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Al-Baṣrah (; BGN: Al Basrah, also called 'Basorah) is the capital of Basra Province, Iraq, and had an estimated population of 3,800,200 as of 2009. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it is incapable of deep water access, which is handled at the the port of Umm Qasr.

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  • Iraq Steps Out of Iran’s Shadow

    …last year's drive against militants in Basra uncovered a "snake" that stretched across ……notorious Iranian-backed militant, the Basra resistance intensified. "This is from ……told colleagues gathered in his improvised Basra war room. To save face, Iran organized …

    By Larry Kaplow

    06/06/2009International
  • The Laughing Radical

    …a parliamentary adviser, served in the war with Dehnamaki and was with him during an offensive to capture the Iraqi city of Basra in 1987. When the first Ekhrajiha came out, Abu Taleb went to see it with Dehnamaki. "As I was watching the film, I got …

    By Babak Dehghanpisheh

    05/23/2009International
  • The InternationaList: May 16, 2008

    …month, further strengthening ties. France also plans to build a new embassy in Baghdad and two new consulates in Erbil and Basra . French construction giant Lafarge already accounts for one in four tons of the concrete poured in Iraq. Total has been invited …

    05/16/2009International
  • Unturnings: Speculation begins on Souter's replacement

    …quits Six years into the war in Iraq, British troops ended combat operations this week in the country, handing over control of Basra to U.S. forces, rather than the Iraqi Army. The opposition leader to Prime Minister Gordon Brown vows that an investigation …

    By Newsweek

    05/01/2009Blogs
  • A New Iraq?

    …himself as El Cid, personally leading offensives in Mosul and Basra . He stood up to the Kurds, which may have unnerved the Americans ……second place, although with only 9 percent of the vote); Basra (SCIRI, with 11.6 percent compared with Maliki's 37 percent …

    By Lennox Samuels

    02/05/2009International

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