Safety equipment installed in Basra gas export station

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Safety and remote control equipment has been installed at a gas pumping station in southern Basra province, a media spokesperson for the Multi-National Force (MNF) in southern Iraq said on Saturday. “The project was funded by a donation of $4.9 million U.S. dollars from the Coalition Forces,” the spokesperson told IraqiNews.com. Iraqi experts and technicians have worked for one and a half years to complete the project, he added. Basra, a Shiite province with 20% of the population are Sunnis, is the cradle of the first civilization of Sumer. It has the seven main Iraqi ports. The first built in Islam 14 A.H. (After Hegira), the city played an important role in early Islamic history. SS (P) 1