TITLE

The Road to Baghdad

PUB. DATE

May 2003

SOURCE

Junior Scholastic;5/9/2003, Vol. 105 Issue 18, p7

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents a chronology of events during a week in Iraq at the time of Iraq War 2003 as reported by reporter Letta Taylor.

ACCESSION #

9876480

Tags: WAR correspondents;  TAYLOR, Letta;  WAR

 

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