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	Faisal II of Iraq
		He was the son of the second king of Iraq, Ghazi, who was killed in an automobile accident when Faisal was three.
		For most of his reign his uncle, Abdul Illah[?] ruled as regent (until 1953).
		This was achieved in February 1958, when Faisal, as the senior member of the Hashemite family, became the king of the newly created Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fa/Faisal_II_of_Iraq.html (201 words)

	History of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iraq responded to the sanctions by annexing Kuwait as the "19th Province" of Iraq on 8 August, prompting the exiled Sabah family to call for a stronger international response.
		Iraq agreed to UN terms for a permanent cease-fire in April 1991, and strict conditions were imposed, demanding the disclosure and destruction of all stockpiles of weapons.
		The United States, in an attempt to prevent the genocide of the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq and the Kurds to the north, declared "air exclusion zones" north of the 36th parallel and south of the 32nd parallel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Iraq (5420 words)

	Rashid Ali al-Kaylani
		Born to a prominent Baghdad family, he was related to Iraq's first prime minister, Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Kaylani, though the two parts of the family were estranged.
		When Kaylani was again appointed prime minister in 1940, Iraq had just experienced the premature death of King Ghazi and a weakened regency for the new four-year-old King Faisal II of Iraq under his uncle, Emir Abdul-Illah[?].
		Iraq had been a major supplier of petroleum to the Allied war effort and an important landbridge between British forces in Egypt and India.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Rashid_Ali_al-Kaylani.html (524 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Abd al-Ilah (also written Abdul Ilah) was the cousin of and brother-in-law of King Ghazi, and was regent of Iraq for King Faisal II from April 4, 1939 to May 2, 1953, when Faisal came of age.
		Abdul Rahman Arif (Arabic عبد الرحمان عارف) (born 1916 or 1918) was president of Iraq from April 16, 1966 to July 16, 1968.
		See also: Iraq sanctions United Nations sanctions against Iraq were imposed by the United Nations in 1991 following Iraqs invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and continued until the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 because of the failure of Saddam Hussein to satisfy the UN conditions for lifting them.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Iraq (11547 words)

	Farhud - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Iraq's new government then was quickly involved in confrontation with the British over the terms of the military treaty forced on Iraq at independence.
		Iraq refused to let them land and confrontations afterward occured both near Basra in the south and to the west of Baghdad near the British base complex and airfield.
		A delegation of Iraqi Jews, sent to meet the Regent Abdul Illah arriving at Baghdad airport, was attacked by the mob as they crossed Al Khurr Bridge.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/f/a/r/Farhud.html (745 words)

	EZGeography - Abdul Illah, Regent of Iraq
		Abdul Illah was the brother of King Ghazi, and was regent of Iraq for King Faisal II from April 4, 1939 to May 2, 1953, when Faisal came of age.
		Abdul Illah stepped down in 1953, when Faisal came of age, but he continued to be a close adviser of the young king, and an advocate of a pro-Western foreign policy.
		He was killed, along with most of the royal family, on July 14, 1958, in a coup that brought an end to the Iraqi monarchy.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/Abdul_Illah,_Regent_of_Iraq (167 words)

	Civil-military affairs in Hashemite Iraq: an examination of past military conduct in Iraqi political life. - ...
		The British discussed Iraq's divisions and among the proposals was the creation of an Iraqi army as a means to foster national identity.
		Such rebellion will extend across the Iraq frontiers to strengthen the forces which are hostile to England in the Middle East, interrupt the British lines of communication, and tie down both English troops and English shipping space at the expense of other theatres of war.
		British influence in Iraq was limited to only a small segment of the population, the Sunni Arabs and in the end the focus of the British presence in Iraq was to maintain access to strategic bases and air-routes to India as well as energy resources.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-149364157.html (6617 words)

	Iraq
		Abdul Illah, Regent of Iraq Abdul Illah was the brother of King 1943.
		Faisal I of Iraq Faisal ibn Husayn (Hashemite dynasty.
		Iraq provisional government The Iraq provisional government was established as the legal government of 2004.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/iraq.html (1709 words)

