Pondering Regime Change in Iraq

By Steve Inskeep

Published January 4, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Some analysts say that overthrowing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could be the only way to avoid war. The United States has supported tentative efforts at regime change in the past, without much success. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

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