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Basra in Southern Iraq Faces Different Threat

While deadly attacks on U.S. troops continue in Northern and Central Iraq, Basra in Southern Iraq has remained free from major combat incidents since August. Officials in the British-controlled port city, however, worry about interference from neighboring Iran. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

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