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several times and was inspired by
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in 1954. He served as second lieutenant in the 9th infantry brigade until 1956. He graduated from the Iraqi
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with Iraq and ordered all Iraqi diplomats out of
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organisation who entered
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members of the Iraqi population, with several
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