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Basra City

Type: City

Name: Basra City

Country: Iraq

Latitude: 30.5

Longitude: 47.830002

population: 2,600,000

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Ministry of Defence

Ruling that soldiers have the right to life even in war zones causes MoD consternation

Soldiers have the right to life even in war zones, the highest court in the land ruled today. The landmark judgement will have major ramifications for the Ministry of Defence, reinforcing its duty to ensure that troops are properly prepared and equipped ... [Published The Independent - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Sue Smith, Human Rights, Zoning, Ministry of Defence, judges

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Iran captures 15 British soldiers

Iranian forces seized 15 British Royal Navy personnel who had searched a merchant ship in the Gulf, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Basra: Iranian forces seized 15 British Royal Navy personnel who had searched a merchant ship in the Gulf, sparking a diplomatic ... [Published Gulf News - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, UK Royal Navy, Basra City, Vessel

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

BIOGH Site Works Commence PR Newswire

/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Work on site for the highly anticipated Basra Oil and Gas International Free Zone (BIOGH) officially began on Sunday June 16, 2013. This follows on from the successful approval of the BIOGH Masterplan on June 10, 2013 by the Consulting ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Basra City, University of Basra, Iraq, Mine Clearance, Leasing

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Wave of car bombs kills 25, injures dozens in southern Iraq

A wave of car bombs in southern Iraq killed 25 sectarians on Sunday.In all, seven vehicles rigged with explosives went off in five cities south of Baghdad during morning rush hour, leaving 56 sectarians wounded in Shiite areas of Iraq.No group immediately ... [Published Kavkaz-Center - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Car Bomb, Sectarianism, Iraq

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Volvo Trucks

Volvo Trucks inaugurates Iraq service centres

Volvo Trucks has inaugurated joint service centres in the Iraq cities of Baghdad and Basra, which in collaboration with local country distributor ZamZam Spring will service Volvo Trucks as well as Mack Trucks.The service centres were announced in 2012, ... [Published ConstructionWeekOnline.com - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks Inc, Iraq, Basra City, Baghdad

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Bombs in Iraq Kill 7

Iraqi officials say a bombing north of Baghdad has killed at least seven people and wounded several others.Police say Monday's bomb exploded in a restaurant in the town of Taji, about 20 kilometers north of the capital.No one has claimed responsibility ... [Published VOA News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Iraq, Bomb, Shia Islam, Bombing

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 34 reports

Iraq: Wave of car bombs, shootings kills 28 in Iraq

Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Iraq by Ahmed al-Rubaye BAGHDAD, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - A wave of car bombs and shootings, mostly targeting Shiites, killed 28 people on Sunday as Iraq grapples with a spike in violence and prolonged political deadlock, ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Iraq, Car Bomb, Sunni Islam, Shia Islam

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Breaking News—Two car bombs exploded in Basra

BASRA / NINA / Four people were killed and six others wounded on Sunday 16, June when two car bombs exploded in Basra.A security source said that two car bombs exploded this morning, sequentially in Arosa Square downtown, noting that among the dead, the ... [Published National Iraq News Agency - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Basra City, Car Bomb, Security

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Bombs, shootings kill 20 in Iraq

BASRA, Iraq -- Police said at least 20 people were killed and 111 others wounded in a series of shootings and explosions in Iraq Sunday.At least 11 car bombs exploded in cities south of Baghdad, including one at a vegetable market place in Najaf that ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Iraq, Bomb, Police Officer, an-Najaf, Basra City

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 2 reports

One civilian killed, 20 wounded, the victims of Najaf's car bomb

Najaf / NINA / A medical source said that one civilian was killed and 20 others were injured in the explosion that happened in Najaf this morning.The Director General of Najaf Health told the reporter of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that "A ... [Published National Iraq News Agency - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Car Bomb, an-Najaf, Basra City, IED Improvised Explosive Device

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Syrian conflict threatens to widen from Basra to Beirut

For the past 27 months Syria has witnessed blood, destruction, bravery and patience. The Syrians took to the streets, as did their brothers and sisters in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, and called for freedom, dignity and an end to tyrannical rule and ... [Published Middle East Monitor - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Basra City, Syria, Beirut

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 2 reports

Had warned states of LeT modules: IB

Responding to the charges in connection with the terrorist infiltration post Godhra riots, domestic spy agency Intelligence Bureau said that it had, on April 22, 2004, shared with all the states genuine intelligence inputs regarding the movement of Lashkar-e-Taiba ... [Published New Indian Express - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Ahmedabad, Central Bureau of Investigation, Ishrat Jahan

Quotes

Pte Hewett’s mother Susan Smith said after the ruling: "The MoD will now have to make sure our soldiers are safe abroad.$ What we have done now will make a lot of difference to people in the future.$ There will have to be protection in place. "Phillip is dead.$ Nothing is going to bring him back.$ But there are other boys out there.$ We don't understand why the MoD didn’t just admit they got it wrong years ago.""

