March 31, 2008 ... When Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, launched an attack last week on Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra, it set off a week of heavy fighting ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/03/militias_v_the_military_in_ira.html
September 01, 2008 ... You'll like it here. You'll feel comfortable. We begin to talk. He's an Iraq war vet. He was there for two years, based in Basra. He was proud of his service. ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/09/impressions_from_st_paul.html
March 05, 2007 ... NAACP chief quits, raid in Basra uncovers disturbing evidence of torture in a government intelligence agency as the Brits prepare to pull out, and daylight ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/03/the_dawn_patrol_1.html
March 22, 2007 ... leadership has headed east and south (Muqtada al-Sadr, the head of the Mehdi Army is reported to be in Iran, and by "south" I suspect he means Basra), the guys ...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/03/the_dawn_patrol_2.html
