Word: sidki
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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British bombing planes used to keep Irak quiet, but last week Irak bombers were used by the Army's ruthless pan-Arab Major General Bakri Sidki Pasha to effect his putsch. He kept them circling over Bagdad for two hours, perfunctorily bombarded the Ministry Offices, and then issued a communique hanging around the neck of the 24-year-old King Ghazi responsibility for the change of Cabinet which by then had taken place...
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