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• Duluth buzzes with a rumor
  Duluth is just like other US cities. All over town, signs say, "No war," and "Support our troops." And now people in Duluth are divided over something that might have happened to a man in uniform. Or maybe it was several men in uniform. Or maybe it didn't happen at all.April 1, 2003
• Street fights on road to Baghdad
  American soldiers on the road to Baghdad fought bloody street-to-street battles with militants loyal to Saddam Hussein. U.S.-led forces launched missiles Tuesday toward Baghdad and the holy Shiite Muslim city of Karbala to the southwest, and circling warplanes bombed targets in the area. Buildings in the capital shuddered and smoke billowed from the capital's Old Palace presidential compound. A look at the media coverage of the war.April 1, 2003
• War Diaries
  In a continuing series, NPR shares the personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war, from the combat zone to the home front.April 1, 2003
• Regional concern over the war
  How are people in the Arab world reacting to the U.S.-led war on Iraq? One onimous prediction was made this week by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who said this war would produce "one hundred new bin Ladens."April 1, 2003
• The fight for Baghdad
  Trading fire with Iraqis hidden behind brick walls and hedges, U.S. Army forces spearheading the drive on Baghdad battled their way into this town 50 miles from the capital Monday and captured dozens of members of Saddam Hussein's vaunted Republican Guard. The street-to-street fighting at the key Euphrates River crossing was the war's closest known battle to Baghdad.March 31, 2003
• Persuading the enemy to quit
  The U.S. military has showered Iraq with leaflets designed to get soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender. War has always been as much about winning over the minds of the enemy as it is about military tactics.March 31, 2003
• War coverage continues
  War coverage and analysis continues on Midmorning as the troops potentially face their first major battles.March 31, 2003
• War coverage: Is more better?
  A University of Minnesota professor says that unprecedented media access to troops in the Gulf War doesn't necessarily result in additional information or insight. Mark Pedelty, author of War Stories: The Culture of Foreign Correspondents, says that during the Salvadoran War, he spent time interviewing, observing, and traveling with reporters who covered that conflict. Pedelty says journalists are often confined by media conventions, which hamper their ability to report on war. He talked with All Things Considered host Lorna Benson.March 28, 2003
• Special Pentagon briefing: news from NPR
  A briefing at the Pentagon with Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and updated news from Iraq.March 28, 2003
• Live from the BBC: special Iraqi war coverage
  Updated information and news reports from the BBC World Service about the war in Iraq.March 28, 2003
• Pawlenty wants protesters to pay law enforcement costs
  As anti-war protesters begin adopting more confrontational tactics, Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants them to reimburse law enforcement for the expense of their own arrests. Pawlenty spokeswoman Leslie Kupchella said Thursday that "effective immediately," Pawlenty wants judges to begin ordering protesters to pay restitution.March 28, 2003
• Deciphering military language
  Every war has contributed new words and this one is no exception. And there are the military terms that we only hear at times like these. If you're having trouble understanding the difference between a battalion and a brigade, Midmorning's guest can help.March 28, 2003
• Gauging the will of the Iraqi people
  Analysts within the Bush Administration and some outside government predicted before the war that Iraqis would welcome U.S.-led troops and fight against supporters of Saddam Hussein. That doesn't seem to be happening as widely as once believed.March 28, 2003
• Twin Cities Somalis meet with law enforcement
  Federal and local law enforcement officials met Thursday in Minneapolis with about 60 members of the Twin Cities Somali community. Minnesota U.S. attorney's office set up the meeting, billed as a forum to discuss terrorism and the war in Iraq.March 28, 2003
• War raises questions for Azad Berwari
  One thousand American troops parachuted onto an airfield in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq Thursday. It's the first large deployment of American ground troops in the region. The action is being followed closely by Kurdish people in the Fargo-Moorhead area which is currently home to some 500 Iraqi Kurds. Many are reluctant to speak publicly about the war. But Azad Berwari, a graduate student in Fargo, speaks freely about his concerns.March 28, 2003

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