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Iraq Fires Missiles at Kuwait

Hours after the U.S. launches a pre-dawn missile attack on Baghdad, Iraq launches missiles at U.S. and British troops in Kuwait. In Baghdad, where streets are deserted, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf accuses President Bush of a crime against humanity in ordering the attack. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster and NPR's Anne Garrels.

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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.