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Mosul Commander Addresses Violence

By Robert Siegel

Published November 25, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 21 years ago.

Major Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the Army's 101st Airborne Division occupying Mosul, clarifies the cloudy circumstances surrounding the deaths of two soldiers this week in the northern Iraqi city. Mosul had been seen as a model of occupation and reconstruction, but violence in the area has put the city's peaceful image in question. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Petraeus.

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Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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