CNN has produced a new video report on the development of Kufan Group's Basra Logistics City, which occupies the site of the former Camp Bucca [Boca] near Umm Qasr. (Source: CNN)
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Did Rockets from Iraq Target Kuwaiti Port?
Three rockets were fired in the area of the Iraq-Kuwait border on Friday. Reuters quotes an Iraqi official as saying that they landed inside Iraq and were not aimed at Kuwait or the disputed Mubarak port. "The rockets targeted the (former) Bucca prison building, which is used by foreign companies," Ali al-Maliki, head of the Basra […]
Details of New Basra Logistics City
Details of the new Basra Logistics City, on the site of the old Camp Bucca, have been released. In December, the head of Basra Investment Commission said the $245 million-deal with the Iraqi Kufan Group and the American Northern Gulf Partners to develop the site marked a significant step toward rebuilding Iraq as it emerges […]
$245m Deal for Iraq's Camp Bucca
Camp Bucca, the sprawling former prison once run by the U.S. military in southern Iraq, will be turned into a commercial center with offices, warehouses, aviation and fuel services to support investors, Associated Press reports. Haider Ali Fadhil, the head of Basra Investment Commission, said the $245 million-deal with the Iraqi Kufan Group and the […]