MoD facing law suits after court rules Iraq families can sue [Published NewsnetScotland.com - 9 hours ago]

..."The statement added, "We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level and on the instructions of the Foreign Secretary, the Iranian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office. The BritishBritish government is demanding the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment." An Iraqi fisherman in Basra told reporters he had seen the incident in the Shatt Al Arab waterway that marks the southern stretch of Iraq's border with...

Iran captures 15 British soldiers [Published Gulf News - 15 hours ago]

...The Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire Andrew Walker [BBC profile] found that Smith's death was the result of "a serious failure to recognize and take appropriate steps to address the difficulty that he had in adjusting to the climate." Walker prompted Smith's family to file suit against the MOD...

UK Supreme Court allows families of Iraq soldiers to sue government [Published JURIST's Paper Chase - 16 hours ago]

...No-one would want to second guess a decision taken in very difficult conditions," said Jocelyn Cockburn, Mrs Smith's solicitor. "It is essential that we recognise the human rights and dignity of our soldiers. How else can we expect them to uphold the fundamental human rights of those they come across in conflict if they themselves are not protected?" Mrs Smith brought the case alongside the family of Private Lee Ellis, 23, of 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who was also killed in the Snatch...

Ruling that soldiers have the right to life even in war zones causes MoD consternation [Published The Independent - 19 hours ago]

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OPEC oil price up to USD 103.33 pb [Published Kuwait News Agency - Jun 17 2013]
Volvo Trucks inaugurates Iraq service centres [Published ConstructionWeekOnline.com - Jun 17 2013]
Bombs in Iraq Kill 7 [Published VOA News - Jun 17 2013]
10 die in another day of carnage in Iraq [Published Press tv - Jun 17 2013]
Fresh wave of violence hits cities [Published Glasgow Evening Times - Jun 17 2013]

Blogs

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Iraqi Car Bombs Heightens Fears of Sectarian War [Published Impunity Watch - 15 hours ago] by Darrin Simmons Impunity Watch Reporter, Middle East BAGHDAD, Iraq- May 2013, the most violent time period in Iraq since 2008, has activists fearing a pending sectarian war. The country has recently been plagued with car bombings and shootings causing ...
This is how to deal with armed forces' brutalit... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Jun 09 2013] A ruling on Iraqi deaths in British custody offers the chance for a brand new approach to troops' behaviour abroad Baha Mousa was tortured to death in September 2003 while in the custody of the British armed forces in Iraq. The subsequent inquiry ...
Iraq: A continuing public health disaster [Published H5N1 - Jun 05 2013] Via The Guardian, a May 27 article by John Pilger: We've moved on from the Iraq war – but Iraqis don't have that choice. This is one of the most disturbing reports I've ever posted here. Excerpt:The dust in Iraq rolls down the long roads that are the ...
Tech Talk - Future oil production from Iraq - a... [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Jun 02 2013] There is often quite a debate in the Peak Oil community over the difference between a reserve and a resource. Simplistically a resource is the amount of, for the sake of discussion, oil that is in the ground in a certain country, while the reserve is ...
STRIFE IN IRAQ: Worse And Worse [Published Clusterstock - May 27 2013] A WIDENING arc of violence across Iraq is raising fears that the country could fracture under the weight of sectarian and political strife. Attacks in the past week stretched from north of Baghdad, the capital, to the normally calm southern city of ...

Audio/Video

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Iraq bomb blasts leave more than 30 dead [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 20 2013]
Funeral in Iraq for Shi'ite militant killed in ... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 06 2013]
VIDEO: Iraq doctors report birth defect rise [Published BBC News Video - World - Mar 21 2013]

Press Releases

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BIOGH Site Works Commence [Published Auto & Transportation - Jun 18 2013]
BIOGH Masterplan Receives Planning Approval [Published PR Newswire: Financial Services - Jun 12 2013]
Opportunities in Iraq's Oil and Gas Industry Di... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 18 2013]
Iraq Future Energy: Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 24 2013]
BIOGH's New Basra Oil & Gas International Free ... [Published Auto & Transportation - Feb 26 2013]