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War Update: Basra Uprising

NPR's Robert Smith looks at how preliminary reports of an uprising by Iraqi citizens in Basra yesterday quickly grew to a prominent position in the news coverage of the war despite a lack of details to back up those reports.

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Robert Smith is a host for NPR's Planet Money where he tells stories about how the global economy is affecting our lives.