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Insurgents Attack Iraqi Oil Targets

By Julie McCarthy, Liane Hansen

Published December 20, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Insurgents in Iraq attack oil-industry infrastructure, burning millions of gallons of fuel in attacks on oil storage tanks in southern Baghdad and a pipeline north of the capital. Reported resentment of the occupying forces persists. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and NPR's Julie McCarthy.

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Julie McCarthy

Julie McCarthy has spent most of career traveling the world for NPR. She's covered wars, prime ministers, presidents and paupers. But her favorite stories "are about the common man or woman doing uncommon things," she says.

Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.