(Continued from page 1) out in London that these have always been in Iraqi hands with the single exception of the Sheiba aerodrome near Basrah, where, so far as known, nó hostile action has been attempted.
The Iraqi Army is divided into three main groups. stationed - at Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul, with smaller section on the outskirts of Baghdad. The troops attacking Hair haniyah were drawn from the Baghdad group, which is known: have connections with the Nazis. How far the sympathies of the other groups incline towards Germany is not known.
According to reports from Vichy, all is quiet in the Iraqi capital The people of Iraq have been asked over the radio to report to the police the presence of Ioreign aircraft or para chutists The Iraqi Government is known to have called up the reserve of officers in two classes.
Feisal IL the four-year-old King of Iraq, is at present in Baghdad with hig mother. Although the country is rent with intrigue, all sections of the nation undoubtedly remain loyal to the dynasty, since the. memory of King Feisal is universally revered.
Reports from Vichy state that the Wilhelmstrasse is observing an ostentations silence over the events in Iraq. Correspondents in Budapest remark that the reports of an appeal by the Iraqi Prime Minister to the Reich cause no surprise in Berlin political circles.
it is recalled that Hitler asserted that Germany will attack Britain wherever she is to be found.
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