Al-Wathbah uprising
1948 protests in Baghdad, Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Al-Wathbah uprising (Arabic: انتفاضة الوثبة) or simply Al-Wathbah (Arabic: الوثبة), which means The Leap in Arabic, was the term that came to be used for the urban unrest in Baghdad in January 1948. The protests were sparked by the monarchy's plans to renew the 1930 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty that effectively made Iraq a British protectorate. Nuri al-Said, the Prime Minister of Iraq, was planning on renewing, albeit in a revised form, this 1930 treaty that tied Iraq to British interests, allowed for the unrestricted movement of British troops on Iraqi soil, and provided significant protection to the British-installed Iraqi monarchy.
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Iraqi Police |
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Faisal II Nuri al-Said | Yusuf Salman Yusuf (Fahd) | ||||||
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300-400 killed |
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