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Dates: during 1959-1959
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Military Governor General Ahmad Saleh al-Abdi, who is entrusted with maintaining order, seems to have no well-defined political ideology of his own, but his job has made him a committed antiCommunist. Last week, in the stiffest blow yet at the street-prowling Communist gangs who stir up sporadic violence, Abdi forbade all civilians to carry firearms-even licensed weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: Three Against the Communists | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

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