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oil is shipped through the Persian Gulf from Basra, a large port city in the south. ... 
dominated the country after Great Britain established Iraq as a... [DOC] [TLE] Iraq - NITLE Arab World Project - TeachMideast [PAR] The modern state of Iraq was created in 1920 by the British government, whose ... 
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southern, southwestern, and western parts of the country are desert areas. ... 
Other major cities include Al Basrah, the main port, located on the Shatt al Arab, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Shatt al-Arab - Wikipedia [PAR] The Iranian cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr and the Iraqi city and major port 
of Basra are situated along this river. Control of the waterway and its use as a... [DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia [PAR] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in 
this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. ... Positions of power in the 
country were mostly filled with Sunni Arabs, ... Following his capture on 13 
December 2003, the trial of Saddam took place under the Iraqi Interim 
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sectarian conflict. ..... The violence in Iraq's vital southern port city led Prime 
Minister Nouri... [DOC] [TLE] Iraq: The rise of the resistance  International Socialism [PAR] Jan 8, 2005 ... On 18 April 2003 Iraqis filed out of the capital's many impoverished 
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of the invasion. ... Most of Iraq's towns and cities were under the control of a 
popular ... American and British troops would struggle to rule an Iraq they thought
... [DOC] [TLE] Middle East Countries - Sheppard Software [PAR] Middle East Countries - Learning Level Europe Asia AFRICA Black Sea ... The 
British gained free access to the Persian Gulf through this agreement. ... They 
control the northern third of the island, following a military invasion by Turkey in 
.... The election system for the council effectively ensures that all three of Iraq's 
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2003, and pinned portraits of Iran's supreme ... fleeing the country, says a local 
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Iraq in March 2003 and occupied Baghdad, Iraq's capital, the following month, ... 
Great Britain and other coalition partners also contributed troops. .... 840,000), the 
main seaport, and Mosul

Question: In 2003, after a struggle, the British gained control of this Southern Iraqi city, the country's main port
Answer: Basra