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American and other western residents of Saudi Arabia are increasingly jittery amid the looming prospect of war in neighboring Iraq. Many fear new terrorist attacks by Islamist militants outraged over the U.S. invasion of another Muslim state. NPR's Kate Seelye reports from Riyadh.

Iraq is bordered on the west and east by Jordan, Syria and Turkey, countries having no particular fondness for Saddam Hussein. Still, they're not welcoming a U.S.-led attack to remove him from power. NPR's Michele Norris talks about Iraq's neighbors with Robert Pelletreau, former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs.

Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division in Kuwait are poised for a major ground combat operation in Iraq, and many believe it will come soon. A few woke up in the middle of the night to listen to President Bush's address to the nation. Some expressed relief that the waiting is almost over. But there's also anxiety, according to NPR's Eric Westervelt, who's with Charlie Company of the 315th. He reports that only three of the 150 troops in that company have combat experience.

Personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war. Hear Korean War veteran Harold Lacasse.

He is currently senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace where he is on leave from his position as Newsweek magazine's chief diplomatic correspondent. He is also director of American University's Crimes of War Project. Gutman won the Pulitzer prize in 1993 for his coverage of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he provided the first documented reports of concentration camps. He is co-editor of the book, Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know and is author of A Witness to Genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize Winning Dispatches on Ethnic Cleansing of Bosnia and Banana Diplomacy: The Making of American Policy in Nicaragua, 1981-1987.

Fierce sandstorms over Baghdad and the surrounding area cause delays for U.S. forces advancing toward Baghdad. The Army's 3rd Infantry Division makes its way within 70 miles of the capital, where it encounters some of the strongest resistance in the six-day campaign. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.

Fierce sandstorms near Baghdad reduce visibility and cause delays for U.S. forces advancing toward the capital. The Army's 3rd Infantry Division makes its way within 70 miles of Baghdad; outside the holy city of Najaf, small-scale skirmishes continue between U.S. and Iraqi forces. Hear NPR's John Burnett and NPR's Eric Westervelt.

NPR's regular program schedule was pre-empted by NPR News Special Coverage of the war in Iraq. Audio for the entire day is available at the link below.

Secretary of State Colin Powell urges Turkey to keep its forces out of Iraq during any U.S.-led military action due to concerns of a possible conflict with the Kurds. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

U.S. military officials are investigating the grenade attack at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait that killed one U.S. soldier and wounded more than a dozen. An American soldier is being held as a suspect. Hear NPR's Lynne Neary and Time magazine correspondent Jim Lacey.