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U.S. General Unhurt as Insurgents Attack Iraqi Facility

NPR | By Eric Westervelt,

Melissa Block

Published February 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Insurgents fire grenades at an Iraqi civil defense facility as Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, visits. Abizaid was not hurt in the attack, which caused no American casualties. The attackers escaped. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Eric Westervelt.

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Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based senior editor-correspondent for NPR's National Desk.

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Melissa Block is a special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs.

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