WARLIKE MOVEMENTS ON IRAQ FRONTIER
Disaffected Tribesmen Looking for Trouble
PAST RECORD A BAD ONE IBy Electric Cable-Copyright,] [Aust. ana N.Z, Cable Association.] (Received Wednesday, 8.0 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 7. There is no Government news of the Wahabi activities at Irak or Kowoit to-day, but Basra reports that Sheikh Feisul ed Dowish, leader of the Wahabi tribesmen, is marching with a force of cavalry, estimated at 1400, and it is believed he is niaking for Irak. Ed Dowish recently carried out repeated raids on the Nejd frontier of Irak, characterized fay the butchery of all males of the tribes which ho attacked.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6552, 8 March 1928, Page 7
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102WARLIKE MOVEMENTS ON IRAQ FRONTIER Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6552, 8 March 1928, Page 7
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