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U.S. Forces Police a Lawless Baghdad

By Anne Garrels

Published April 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

U.S. Marines will begin enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew in eastern Baghdad starting Friday. It's an attempt to control widespread looting in a city lacking all signs of Saddam Hussein's authoritarian regime. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

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