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During the interview, al-Maliki also expressed disappointment with the British performance during last spring's fighting in the southern city of Basra, during which Iraqi troops wrested control of the area from Shiite militias. ...
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Mr Maliki criticised the decision by Britain earlier this year to move its troops from a palace in Basra, which came under British responsibility after the 2003 US-led invasion, to their base at the airport. "At the time Basra was not ...