Marines Sweep Eastern Baghdad

By John Burnett

Published April 9, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

U.S. Marines moved with relative ease through much of eastern Baghdad, which is now under their control. While many Iraqis celebrated by cheering and dancing in the streets over the apparent collapse of their government, others celebrated by wholesale looting. NPR's John Burnett is with the Marines in Baghdad.

John Burnett

As NPR's Southwest correspondent based in Austin, Texas, John Burnett covers immigration, border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. In 2018, 2019 and again in 2020, he won national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association for continuing coverage of the immigration beat. In 2020, Burnett along with other NPR journalists, were finalists for a duPont-Columbia Award for their coverage of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico program. In December 2018, Burnett was invited to participate in a workshop on Refugees, Immigration and Border Security in Western Europe, sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission.

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