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Economic Revival In Basra Accompanied

Juan Cole 12/18/2003

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Economic Revival in Basra accompanied by Crime Wave

Alisha Ryu argues in a report for the Voice of America that the southern city of Basra’s economic efflorescence, and the more laid-back style of community policing used by British troops, make it a better model for Iraq’s future than US-dominated Baghdad. She is forced to admit, however, that lawlessness is a big problem in Basra just as it is in Baghdad.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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