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  • BASRAH - The winter chill was broken for some Iraqis as a company of Iraqi National Police recently distributed blankets, heaters, flashlights and other items to Basrah residents.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • Scottsdale, Ariz., died May 10, in Basrah of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Al Farr, Iraq.

    Gulf War II 2010

  • Another measure of GZG desperation is that they used peshmerga forces in Basrah (and in Baghdad).

    Children and Others Dying in Iraq Recently 2008

  • Apart from the benefit to its fighters in Basrah there was the added benefit of reducing the pressure on its fighters in Karbala.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Another measure of GZG desperation is that they used peshmerga forces in Basrah (and in Baghdad).

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • Apart from the benefit to its fighters in Basrah there was the added benefit of reducing the pressure on its fighters in Karbala.

    Children and Others Dying in Iraq Recently 2008

  • In the same book, Wells also wrote that World War III was to commence, “from some future [unidentified] event in Basrah, Iraq. ” Is he is 2 for 2 in his predictions?

    Think Progress » Wolfowitz: No WMD, No War 2005

  • In the same book, Wells also wrote that World War III was to commence, “from some future [unidentified] event in Basrah, Iraq. ” Is he is 2 for 2 in his predictions?

    Think Progress » O’Reilly: 2005

  • One final wine-related note to show that people all around the world aren’t all that different: Basrah is the largest city in the Shia part of Iraq; hence it’s a very religious town.

    A wine lover’s postcard from Camp Basrah, Iraq | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Basrah is the country’s economic lung and the Mahdi army, the Badr Brigade, and Virtue (Fadhila) party all have a heavily armed presence there.

    Children and Others Dying in Iraq Recently 2008

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