Word: habbaniyah
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...twin Communist weapons of chaos and subversion, Iraq, until recently the West's strongest ally in the Middle East, is in real danger of becoming a Soviet satellite. Already the new Iraqi government has withdrawn from the Baghdad Pact, driven Britain's R.A.F. from its Habbaniyah base near Baghdad. Unless the slide toward Communism is halted, the Soviet Union will penetrate the very heart of the Middle East, outflank staunchly pro-Western Turkey and increasingly shaky Iran. Encamped at the head of the Persian Gulf, the U.S.S.R. could then render the rest of the Middle East militarily...
British informants said Iraq authorities have given assurance that Britain will not be ejected immediately from its Habbaniyah air base west of Baghdad. The British hope to negotiate an agreement keeping the base intact and giving them rights to fly over the oil fields...
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