Baghdad:
a guest-house of the former regime is now the royal palace, displaying
the original flag of Iraq.
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Baghdad:
a guest-house of the former regime is now the royal palace, displaying
the original flag of Iraq.
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Baghdad: On the wall, the pictures tell the story of Iraq's royal past. On the right is King Faisal, the colleague of Lawrence of Arabia and the first king of the newly-created state of Iraq in 1921. Then his son King Ghazi. And then King Faisal II, who was killed in the 1958 revolution. |
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Baghdad: interview with the King in waiting Sharif Ali bin Hussein, who questions the legality of the US-inspired Governing Council and warns how the Americans are encouraging political confessionalism in Iraq. |