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General Sees Drop in Iraq Attacks

By Robert Siegel

Published January 5, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the joint task force commander in Iraq, says the number of insurgent attacks against coalition troops has dropped from 40 per day in November to 20 per day. He also says that more Iraqis are turning in weapons, in addition to turning in people who have made or are planning attacks against U.S. troops. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Gen. Sanchez.

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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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