| The Basra reed warbler is a near-endemic species of Iraq whose last stronghold is the Mesopotamian marshlands to the north of Basra. |
| This, for instance, is how Darius describes the foundation of the sea-green palace of Susa, across the border north-east of Basra. |
| Mr Joyce has just returned from Basra where he was able to take dozens of helmets, tunics, leggings and boots to the under-privileged men. |
| Vinny and Neil managed to meet in Iraq around three weeks ago while both were stationed in Basra. |
| In British-controlled Basra, a police station was car-bombed over the weekend. |
| Some of our main institutions were set up under British occupation in the 1920s, and there is still a British cemetery near Basra. |
