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Umm Qasr

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Umm Qasr (m käs`ə) town, Basra prov., S Iraq, S of Basra on the Kuwait border. Located on an arm of the Persian Gulf, it is Iraq's second largest port, with deepwater facilities.


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Oil wells have been shut in while pipelines are repaired; oil derivatives sit in storage tanks in Umm Qasr while truckers spurn the long, dangerous drive to Baghdad.
The business of insurgency: the expansion of Iraq's shadow economy by Looney, Robert E. / The National Interest
In the future, the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr on the Khor Abdullah Waterway bordering the Persian Gulf, is an ultimate transportation solution.
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This was followed by many reconnaissance and logistics missions to the port of Umm Qasr and as far inland as Basrah.
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