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    Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq'S Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence
    Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq'S Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence
    Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq'S Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence
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    Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq'S Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence

    Written by PBS NewsHour

    Narrated by PBS NewsHour

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    Basra, in southern Iraq, contains much of the country’s oil wealth -- yet residents there are struggling just to survive. The city lacks basic services like clean water and reliable electricity, and jobs are rare. But people taking to the streets to protest what they see as government failures to provide say they've been brutally punished. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewsHour Productions
    Release dateDec 25, 2018
    ISBN9781987130614
    Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq'S Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence

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