New brigade to protect Basra oil companies
A new Oil Police brigade has formed to guard foreign oil companies in Basra, partly in response to a rash of tribal and gang-related violence in recent months.
Iraqi security forces take their positions during a training exercise in Basra on Nov. 18, 2012. (ATEF HASSAN/Reuters)
BASRA - A new Oil Police brigade has formed to guard foreign oil companies in Basra, partly in response to a rash of tribal and gang-related violence in recent months.
The new brigade has 1,000 members, according to Basra Gov. Majid al-Nasrawi and a senior Oil Police official in Basra. Half come from Basra, 330 from Baghdad, and the rest from other parts of southern Iraq.
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