	Rashid Ali al-Kaylani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born to a prominent Baghdad family, he was related to Iraq's first prime minister, Abd ar-Rahman al-Haydari al-Gillani, though the two parts of the family were estranged.
		When Gillani was again appointed prime minister in 1940, Iraq had just experienced the premature death of King Ghazi and a weakened regency for the new four-year-old King Faisal II of Iraq under his uncle, Emir Abdul-Illah.
		To secure Iraq, Winston Churchill ordered General Archibald Wavell to protect the Habaniyya base, (which had not only refused to accept the Iraqi demands for the cessation of its training activities, but in response to other Iraqi provocations had struck first and relieved the seige) and to head from there to Baghdad.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rashid_Ali_al-Kaylani (696 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Faisal II of Iraq Faisal II (May 2, 1935 - July 14, 1958) was the last king of Iraq from April 4, 1939 to 1958.
		Iraq had been a major supplier of petroleum to the Allied war effort and an important landbridge between British forces in Egypt and India.
		Abdul Karim Qassim (or Abdel Karim Kassem or various other spellings) (1914_1963) was an Iraqi military officer involved in the 1958 military coup détat.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rashid-Ali-al_Kaylani (1687 words)

	Pravda.RU:Iraq on War Edge, as PRAVDA.Ru Reporter Saw it
		Iraq is a country of the state-controlled capitalist economy from the constitutional point of view.
		The monarchy regime was overthrown, Iraq was pronounced a republic.
		Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 in the village of al-Avdja in the south of the Tikrit region.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/02/25/43714_.html (2378 words)

	My Unrequited Love Affair With the People Who Gave Us Civilization
		In their judgment, a land with rich agricultural resources and the prospects of a strong petroleum industry was putting its resources into projects that benefited the ruling class and the landowners while keeping the rest of the population poor and ignorant.
		When troops were transferred from one part of Iraq to another they normally were routed far around Baghdad or they were disarmed on one side of the capital and reunited with their weapons when they reached their destination on the other side.
		By the time the Baghdad Pact meeting in far-away Ankara was over, the young King Faisal II, his uncle Abdul Illah, and other men and women of their family had been machine-gunned to death by soldiers, and Nuri Al Said had been lynched by a mob.
	www.wrmea.com /backissues/0393/9303031x.htm (4406 words)

	The New Yorker: From the Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Iraq is a typical Middle East country, rich in undeveloped resources, full of unusual and unused opportunities, corrupt, and unstable.
		Iraq has thirty million date palms, representing three hundred and fifty varieties, and is responsible for eighty per cent of the world's date exports.
		Iraq is one of the richest countries on earth in oil resources, but efforts to cash in on this asset have, in the past, led to its becoming the victim in a mess of international intrigue.
	www.newyorker.com /archive/content?030324fr_archive01 (4176 words)

	Issues Briefs :: History of Iraq WWI to 1958
		Prince Abdul Illah rules Iraq as regent until Faisal II is 18.
		Although 70 per cent of that amount is assigned to improve social and economic welfare of the Iraqi people, it is speculated that in the end the raised revenue did not actually improve those conditions substantially.
		Iraq withdraws from the pact in 1959 due to growing disagreement with Western sentiment towards Israel.
	issuesbriefs.nationalforum.com.au /war-in-iraq/history2.html (434 words)

	Abdul Illah, Regent of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He deposed briefly by former prime minister Rashid Ali al-Kaylani who led a pro- German coup during World War II but was restored after the United Kingdom invaded the country in May 1941.
		Abdul Illah stepped down in 1953 when Faisal came of age but continued to be a close adviser of young king and an advocate of a foreign policy.
		He was killed along with of the royal family on July 14 1958 in a coup that brought an to the Iraqi monarchy.
	www.freeglossary.com /Abdul_Illah%2C_Regent_of_Iraq (374 words)

	Definition of Iraq
		At the outbreak of the war, Iraq had amassed an estimated 35 billion in foreign ex...
		Iraq from rebuilding its military power, however, Iraq still maintains a standing military of about 375,...
		Iraq became a [[republic]] after the overthrow of the...
	www.wordiq.com /dictionary/Iraq (736 words)

	HeadOn Radio - Forum
		Iraq responded to the sanctions by annexing Kuwait as the "19th Province" of Iraq on 8 August, prompting the exiled Sabah family to call for a stronger international response.
		Iraq agreed to UN terms for a permanent cease-fire in April 1991, and strict conditions were imposed, demanding the disclosure and destruction of all stockpiles of weapons.
		The United States, in an attempt to prevent the genocide of the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq and the Kurds to the north, declared "air exclusion zones" north of the 36th parallel and south of the 32nd parallel.
	www.headonradio.com /forum/read.php?5,51144 (4636 words)

	Faisal Ii Of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Iraq has a messy history of dealing with its leaders.
		Faisal II (May 2, 1935 - July 14, 1958) was the last king of Iraq from April 4, 1939 to 1958.
		For most of his reign his uncle Abdul Illah ruled as regent (until Faisal came of age in 1953).
	www.wikiverse.org /faisal-ii-of-iraq (345 words)

