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Prairie Gates

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3. "stabilimenti" can mean factories but it is more like "facilities"

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:50 AM

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The term for a traditional factory would be fabbrica.

So these are more like facilities, but Halliburton and KBR are of course oil companies - these facilities are located in and associated with the Basra oil fields.

I'll change the term in the OP to avoid confusion.

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