Basra back in Iraqi hands

Updated on 17 December 2007

By Nick Paton Walsh

Four and a half years after the Iraqi invasion, Basra is back in the control of the Iraqi authorities.

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Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman Al-Zawahri, is claiming the handover is proof that insurgents are gaining the upper hand.

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