War Update

By Melissa Block,

Mike Shuster

Published April 8, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Central Command in Kuwait on the latest developments in Iraq. He tells NPR's Melissa Block about the apparent U.S. strategy for taking control of Baghdad, with the Army in the west and the Marines in the east. In the south, British officials say they control the city of Basra, but there is widespread looting.

Melissa Block

As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.