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Arabs mistreated in Iraqi port (5)

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basra

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'iraqi port' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for basra that I've seen before include "Iraqi port city" , "Iraq's main port" , "Chief port of Iraq" , "Iraqi town" , "South Iraqi oil port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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