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Marines Move to Secure Fallujah Some 25,000 U.S. Marines assume responsibility for the troubled area around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, replacing the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Marine commanders say they want to "establish relations with the people there." The region, once a stronghold for Saddam Hussein, has been a hotbed of anti-occupation activity. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

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Some 25,000 U.S. Marines assume responsibility for the troubled area around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, replacing the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Marine commanders say they want to "establish relations with the people there." The region, once a stronghold for Saddam Hussein, has been a hotbed of anti-occupation activity. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.