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U.S. Sticks to Military Aims amid Baghdad Turmoil

U.S. forces seek to remain focused on the military mission in Iraq as looting and lawlessness plague Baghdad and other cities abandoned by Saddam Hussein's government and security forces. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports from Baghdad.

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Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based senior editor-correspondent for NPR's National Desk.