AI en Translation, Pages 1-25
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Baghdad July 7, 1947
To the attention of His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Greetings and respect. I was previously a teacher in the Alliance schools in Baghdad with a salary of
three Ottoman liras. I have held positions in commercial shops and in some government departments, namely:
An extraction clerk, approximately, in the shop of Ahmad Haji Salman Taha in Kirkuk with a monthly salary of two hundred and thirty Qirans
⟦...⟧ and a weigher "in Basra" seven Ottoman liras
Clerk and broker "approximately" in Amadi "eight liras"
Translator in the occupation army, first class, one hundred and six Rupees and allowances
⟦...⟧ court departments and finally in the Notary Public office in Baghdad, eighty Rupees, and due to resignation
And even a clerk in a respected establishment for Dr. Shamil Somekh in Baghdad, eight Rupees, and my family ⟦...⟧
Therefore, I ask Your Excellency to grant me one of the community positions. I will exert all my effort in performing
with effort and activity so that you will be pleased with this effort and endeavor, and please accept my respect, Sir
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A strong hand that can confront it.
(To be continued)
Medical Course
The Directorate of Public Health wrote to the Deanship of
the College of Medicine requesting its approval to open
a special course for doctors to train on the
(Electrocardiograph) device for a period of two months
and to benefit from them in the locations where they will be assigned
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Newspaper: Liwa al-Istiqlal
Number: 1180
Date: 22 / 1 / 51
⟦The Jewish Problem⟧
Mr. Najib al-Rawi has stated
commenting on the subject of Jewish migration from
Iraq to Israel, that Israel is reluctant
to accept them, and that the number of those who registered their names
for migration reached 96 thousand, while only 16
thousand people have left, and the rest have renounced
their Iraqi citizenship, and their remaining in
Iraq as foreigners poses a danger to the country
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China's facade...
From an aggressor!
⟦...⟧ with aggression
On the condition of not rushing to brand the government of China
with aggression, and France has previously announced
that it would support the opinion calling for attaching this
charge to China
⟦...⟧ until it reached a stage
that he refers to his government.
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Revocation of citizenship for Jews
Deportation of all those wishing to withdraw from Iraq
Providing sufficient means of transport for immigrants
It was broadcast two days ago that the Iraqi government
will stop granting permission to Jews who
expressed their desire to leave Iraq
starting from next March when
the effect of the law on revocation of citizenship for Jews
which was issued during the era of the Sweidi Ministry
has ended on March 9.
Official sources stated yesterday
that the deportation operations for Jews who wished for
the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from them will remain continuous
until the departure of all Jews who chose
to leave the country for abroad.
Means of transport
It was also reported that the government is proceeding in
finding sufficient means of transport for the deportation process of
those who decided to benefit from the provisions of
the law on the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from them.
Was the subject discussed in Amman?
Our colleague Al-Yaqza had pointed out in
one of its recent issues that the deportation of Jews
was among the topics discussed by His Excellency
Mr. Nuri al-Said with the Jordanian
government.
It is not known with certainty if
these deliberations have been crowned with success.
It is known that His Majesty King Abdullah the Great
opposes the transfer of Jews across his country to Israel
and he has announced this in numerous press interviews
he gave in Baghdad during his recent visits.
The Arab News Agency has learned that
the deportation of Jews whose citizenship has been revoked
will remain continuous and at the fastest possible speed.
As His Excellency Dr. Dhia Jafar
the Minister of Communications and Works had accompanied
His Excellency the Prime Minister to Amman, we asked
His Excellency about this subject and he replied (he does not
have anything to respond with).
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Newspaper -: Al-Zaman
Number -: 4020
Date -: 19/11/51
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The Newspaper —: The Record
Number —: 958
Date —: 18/1/51
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Al-Fayyad Magazine
Responsible Director
Lawyer Abdul Rahman Barana
Administration: At Al-Ittihad Press opposite
Central Preparatory School, Phone No. 3523
Registered in the post under No. 89
Printed at Al-Ittihad Press - Baghdad
Price per copy (12) Fils
Ceasefire
Washington - 17th of it -
A spokesman for the State Department said
in Washington yesterday that the Chinese
Communists must stop ⟦...⟧ before
the United States is in a position to
sit around a conference table to address
the Korean issue and Far East problems
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Newspaper -: Ash-Sha'b
Number -: 1822
Date -: 1/17/51
Will the period for the deportation of Iraqi Jews
end next March?
Radio London reported last night, quoting a report from the Arab News Agency, that the Iraqi
government will cancel the permit for Iraqi Jews to emigrate and travel will stop as of
next March.
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the north-eastern outskirts of the city.
