With Improved Security, Basra Comes Back to Life

By Marine Corps 1st Lt. Brian Block | Special to American Forces Press Service
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 13, 2008 - The security environment in Basra, Iraq, has improved dramatically since 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force fought its way into the city April 1.

Criminal elements had taken over parts of the city from local Iraqi security forces and imposed their own rule on a city that once was a cultural and commercial beacon for all of Iraq.

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