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1948 January
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New Anglo-Iraqi Treaty signed at Portsmouth; mass protests in Baghdad - known as al-Wathba (the leap); treaty abandoned
| 1948 May
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Iraq sends expeditionary force to Palestine
| 1949 February 28
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Iraqi army withdraws from Palestine
| 1952 February 28
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Iraqi agreement with Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) on 50-50 share of profits
| 1952 November
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November-December: demonstrations erupt in Baghdad - known as al-Intifada (the uprising)
| 1953 May
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King Faisal II enthroned; regency ends
| 1955 February 28
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Formation of Baghdad Pact
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Chronology from Dr Charles Tripp, A History of Iraq, Cambridge University Press, 2000 ©
Cambridge University Press 2000. Reproduced with permission of Dr Charles Tripp and Cambridge University Press.
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