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Iraq Holds First Elections in 22 Years
Iraq conducted its first national assembly elections since 1958 with about six million people voting in Baghdad. Kurdish voters in the northeast also elected a 20 member council while security forces repelled a Thursday attack on the British Embassy. The vote occurred amid regional tensions with Iran and international interest in the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq
Baghdad
Revolutionary Command Council
Shahim Isho Ibrahim Bazzi
Faisal
Bazzi
Assembly
Faisal II
Hussein
Revolutionary Council
Tigris
Iran
Afghanistan
U.S
Carter
Persian Gulf
America