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Japanese
The press officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
that Mr. John Foster Dulles
met on the thirteenth of this
at the United Nations and explained to him that
to hold further talks between the countries
Japan, and Mr. McDermott said
Mr. Dulles personal and that he is from
doubtful, but his departure date has not been set
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Then the Indian Prime Minister spoke
the crisis related to the Far East
: that at the time when they were taking place
talks regarding the entry of People's China
into the fold of the United Nations, it became clear that
the new one is a great power, and must
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Newspaper -: Al-Sha'ab
Number -: 1824
Date -: 1/17/51
Will the period for deporting Iraqi Jews
end next March?
London Radio reported last night, quoting a news item from the Arab News Agency, that the government
of Iraq will cancel the permission for the Jews of Iraq to emigrate, and travel will stop as of next
March.
The Bombing Incident
The number of those who died as a result of the incident
of throwing a bomb at the Masouda Shemtob Synagogue
last Sunday evening has reached three. One of the
injured died in the Royal Hospital yesterday morning.
Investigations are still ongoing
until now.
The Mosaic Community Court
in Mosul
His Excellency the Minister of Justice issued the
following ministerial order:
Based on the availability of legal conditions and given
the approaching end of the three-year term for the members of
the Mosaic Community Court in Mosul,
and following the issuance of the Royal Decree, we have decided to
appoint the persons whose names follow to the position
indicated next to each of their names for a period of three years
starting from the date of the end of the membership of current members
which will fall on 1/3/951:
President - Rabbi Solomon Razani.
Original Member - Rabbi Yahya Rahimim.
Original Member - Rabbi Ezra Washi.
Reserve Member - Rabbi Yahya Rubin.
Reserve Member - Rabbi Abda Abraham.
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Newspaper -: Al-Zaman
Number -: 4024
Date -: 12/1/52
Revocation of citizenship for 370 Jews
The Council of Ministers is still reviewing the lists submitted to it for the revocation of citizenship for Jews
wishing to emigrate from Iraq
And we have learned that the Council approved in one of its recent sessions the revocation of citizenship for
370 Jews, most of them from Basra and Baghdad.
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Our military and economic aid ⟦...⟧ | that and before ⟦...⟧ that uranium which
Everywhere we see our aid being effective, | is the source of our atomic power. As for the army
we will provide it to Asia and Europe and we will provide it | he called for doubling it and increasing training,
to the Near East, as we provide it to the Far East | as he also called for doubling production
to combat aggression wherever it occurs. Then he addressed | so that American factories produce fifty
the events of Korea, saying: If the free world | thousand modern planes. And thirty-five
had stood against the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and against | thousand tanks annually. Then he called for the economic
the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 and against the occupation of | organization to face future events
Austria in 1938, as it has done now under | and said he would present to Congress projects
the leadership of the United Nations in Korea, the history | in this regard which would include, in addition to what
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Newspaper: Al-Sha'ab
Number: 1816
Date: 9/1/51
Announcement
On the occasion of the expansion of the Baghdad automatic exchange, we announce to the honorable public that
the current numbers for telephones and private exchanges installed for subscribers in Baghdad, which
fall within the group 4100 to 4199 and the group 5100 to 5199, will have
the digit (8) added to their left. Thus, for example, the number 4176 belonging to the exchange installed in
Rafidain Bank will become 84176, and the number 5155 belonging to the telephone installed in the office of the manager
of the Arab Bank will become 85155, starting from 16:00 on Friday,
January 12, 1951.
Director General of Posts and Telegraphs
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Newspaper: Al-Hatif
Number: 925
Date: December 28, 1950
His Highness the Great Regent
His Highness the Great Regent and Crown Prince honored
The funeral assembly of the leadership of the Jewish community in Baghdad
Around two o'clock in the afternoon of
Wednesday 12-27-1950 and he was
welcomed by His Excellency the President of the Community
Jewish, with community notables and men of
religion where special prayers were recited
for the soul of the late Her Majesty
the great Queen Alia, as well as Mr.
Ezra Haddad delivered an eloquent speech before His Highness
expressing the feelings of the community members regarding this
tragedy. Then His Highness left the assembly, bid farewell
with the same hospitality and honor as he was received.
This visit had a profound impact
on the souls of the community members.
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The Newspaper: Al-Nadhir
Number: 27
Date: January 21, 1951
The department concerned with taking the necessary measures regarding this
matter
remained one of the Excellencies until
from types of food and drinks
after they spent a late night soiree
at his place of work "Viewing the
illusion as it is a scene among scenes
of His Excellency mentioned
for the newspaper ,
Denial of News
This news came to us from the Arab Ba'ath Club
as follows:
Al-Sijill newspaper published in its issue issued
on 12-13-1950 a word about the party
cinematic held by the Arab Ba'ath Club at
three-thirty in the afternoon of the day
Monday coinciding with 12-11-1950. And it
was stated in Al-Sijill's word that "licentiousness was manifested
in this party in its most beautiful forms" and that
"the glory of Arabism is not insulted by such
dancing parties".
