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Christmas Tensions Across Front Lines Report
Christmas mood dampened in Afghanistan and Bethlehem as soldiers work through the holiday. At Bagram Air Base wreaths and lights brighten doors while combat remains active, and in Kabul a grenade attack injures two. Vatican Cardinal John Paul II leads Midnight Mass amid war talk, while Bethlehem endures occupation with limited celebrations and a Mass at St Catherine’s Church.
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Bagram
Afghanistan
Air Force
Greg Marston
Doylestown
Steven Checo
Shkhin
U.S
Asadabad
Pakistan
Kabul
David Letterman
Vatican City
John Paul II
Iraq
Vatican
St. Peter’s Basilica
John Paul
Washington
Baghdad
L’osservatore Romano
United States
St. Peter’s Square
Jesus
Bethlehem
Piazza
Manger Square
Raed Zarrouk
Jerusalem
Israel
St. Catherine’s Church
U.S. Army
Roland Spano JR
Baton Rouge
Santa Claus
Bagram Air Base