Read more Basra stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2066/basra.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:32:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64330/sadistic-brit-soldiers-made-iraqis-dance-like-jacko.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish troops called Iraqi detainees "apes," beat them so that their moans of pain sounded like an "orchestrated choir," and forced them to dance like Michael Jackson, a public inquiry into the death of one of the detainees heard yesterday. The inquiry panel was told that Baha Mousa, a hotel...http://www.newser.com/story/64330/sadistic-brit-soldiers-made-iraqis-dance-like-jacko.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 3:54:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57646/britain-ends-iraq-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain officially ended its combat operations in Iraq today, lowering the flags of its armored brigade and turning over control of its Basra base to US troops, the Guardian reports. “The role of British ground forces is finished,” a defense official confirmed. “Today, Iraq is a success story,” added Gordon...http://www.newser.com/story/57646/britain-ends-iraq-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 6:43:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50005/malikis-allies-win-big-in-provincial-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAllies of Iraq's prime minister finished first in races for ruling councils in Baghdad and eight other provinces, official results from last weekend's election show. Nouri al-Maliki's party won 38% of the vote in Baghdad, the election commission said. His party was followed by allies of anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...http://www.newser.com/story/50005/malikis-allies-win-big-in-provincial-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 9:51:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45546/brown-announces-july-withdrawal-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to Baghdad today and announced that all but a handful of British troops will leave Iraq by July 2009. About 4,000 British service members remain in Iraq, mostly around Basra, though at the height of the war 100,000 were...http://www.newser.com/story/45546/brown-announces-july-withdrawal-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 5:47:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44881/britain-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-by-june.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish troops will begin withdrawing their 4,000 troops from Iraq in March and will have all but a few hundred out by the end of June, the Guardian reports. They will be replaced at their base in Basra not by Iraqis but by Americans, who are worried about keeping...http://www.newser.com/story/44881/britain-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-by-june.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 19:53:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27159/honor-killing-dad-daughter-deserved-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi father who suffocated and stabbed his 17-year-old daughter has only one regret over her honor killing: That he didn't murder her "the instant her mother delivered her." "Speaking with a foreign solider, she lost what is the most precious thing for any woman," Abdel-Qader Ali tells the Guardian...http://www.newser.com/story/27159/honor-killing-dad-daughter-deserved-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 May 2008 11:11:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25098/rice-visits-iraq-looks-to-bolster-pm-maliki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad today to highlight recent political gains brought about by PM Nouri al-Maliki's government. While the Maliki-ordered assault on Basra last month exposed some weaknesses in the Iraqi army, it also brought different groups in Iraq together, she said. "This is, I think,...http://www.newser.com/story/25098/rice-visits-iraq-looks-to-bolster-pm-maliki.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Apr 2008 9:51:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25059/al-sadr-threatens-open-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMoqtada al-Sadr today threatened today to “declare a war” against Iraq unless it curbs attacks on his Mahdi Army, CNN reports. “I’m giving the last warning to the Iraqi government,” he said. “If the government does not stop the militias infiltrated with them, then we will declare an open war....http://www.newser.com/story/25059/al-sadr-threatens-open-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Apr 2008 16:48:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25026/iraqi-troops-seize-sadr-stronghold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a major new clash, Iraqi troops backed by American and British firepower today captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra, said Iraqi officials. In a show of force, American planes and British artillery attacked a deserted area outside the Sadr-controlled section of Hayaniya...http://www.newser.com/story/25026/iraqi-troops-seize-sadr-stronghold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Apr 2008 9:11:58 CDT