REBELS JACK SPIRIT
CONSCRIPTS DESERT. LONDON, Alav 13
A special correspondent in Iraq of the Daily Telegraph says it is increas- | ingly evident that there is no German | aid for Rashid Ali, whose following is j beginning to break up. j Iraqi conscripts to the south of Al | Qurna —the traditional site of the Gar!den of Eden—are deserting wholesale rather than continue to serve Rashid Ali. The Iraqi forces in the Habbamyeli area have apparently lost heart for lighting. They are now 11 miles Irom the defence perimeter of the Royal Air Force cantonment, and they show no signs of intending to do anything except stay there unless they are pushed out even farther. British troops who have encountered the Iraqis declare that there is no real determination in their resistance. This lack of spirit tends to confirm the impression that Rashid Ali’s anti-British activities are not receiving the approval of the Iraq nation and particularly the army as a whole.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 139, 14 May 1941, Page 7
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