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The absence of any detail between the Hellenic period and the modern is lamentable.--XmarkX 06:52, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Am I missing something, or is there no reference to Operation Desert Fox in this article?--Thejabberwock 19:58, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

References for the 1941 coup and British invasion of Iraq

Battle of Baghdad, 1941
Country report, see Iraq as an independent monarchy section.
BA Hin History thesis describing the revolt in a political context
A history of the Iraq levies, 1915-1955
chronolgy of wars in Iraq involving British forces
another timeline
another timeline
Iraq, 1941 campaign and main page for the site
[1] Metnion of the 1941 pogrom against Jews in Baghdad.
war diary, The Battle for Habbaniya and Falluja, to assist in tracking down units

Where does the name Iraq come from?

Did the british rename the mesopotamian areas when they called it Iraq or did they simply revert the name to an ancient pre-Ottoman-Empire name for those areas? What does the name mean? Does it actually have any meaning?

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 *[http://www.geocities.com/pract_history/iraq.html] Metnion of the 1941 pogrom against Jews in Baghdad.
 *[http://gabylevies.freeservers.com/custom2.html war diary, The Battle for Habbaniya and Falluja], to assist in tracking down units
-*[http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwmcollections.org.uk%2F&TN=uncat&SN=AUTO18729&SE=1261&RN=1&MR=0&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=ThemedResults&DF=ThemedDetailed&RL=0&DL=0&NP=1&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT= Imperial War Museum record] to assist in tracking down unit histories to pin down the timing.
-*[http://www.army.mod.uk/unitsandorgs/subsections/index.htm British Army Units] site for further research into unit histories involved
 == Where does the name Iraq come from? ==