Article: Iraqis riot in Basra; British troops try to restore order.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: Iraqis are the world's greatest dodgers and thieves - they're ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: SARAH OLIVER Around Basra the enemy plays by what the ... descended from a direct line of Ali Babas and there's a lot more than ... Mathanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan and Al Basra. There are 14,000 troops ... they can help it.' At the Basra office of the Coalition Provisional ...

Article: Shot for a Mercedes and Left to Die-Another Victim of Iraq's ...
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... my driver had a premonition. All the way back from Basra, he was nervous, anxious not to stop at villages ... stations-for fear of thieves. "Everywhere there are Ali Babas," he kept saying. And no sooner did we reach Baghdad ...

Article: Iraq Museum Regains A Famed Treasure; Missing Since April, ...
The Washington Post;  June 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... senior adviser on culture for the U.S. civil authority, told the Associated Press. He happened to be there when the "Ali Babas," as thieves here are called, showed up. He was able to thank them before they sped off in the midday heat. "It is reason ...

Article: British Forces Enter Basra As Residents Loot City
The Washington Post;  April 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... southernmost highway bridge over the Shatt al Basra waterway, linking Basra to the towns of Zubair eight miles to the south ... more Baath. No more Fedayeen. Just thieves, Ali Babas," said a Basra fish vendor carting a truckload of fresh fish ...

Article: WAR IN THE GULF : SEE YOU LATER MAD DICTATOR; Basra ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... under the heel of Saddam Hussein. Now Basra's people could take their revenge ... began to turn on the thieves they call "Ali Babas". They hurled stones at the young men ... so vital to winning hearts and minds in Basra. Ten water tankers, each carrying 20 ...

Article: Hundreds of Poor Iraqis Loot Shops, City Hall in Baghdad.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Saddam to them now?" Throughout Basra, British forces were confronted ... normalcy to their lives, many Basra residents said, meant protecting ... looters, whom they called "Ali Babas" after the fable "Ali Baba ... Al Galibi, a surgeon at the Basra Teaching Hospital. "War has ...

Article: Former soldier 'cannot recall abusing Iraqis'
Yorkshire Post;  November 3, 2006 ;     660 words ... ... prosecuted for mistreating civilians in Basra. Stuart Mackenzie, 28, was said to ... Mackenzie also wrote about three "Ali Babas", his term for suspected Iraqi criminals ... far." One diary entry told of three "Ali Babas" being beaten up, a punctured lung and ...