Word: thebasra
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...tour of the combat zone, TIME Middle East Bureau Chief William Stewart observed a major road-building operation under way between a point on theBasra, to the Iraqi front at Ahwaz some 100 miles to the northeast. Reported Stewart: "Civilians man hundreds of giant road-building machines night and day in an effort to complete the two-lane high way before the rainy season next month. Beyond its immediate military value, the undertaking suggests that the Iraqis intend to settle in for a long stay and are perhaps even preparing a direct communications network between Iraq and a future Arabistan...
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