Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rebel Iraqi army officers overthrew the government and issued a characteristic Middle Eastern communiqué: "With the help of God, we have been able to destroy the enemy of God and of the people, Abdul Karim Kassem, and his gang, who have used the country for their own interests and who choked liberty and disrupted...
...Ramadan, the month when good Moslems fast every day from sunup to sundown and tempers are everywhere short. Army trucks and tanks were already rumbling through the streets when at 9:30 a.m., a strident new voice on Radio Baghdad began exulting, "This is the voice of the Iraqi revolution!" Accusing "Kassem the dictator" of having "murdered citizens, weakened the army, imprisoned and executed scores of officers," the broadcaster claimed that the rebels "have destroyed the tyrant...
...fight was only beginning. Rebel units surrounded Baghdad's huge, yellow brick Defense Ministry, the home and headquarters of Premier Kassem, which was defended by 600 trusted soldiers. The rebels brought up tanks and heavy artillery, and Iraqi fighter planes strafed and bombed the Kassem fortress...
Cheaper Than Concubines. The brothers work in rare tandem. They share a joint bank account, have adjacent offices at Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons. Ltd., which is named after their late father, an Iraqi Jew who became a naturalized British subject, went to Hong Kong in 1880 and carved out a fortune in land, rubber, banking and insurance. Together, the brothers sit on the boards of 36 major companies. Restless, sophisticated Lawrence Kadoorie, 63, has also been on several government administrative boards, pays particular attention to the power company, the biggest Kadoorie investment. He collects ancient Chinese art works because...
...years alone, I.P.C. has invested nearly $300 million in Iraq, and Kassem's government is largely financed by its 50% cut ($266 million last year) of I.P.C.'s profits. But this was not enough for Kassem, who demanded that I.P.C. surrender 20% of its stock to the Iraqi government and relinquish some of its exploratory concessions as well...