	Axis Powers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iraq under the control of Rashid Ali al-Kaylani tried to join the Axis but there was internal resistance.
		When Britain found out about these dealings, sanctions were immediately placed on Iraq.
		Queen Ramphaiphanee was the nominal head of the Britain-based organisation, and Pridi Phanomyong, then regent, headed its largest contingent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Axis_powers (3958 words)

	Axis Powers - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Iraq under the control of Rashid Ali al-Kaylani tried to join the Axis but there was internal resistance.
		When Britain found out about these dealings, sanctions were immediately placed on Iraq.
		Queen Ramphaiphanee was the nominal head of the Britain-based organisation, and Pridi Phanomyong, then regent, headed its largest contingent.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/x/i/Axis_Power_5880.html (3985 words)

	Abdul Hafiz - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abdul Hafiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Abdul Hafiz (4 September 1915 - 6 April 1944) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		He was 25 years old, and a Jemadar in the 9th Jat Infantry, British Indian Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 6 April 1944 north of Imphal, India, Jemadar Abdul Hafiz was ordered to attack with his platoon a prominent position held by the enemy, the only approach to which was across a bare slope and then up a very steep cliff.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Abdul-Hafiz.html (266 words)

	'Remarkable example of military daring'. - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On April 3, 1941, a military coup in Baghdad forced out the pro-British regent, the Emir Abdul Illah and his ward, the 'four-year-old King Faysal II.
		A cease-fire was arranged the next day, and the Emir Abdul Illah was returned as regent.
		Although operations in Iraq were minor compared to other campaigns of WWII, they were of great significance at the time: had Rashid Ali remained in power he would have taken Iraq onto the side of the Axis powers.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-107759687.html (798 words)

	Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		See live article Abdul Illah, Regent of Iraq Abdul Illah was the brother of King Ghazi, and was regent of Iraq for King Faisal II from April 4, 1939...
		War in Iraq (VHS) WAR IN IRAQ details the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, and all the events leading up to the historic battle with Iraq.
		Baghdad and reinstated the infant King Faisal II of Iraq, and his regent, Abd al Ilah.
	www.middleeastresources.com /middle/Iraq&start=112 (671 words)

	Guardian \| Iraq
		Most of the news from Iraq so far comes through Baghdad Radio, and since the revolutionaries from the beginning used it as the most important weapon in their hands all its utterances must be taken primarily as broadsides in the war they are fighting, and only fleetingly as sources of factual information.
		They do not even seem sure whether they want the world to believe that Prince Abdul Illah and General Nuri es-Said have been killed; after giving bloodthirsty accounts of the Crown Prince's death, they later reported him still fighting in the company of his bodyguard.
		In 1941 the Regent (as he then was) left the country during Rashid Ali's rule, to return later.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5238892-110875,00.html (824 words)

	The Gilded Carriage of Queen Victoria
		I can see Abdul Illah of Iraq, the uncle of the boy king, traveling over the dust streets of Baghdad in the shiny gold carriage and the Arabs staring at him with bulging eyes and gaping mouths.
		The state treasury of Iraq is empty because the oil of the land does not flow to Haifa.
		It may be that all these deficiencies are the psychological reason for its Regent’s desire to ride in the gilded carriage of the Queen who lent her name to an era.
	www.varchive.org /obs/490615.htm (481 words)

	Faisal II: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Jordan and Iraq were merged under Iraqs King Faisal II (qv).
		When his cousin, and Iraqs last King, Faisal II, was assassinated in 1958, toddler Sharif was wafted out of Baghdad to begin a long exile.
		...pro-British regent for the child king, Faisal II (who had succeeded his father, Ghazi, ruler from Faisal Is death in 1933 to his own death in 1939...Islam declared the national religion.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/faisal-ii.jsp?l=F&p=1 (1666 words)

	Nazi Roots of Palestinian Nationalism
		The Middle East, especially Iraq, seemed likely to be the next pawn to fall to the Third Reich.
		Emir Abdul-Illah, the regent for the young Iraqi king, felt the need to bring Rashid Ali al-Kaylani into the government as the prime minister, despite the latter`s support for Nazi Germany and links with al-Husseini.
		The new head of state immediately shifted the policies of Iraq in favor of Nazi Germany, guaranteeing suply of natural resources to Hitler and refusing to cut ties with Italy.
	www.nyjtimes.com /cover/03-08-05/NaziRootsOfPalestinianNationalism.htm (2693 words)

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