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Basra, Iraq. The city of Sinbad the Sailor and Iraq's 3rd largest city and main seaport, founded by order of Caliph Omar in 636 AD as a military base ... Basra is Iraq's 3rd largest city and main seaport, situated 67 km to the north of the Arabian Gulf and 549 km south east of Baghdad. When you see it today,
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www.atlastours.net/iraq/basra.html
www.atlastours.net/iraq/basra.html
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I was able to report objectively from Basra entirely because of the careful planning and immense care of two BBC security advisers who watched my back. They are former soldiers, but are now BBC staff. I mustn't be too precise – but I can say that they are ... But then, Iraq became too dangerous for unescorted reporting.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/iraq-basra-is...
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/iraq-basra-is-now-worse-than-when-the-british-troops-arrived-1677856.html
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Find out current local time in Basra – Iraq. Get Basra's weather and area codes, time zone and DST. Explore Basra's sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. ... Basra, Iraq; Basra is also known as al-Basrah; The native name of Iraq is Al Iraq...
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www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1051
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The General Union of Oil Employees in Basra, Iraq, has its roots in the Southern Oil Company Trade Union, which was established after the occupation began in April 2003. The goal of the union, is to re-organise the relationship between workers and the company’s administration in order to fight for workers’ rights.
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www.basraoilunion.org/
www.basraoilunion.org/
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Iraq Maps on Other Web Sites: ... [Al Basrah] Basra (topographic map in Russian) original scale 1:200,000 Portion of Soviet General Staff map H-38-XVIII 1990 (540K)
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www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html
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With over 80 percent of the country's known oil reserves, Basra holds the key to Iraq's economy. Without its revenues the central government in Baghdad would collapse. The struggle for power in Basra is central to the larger battle for control in the new Shiite dominated Iraq. ... Basra is supposed to be safe.
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www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/the_battle_for_basra_ira...
www.democracynow.org/2007/12/6/the_battle_for_basra_iraqs_oil
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I think he felt – which many of us had talked about many times—that Basra was an important part of the country, ... Military analyst Malcolm Nance reports that “most Shiites in Southern Iraq…see this as a fight between two rival militias, the Badr Corps (aka Maliki and the Iraqi army) and the JAM [Sadr's Jaysh al...
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thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain...
thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/
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An independent inquiry into the Iraq war that will examine the run-up to the conflict and the country's subsequent reconstruction will begin today. ... British airmen conduct a dawn airborne counter insurgency patrol in Basra earlier this year. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images ... British airmen in Basra, Iraq...
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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/30/iraq-war-inquir...
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/30/iraq-war-inquiry
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After three wars in 30 years, half the population of Iraq's main port are children. Martin Chulov meets them ... Children across Iraq are renowned for ageing ahead of their years; but in Basra childhood has been little more than fleeting for three generations.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/19/children-basra-ira...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/19/children-basra-iraq-war-legacy
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