Basra handed over to Iran.

There will be great rejoicing today in Teheran as, tail
between its legs, the British Army withdraws from Basra. 
The UK governement and M.O.D have much to be ashamed of
here. Our troops, understaffed, underequiped and one arm
pinned behind their back fought a valiant but hopeless battle
against Iranian trained and armed militias. This  fiasco has
cost us 200 dead military personnel and probably four times
that many seriously wounded. The Iraqi civilian casualties are
countless more. From being a relatively liberal town, Basra has
been turned into a Teheran style hell hole. Non Shia minorities
have been driven out and over the last six months alone, and
under British noses, fifty women have been murdered for being unislamic.

So, with the West continuing to appease Iran, you definitely
dont want to be in Basra unless of course you are a fully paid up
Shia male.