Manchester's security more fragile than Basra: British General London, Feb. 7 (ANI): After almost nine years of insurgency in Iraq, the security condition of the second largest city of the country, Basra is improving, and the crime rate has in-fact come down below some of the major cities of Britain. ...
British troops quit Iraqi city of Basra Basra (Iraq), Sep 3: British troops quit the Iraqi city of Basra today, leaving the southern oil hub without British forces for the first time since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. The withdrawal from the besieged ...
British troops quitting Basra city in Iraq Basra, Sep 3: British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq. A British Ministry of ...