Journalistic duty requires the newspaper
to verify the news before getting involved in publishing it
and the reality of the party that Al-Sijill described as
"a licentious dancing one" is that it was limited to
showing a cinema film of Shakespeare's famous novel
(Hamlet), which is one of the masterpieces of world literature.
Mr. Aziz Ali also volunteered to perform a number of
his well-known national and social monologues.
More than (1400) people of
the most virtuous people who attended this party
In the name of Israel
of Arab Islamic countries. There is no doubt that
it is within India's reach to find in the recognition of countries
of Eastern countries of Israel a justification
because those countries did not install - for
themselves for the position that India occupied
so it claimed that it leads the East to
peace; nevertheless, this does not negate that
the Islamic and Arab countries did not approve of
the countries.
That you publish this word in the first
of your newspaper so that the Government of India knows how much
of a bad impact on the souls of the Arabs
when it proceeded to recognize
for. Peace be upon you.
Naqib al-Ashraf
January 21st
Al-Nadhir
A daily political newspaper
Registered by mail number 5
Today
Who?
To deviate from the truth and duty and violate
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The Newspaper: Al-Nadhir
Number: 27
Date: January 21, 1951
Smuggled Jews
Remainder of page ⟦...⟧ in Kifri
The police in (Kifri) arrested seventeen
Jews who were trying to escape to
Iran and from there to Israel, of course, and among
those arrested was one of the members of
the gang engaged in smuggling for a person named (Albert).
A person arriving from Kifri stated that
the police there continued the investigation to reach
the identity of the heads of the criminal gang
engaged in this "smuggling," and therefore we hope
that the responsible authorities succeed in reaching
a decisive result in this matter as long as they have
caught the tip of the thread. We also demand
the Kirkuk Governorate Police Directorate to enlighten public
opinion on the outcome of the case of those arrested
to confirm that the government is vigilant in maintaining
the law and that it will not be lenient against those who violate
its sanctity.
Say your word and move on
Fight this crime!!
Elsewhere in this issue, the reader will find a local news item about the smuggling of Jews
and the arrest of seventeen smuggled Jews in Kifri. We felt it our duty
on this occasion to draw the attention of the responsible authorities to the necessity of doubling interest and vigilance
to stop this overt crime ⟦...⟧ given the serious damages it entails,
the most important of which is facilitating the escape of persons indebted to the government and the loss of treasury rights
in vain, or the loss of the rights of people who have debts owed by some Jews.
The authorities specialized in deporting Jews by planes have adopted a straight path to preserve
these rights, and they will not hesitate to prevent the travel of Jews who owe a debt to someone
or if there are other reasons that require preventing their delay from traveling. As for the smuggling which
was ongoing on a large scale in some previous eras, it was a factor in depriving
the government and the people of huge sums of money owed by the smuggled Jews. Therefore, the time
has come to recover these lost rights from the smugglers themselves after reaching
knowledge of them through those recently arrested in Kifri.
We have great confidence in the law and order, and therefore we hope that the security
departments succeed in stabilizing the pillars of order in the country and making the sanctity
and holiness of the law above every consideration, by conducting a meticulous investigation with those recently
arrested in Kifri to find out the names of the criminals working to smuggle them and those assisting them,
because these criminals are directly responsible for compensating the governmental
and private rights lost by the smuggling of Jews, and this compensation must be fair and strict,
sufficient to deter others from practicing this dirty criminal trade.
We will return to the subject in detail in a future issue in light of what we receive
from our correspondents in Kifri regarding the Jews arrested there. So, until the coming issues.
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The General Offensive
A statement was issued by the Eighth U.S. Army
Headquarters in Korea this afternoon
stating that (200) thousand men from
the Chinese and North Korean forces have
launched their expected general offensive across
the thirty-eighth parallel towards (Seoul),
the capital of South Korea.
Permanent Necessity
The statement said that United Nations forces
have been forced to withdraw in some
forward positions along a front (32)
kilometers long in the western sector.
Frozen Rivers
News agency reports from the
front state that the attacking forces (Chinese
and Northern) have crossed the (Imjin) River
at two points, penetrating at one of them to a depth
of 10 kilometers, and thus are now at a distance
of (30) kilometers from Seoul. It was
from this position that United Nations forces
were forced to retreat, especially the South Koreans
who were subjected to the brunt of the Chinese
and Northern attack. It is worth noting
that the (Imjin) and three other rivers
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