This much is true: there are large badgers in Basra. Local farmers have caught and killed some of the animals {video}. But the rumor is that they were introduced by British forces. Local vetrinarians are trying to assure the public that badgers have been around for decades. Link -via Fark, where badger jokes are running rampant.
“I saw it three days ago at night attacking animals. It even ate a cow. It tore the cow up piece by piece. I tried to shoot it with my gun but it ran away into the orchards. I missed it,†he said.
I think it's really space aliens wearing badger costumes.
And there's a typo..
vetrinarians --> veterinarians