Transcript: Analysis: Attempts to end the confrontation in Najaf, Iraq

STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
08-17-2004
Analysis: Attempts to end the confrontation in Najaf, Iraq

Host: STEVE INSKEEP, RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

And I'm Renee Montagne.

There's been more fighting between US forces and Shiite militia in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Iraqis at a national political conference have now sent a delegation to try to end that confrontation. The trip had been delayed because of security concerns, and in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, there have been explosions, with a number of people reported dead. NPR's Ivan Watson is at the ...

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