Fallujah, the site of gruesome attacks on four U.S. civilian contractors Wednesday, has a long and bloody history. Experts on the area say they are not surprised by the violence of this week's attacks. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and Rashid Khalidi, director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University.
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