Basra after the British: division and despair in Iraq's oil boomtown

Basra after the British: division and despair in Iraq's oil boomtown | Cities | The Guardian: 



The trauma is all too apparent in Basra, the largest city in southern Iraq – whose six-year period under British control, following Saddam’s overthrow, will come under renewed scrutiny this week with the expected release of the Chilcot report. The report will examine both the decision to go to war and Britain’s conduct in the invasion and its aftermath.