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Tuesday      
April 8, 2003
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Forces Speculate Whereabouts of Hussein

We get a report from Baghdad, where there’s widespread speculation that a U.S. air strike targeting a meeting of high-level Iraqi leaders may have killed Saddam Hussein and his sons.

Report from the 101st

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A report from embedded reporter Don North with the 101st Airborne Division.

U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Attacked Near Baghdad

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Embedded reporter Sean Naylor reports on an attack on the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division just outside Baghdad.

Military Analysis from Tad Oelstrom

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Retired U.S. General Tad Oelstrom has analysis of the latest military news in the war with Iraq.

Restoring Iraq’s Marshland

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We hear about efforts to restore marshlands in Iraq that were destroyed by Saddam Hussein in 1991.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz

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We get a profile of the controversial and powerful member of the Bush cabinet.

The Environmental Impact of War

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With dust and debris from bombs, and thick smoke from burning oil fields in Iraq, we get a sense of the environmental impact the war is having on people living in the region.

Reporter Jim Patten

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An interview with Jim Patten, reporter for the Lawrence Eagle Tribune, who won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.

Poetry from World War II

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We hear verse from the defining conflict of the 20th century: poetry from World War II.

Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 8, 2003

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A wrap-up of the day’s world events.

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