Word: iraqization
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Vichy did not say what Germany would get in return-which made the "easements" seem ominous. The London Times guessed that Vichy would let Germany use railways leading to Spain and airports in French-mandated Syria, next door to Axis-desired Iraq and a handy jumping-off place for attacks on the Suez Canal...
...British were beating the Iraqi. With reinforcements newly arrived at Basra they were breaking up troop concentrations, destroying the Iraq Air Force. But the British had not yet pacified the country-and Iraq's Defense Minister Naci Cevket was in Ankara, waiting to have a word with Franz von Papen...
...Trans-Jordan pro-British Emir Abdullah was reported shot and badly wounded by his son just as he was about to march into Iraq to help the British...
...Syria pro-Vichy and pro-De Gaulle forces jockeyed for position in the face of repeated reports that Germany had demanded the right to land troops for passage to Iraq...
Sooner or later Germany would try to consummate the Drang nach Osten begun by the Balkan campaign. Turkey stands in the way. If Germany could get around to the back door via Syria or Iraq, Turkey, encircled, would have to talk turkey...