Basrah Province

US soldier jailed for six months after Iraq offences (AFP)

AFP/File – Iraqi army soldiers take part in a military training exercise on the outskirts of Basra in August. A … BAGHDAD (AFP) – A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to...

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U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go To Waste

In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water...

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Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case. Tracy Barker had sued U.S. contractor KBR Inc., its...

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Inquiry into 'rape and torture' by UK troops as Iraqis' lawyer claims 32 cases are tip of the...

Fresh claims that British soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners are to be investigated by the Ministry of Defence. They include allegations of rape and torture, some by female British soldiers. But hundreds more alleged cases could...

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Iraqis protest veto of election law

BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Iraqis in the southern province of Basra demonstrated in front of governmental buildings Friday in protest of a decision to veto the election law. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed an...

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MoD bonuses: a 'travesty of justice'?

By Contributing editor Emily Hohler Nov 20, 2009 Dangerous business - but staple guns can nip a bit too Being a civil servant at the Ministry of Defence is a "very difficult and sometimes dangerous job", said Home Secretary...

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Iraqi Engineers Prepare to Work Independently

By Army Sgt. Benjamin R. Kibbey Special to American Forces Press Service CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 20, 2009 – A Basra, Iraq, native brings 50 years of experience as an architect, a master’s degree and a...

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Dispersed by violence, an ancient community struggles to survive

AMMAN - Abu Kareem is one of the Sabian Mandaeans, followers of a Gnostic religion that began in the Levant before migrating to southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Basra, in the first century AD. After 2,000 years in neighbouring...

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Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

By Associated Press Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Tracy Barker had sued U.S. contractor KBR Inc., its former parent company Halliburton and several affiliates in May 2007, claiming she was sexually attacked by a State...

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A Token of Esteem

Army News Service|by Spc. Maurice A. Galloway CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – “When you go home, tell them of us and say, ‘for their tomorrow, we gave our today.’” So reads the famous epitaph by John Maxwell Edmonds,...

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Basra , Faw , Qurnah , Zubayr