- "A lot of those kills I got in one night side by side with the guy, holed up in a house in Basra with no backup. We spent the night trying not to die. One of the best nights of my life, if I'm honest."
- ―Billy Russo to Dinah Madani[src]
Basra is a city in southern Iraq.
History[]
Operation Panther's Claw[]
- "How about Basra, '08? Operation Panther's Claw? Come on, Lieutenant. Tell me the stories are true!"
- ―Glenn Talbot to Lance Hunter[src]
In 2008, Lance Hunter was deployed to Basra within British Armed Forces in a mission codenamed "Operation Panther's Claw", that he managed to accomplish.[1]
U.S. Marines[]
Frank Castle and Billy Russo were stationed in Basra by United States Marine Corps. However, they were surrounded by enemies in a house without backup. Castle and Russo spent the night, exchanging fire with hostiles before they were evacuated.[2]
Trivia[]
- Basra is often nicknamed as the Venice of the East.
- Basra is one of the proposed locations of the Garden of Eden.
