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Fallujah Reconstruction Hampered by Continuing Attacks

Residents of the Iraqi city of Fallujah have still not been able to return to their homes, more than a month after U.S. forces seized control of the city. But unexpected resistance from remaining insurgents is hindering resettlement. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

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Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
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