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Definition: Iraq from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

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Asia in Mesopotamia; a republic since 1958, formerly a kingdom ✽ Baghdad area 168,927 sq mi (437,521 sq km), pop 31,500,000

Iraqi \-॑rä-kē, -॑ra-\ adj or n

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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Country in southwest Asia, bounded north by Turkey, east by Iran, southeast by the Gulf and Kuwait, south by Saudi Arabia, and west by Jordan and Syria. Government Under the 2005 constitution, Iraq is an emerging parliamentary democratic republic with an evolving federal structure. The legislature, the Council of Representatives (Majlis an-Nuwwab) comprises 328 members elected for a four year term under a proportional representation party list system, but with the requirement that women occupy at least 25% of the seats. The Council elects the president of the republic, with a two-thirds majority vote required, and there is a limitation of two four-year terms. The president is largely a ceremonial figure but selects the prime minister from the majority coalition in the Council. Executive power is held by the prime minister and the cabinet, with Council approval required for each cabinet appointment. Under the Unity government arrangements, the president is a Kurd, the prime minister a…
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From Collins English Dictionary
n 1 a republic in SW Asia, on the Persian Gulf: coextensive with ancient Mesopotamia; became a British mandate in 1920, independent in 1932, and a republic in 1958. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (1990) led to their defeat in the first Gulf War (1991) by US-led UN forces. The second Gulf War (2003) …
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
[EDITOR'S NOTE: This article focuses on the intelligence community of Iraq prior to the Iraq War of March-April, 2003.] The Iraqi intelligence and security system consisted of multiple overlapping agencies, some of which were designed largely to provide checks against the other agencies. The…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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The Republic of Iraq is a SW Asian country at the head of the Persian Gulf . Deserts cover W and SW Iraq. Part of the Zagros Mountains forms the NE, where farming can be practised without irrigation. W Iraq contains a large slice of the Hamad (or Syrian) Desert, but essentially comprises lower…
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Iraq is one of the largest and most powerful countries in the Middle East. Most of its people are Muslim and Arabic speaking. There are also some 4 million Kurds living in the north. Apart from the fertile plains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, most of Iraq is mountainous or covered in desert. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
or Irak (both: ēräk', ĭrăk'), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. Iraq is bordered on the south by Kuwait, the Persian Gulf, and Saudi Arabia; on the west by Jordan and Syria; on the north by Turkey; and on the east by Iran. Iraq…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
The international relations of Iraq, like those of many, perhaps most, formerly colonized and post-colonial states, have been through a series of complex and often bewildering transitions since the state's formation. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, and after a period of…
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From Encyclopedia of Terrorism
One Iraqi soldier stands guard as another digs...
About the size of California, Iraq had a population of 26 million people in 2006. The ethnic majority are Arab, at about 75-80% of the total population, and the rest are KURDS, Iraqi Turkmen, and others. Most Iraqis are Shiite Muslims (60%), while the Sunni make up about 35% of the population and…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
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Republic of Iraq Political Status: Independent state since 1932; declared a republic following military coup that overthrew the monarchy in 1958; provisional constitution issued September 22, 1968, and substantially amended thereafter; de facto one-party regime ousted following invasion by…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 31,858,481 SHIITE MUSLIM 60–65 percent SUNNI MUSLIM 32–37 percent CHRISTIAN AND OTHER 3 percent Introduction A predominantly Muslim country, Iraq lies in southwestern Asia. It is bordered to the east by Iran, to the north by Turkey, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by…
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From Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
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The modern state of Iraq was officially established in 1920, but the land and its peoples are heir to a rich and ancient heritage going back to the very dawn of human civilization. Occupying the land of ancient Mesopotamia, the country has always been defined by the two great rivers: the Tigris and…
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