
As Fighting Eases, Sadr City Returns to Routine
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
And I'm Michele Norris.
Iraq is generally quieter today after almost a week of heavy fighting in Basra, Baghdad and other cities. U.S.-backed government forces have been clashing with Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. After negotiations in Iran, Sadr ordered his Mahdi army to stand-down yesterday.
Just ahead, two views of what the fighting means for all the parties involved. First, to NPR's Lourdes ...
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